Sons Of The Forest

Kelvin sticks by your side. He can't hear or speak, so you give him orders by writing in a notepad: fetch logs, light a fire. One reviewer called him the biggest help in running the camp.

Your second companion, a woman with three legs and three arms, is skittish at first, but you can win her over and even arm her.

The game was delayed twice, then launched in early access in February 2023 to avoid further delays. It sold more than two million copies in its first 24 hours, and the full version arrived a year later.

One reviewer found the full release better than the first game in almost every way. Another found the combat lacking, and a third thought the weapons lack punch and the story is disjointed. Players give it 88% positive across 288,787 reviews, and critics 86 on Metacritic. On our Recommended Score it ranks 662 of 4,736 games.

Liked it? Try The Forest, the first game, where the cannibals get fiercer the more aggressive you are, and Grounded, where shrunken heroes survive among the insects of a backyard.