players like Sons Of The Forest more than The Forest
by where each lands in players' personal rankings
52% put The Forest higher
56 of 108 players who ranked both games have The Forest above Sons Of The Forest in their own library (43 more own both but never told them apart)
Sons Of The Forest wins when they meet, too
10 of 12 direct duels went to Sons Of The Forest, the other 2 to The Forest, plus 1 shrug
13 duels between exactly these two. the verdict above rests on everyone's full rankings; this is only what happened when both were on screen together.
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both tagged Survival · Horror · Open World · Crafting
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Players like Sons Of The Forest more than The Forest, by a hair. Sons Of The Forest beats 53% of the games in a typical Steam library, which ranks it #5,012 of 19,275 scored games; The Forest beats 52% and ranks #5,548 of 19,275. The Forest's score rests on 537 players, Sons Of The Forest's on 218 players.
Of the 108 players who ranked both games, 52% put The Forest higher in their own library and 48% Sons Of The Forest. That goes against the site-wide verdict: people who own both lean the other way from the crowd at large. When they meet on screen together, Sons Of The Forest wins: 10 of 12 direct duels went its way.
32% of The Forest's raters keep it in the top 30% of their own library, against 40% for Sons Of The Forest. Sons Of The Forest is the safer pick: 35% of its raters file it in their bottom 40%, against 36% for The Forest.
Both are tagged Survival, Horror and Open World on Steam; The Forest came out in 2018, Sons Of The Forest in 2024.
Every score here comes from players duelling games out of their own Steam library, not from reviews or playtime, and this matchup last moved 1 day ago. A new duel on either game can change who wins.
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