The year's only just started, and the tree-punching genre is dominating. Palworld's astonishing 19 million players makes Enshrouded's million look modest, but both can be called 2024 early access survival crafting hits. Can the genre go three-for-three?
Nightingale, out in early access on February 22, is yet another survival game on lots of people's Steam wishlists, I think largely due to its neat-looking "gaslamp fantasy" setting—think Dishonored, bowler hats, twirly mustaches—and cool premise, which sees players stranded in Myst-like fae realms.
