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Sons Of The Forest

Open-world survival horror with base building and cooperative exploration

Endnight Games Ltd · Published by Newnight · Released Feb 22, 2024

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Reviews
Very Positive
88% of 308K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
90% of 3,409 in 30 days
Players
12K
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
1 year ago
Oct 3, 2025
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 1060
12 GB RAM · 20 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Sons Of The Forest?

A first-person, open-world survival horror game set on a remote island inhabited by cannibals and mutated creatures. While searching for a missing billionaire, you gather food and materials, craft equipment, build shelters and defenses, and explore above and below ground alone or with friends.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy open-ended survival, crafting, and base building
  • +you want horror exploration playable alone or cooperatively
  • +you like companions who gather resources and defend bases

Not for you if...

  • −you want a tightly paced, guided survival-horror campaign
  • −you dislike resource gathering, long travel, and repeated combat
  • −you want a compact map filled with distinct discoveries

What players say

88% of 307,758 reviews are positive · 90% of 3,409 in the last 30 days

Players praise the building system, cooperative play, AI companions, and unpredictable enemies. The most common complaints are a large but sparsely populated map, long travel, and an unclear, rushed story and ending; players also report multiplayer bugs, companion pathfinding problems, and poor performance on lower-end PCs.

Players over time

▲ +41% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 21,325 players on Nov 1, 2026.

Show the data
DayPlayers
Nov 7, 202611,521
Nov 6, 20266,791
Nov 5, 20267,026
Nov 4, 202610,060
Nov 3, 20269,946
Nov 2, 202610,501
Nov 1, 202621,325
Oct 31, 202616,118
Oct 30, 20268,721
Oct 29, 20267,524
Oct 28, 20266,654
Oct 27, 20265,343
Oct 26, 20264,483
Oct 25, 20266,471
Oct 24, 20265,625
Oct 23, 20264,559
Oct 22, 20264,595
Oct 21, 20264,699
Oct 20, 20264,959
Oct 18, 20267,229
Oct 17, 20266,917
Oct 16, 20265,642
Oct 15, 20265,894
Oct 14, 20266,402
Oct 13, 20267,106
Oct 11, 20269,831
Oct 10, 20269,064
Oct 9, 20268,748
Oct 8, 20269,073
Oct 7, 20268,915
Oct 6, 20268,716
Oct 4, 20269,891
Oct 3, 20268,003
Oct 2, 20265,699
Oct 1, 20264,355
Sep 30, 20264,316
Sep 29, 20264,498
Sep 27, 20266,010
Sep 26, 20265,388
Sep 25, 20264,805
Sep 24, 20264,558
Sep 23, 20263,791
Sep 23, 20264,859
Sep 22, 20265,005
Sep 21, 20268,802

How many players finish Sons Of The Forest?

23% of Steam players have unlocked «FIGHT DEMONS», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Sons Of The Forest system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 1060, 12 GB RAM, 20 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
64-bit Windows 10
Processor
INTEL CORE I5-8400 or AMD RYZEN 3 3300X
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB or AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB
Memory
12 GB RAM
Storage
20 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11
Notes
SSD (Preferred)

Recommended

OS
64-bit Windows 10
Processor
INTEL CORE I7-8700K or AMD RYZEN 5 3600X
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 1080Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
20 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11
Notes
SSD (Preferred)

Does Sons Of The Forest have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Sons Of The Forest run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

  • Graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
32
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish.

Does Sons Of The Forest use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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