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==Availability==
 
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Sons of the Forest
Sons of the Forest cover
Developers
Endnight Games
Publishers
Newnight
Engines
Unity 2022[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows February 22, 2024
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Building, Sandbox, Survival horror
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary, Horror, Zombies
Series The Forest
Sons of the Forest on HowLongToBeat
Sons of the Forest on IGDB
Sons of the Forest on MobyGames
Sons of the Forest on Wikipedia
The Forest
The Forest 2018
Sons of the Forest 2024

Sons of the Forest is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person building, sandbox and survival horror game in the The Forest series.

The game entered early access on February 23, 2023. The full release followed on February 22, 2024.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Endnight\SonsOfTheForest\SonsGameSettings.cfg
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1326470/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Endnight\SonsOfTheForest\Saves
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1326470/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-8400
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
System memory (RAM) 12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
AMD Radeon RX 570
3 GB (Nvidia), 4 GB (AMD) of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
SSD preferred and a 64-bit system is required.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2022.2.16f1[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2024-02-23