Sons Of The Forest

★ 88/100Steam players 88% of 287,729 reviews

Steam Deck: Unsupported Steam Machine: Verified ProtonDB: gold · 288 reports

19 h main story · 28 h with extras · 55 h for everything HowLongToBeat ↗

Major update · Jan 15, 2025Patch notes ↗

Rafts, Defensive Wall Blueprints, Fixes, Improvements and more

3 of 3 setups were made before this update. Graphics options and performance may have changed since, so treat them as a starting point.

What changed for graphics

Fixed fps affected accuracy on tactical bow
Fixed Puffy rendering not disabling as intended in cutscenes or in MP when far away from local player
Increased texture resolution of keycards
Fixed lean-to and platform pillars casting shadows while in ghost state
Fixed scrolling snow textures on moving objects
Fixed puffy texture continuing to animate after dying

Recommended settings for 30 FPS

Set the Framerate Limit to 30 with the screen at 60 Hz, or 90 Hz on OLED.

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ShareDeck report by DEATH_GUN SAO

30 FPS

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SteamOS performance

Framerate limit: 30
Refresh rate: 60 Hz
TDP limit: 10 W

Game & compatibility

Preset: default
Resolution: 900×600
Proton: 9.0-3
SteamOS: 3.5

Power

Power draw: 15.0 W
Battery life: 2h 40m

Notes from DEATH_GUN SAO

Custom Graphics Settings Draw Distance = Medium Ambiant Occlusion = Low Volumetric Fog Quality = Low Anisotropic Textures = Disable Shadow Quality = Medium Clouds = Low Grass = Medium Water = High Paralax Distance = Low Terrain Anisotropic Textures = Disable Billboard Quality = High Texture Resolution = High FSR 3.0 in Quality Bloom = On SSR = On Motion Blur = On Micro Shadowing = Off Contact Shadows = On Chromatic Aberration = On

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ShareDeck report by Mineking35

30 FPS average (target 60)

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These settings were tested at 60 FPS. Lower the Framerate Limit to 30 for longer battery life.

SteamOS performance

Framerate limit: Off
Refresh rate: 60 Hz
TDP limit: Off

Game & compatibility

Preset: low
Resolution: 1280×800
Proton: 7.0-5
SteamOS: 3.4

Power

Power draw: 25.0 W
Battery life: 1h 36m

Notes from Mineking35

Low game settings with full resolution with taa enable. The game Runs at 30 fps, When looking around in the inv its 40 fps. With no locks on, And when chopping a tree its gets down to 15 fps.

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ShareDeck report by Beard #GetRektRambo

33 FPS average (target 40)

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These settings were tested at 40 FPS. Lower the Framerate Limit to 30 for longer battery life.

SteamOS performance

Framerate limit: 40
Refresh rate: 80 Hz
TDP limit: 13 W

Game & compatibility

Preset: default
Resolution: 1280×720
Proton: 8.0-4
SteamOS: 3.5

Power

Power draw: 18.6 W
Battery life: 2h 41m

Notes from Beard #GetRektRambo

Default Graphics meaning custom, what the game gave me on first startup. Overall good and playable, majority of the time it stays above 30FPS, sometimes dips when shaders are loading in, overall really good. Caves averages around 38FPS *Note steam deck is running CryoU Utilities recommended settings.* 20240122190130_1.jpg 83.5 KB 20240122190148_1.jpg 102 KB 20240122190447_1.jpg 93.1 KB 20240122_192028.jpg 2.82 MB