What are the system requirements for Sons of the Forest on PC?

Sons of the Forest is a sequel to the highly acclaimed survival game, The Forest, which was originally released in 2014. Now, nearly a decade later, and the developers at Newnight are giving fans an entirely new experience. The game will still have horror and survival elements, featuring new, terrifying enemies and the ability to craft your own house, weapons, and food. Unlike The Forest, Sons of the Forest will be an open world title, meaning fans have much more to see and do. For those on PC, you might be wondering if this means Sons of the Forest will have some stricter hardware requirements.

If you played The Forest, then you likely know you could run that game on a potato machine and still get good graphics and high frames per second. With Sons of the Forest releasing nine years after its predecessor, players will need more modern hardware to run the game. However, just how modern are we talking? Read below to find out more.

PC requirements for Sons of the Forest

Luckily for any players with an older rig, Sons of the Forest is not even close to as strict with its PC requirements as other games releasing in 2023. Players will, funnily enough, need components from around 2014 if they want to successfully boot up Sons of the Forest. The full PC specs for the game are viewable below.

Minimum Requirements

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

Recommended Requirements

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

As you can see, the recommended GPU for Sons of the Forest is a GTX 1080 Ti, which is three generations old at this point. On the flip side, the minimum GPU required is a GTX 1060, another card that’s a decade old. Players will need a more modern CPU and over 8 GB of RAM, but those should be easy upgrades for anyone below the minimum or recommended specs.