Is Sons of the Forest on Steam Deck?

Sons of the Forest is a co-op survival game that will soon leave Early Access with a ton of improvements. If you want to enjoy the title on a handheld device, here’s everything to know about Sons of the Forest being playable on the Steam Deck.

Sons of the Forest is a perfect co-op survival game if you don’t like the gameplay loop to be linear as there are tons of ways to survive and progress in it.

Sons of the Forest is not the most graphics-heavy game out there, but you’d still need a decent PC to meet the requirements. Alternatively, you can try out the Steam Deck, but the compact handheld console might not guarantee ideal performance without official support.

On that note, here’s everything to know about whether you can run Sons of the Forest on Steam Deck.

Can you play Sons of the Forest on Steam Deck?

You can play Sons of the Forest on the Steam Deck, but unfortunately, some players have been reporting performance issues while playing the game on the portable system.

This is to be expected, especially as the game isn’t supported officially but any performance-related issues on PC should be solved after the full release.

There are ways to make the game run smoother on the system as well. These include running lower graphic settings and turning off things like Vsync to increase frames.

If you’d like to experience Sons of the Forest on the Steam Deck without all of these performance issues, it’s best to wait for future updates until it has been fully optimized.

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