Sons Of The Forest PC Requirements
To play it you need at least a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB-class graphics card ; to play it as the developers intended, aim for a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Among the games we track, it is among the most demanding titles we track.
- Minimum GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
- Recommended GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
- RAM
- 12–16 GB
- Disk
- 20 GB
Which graphics cards clear it
All 165 desktop cards we track, sorted against the publisher's minimum and recommended card.
What the publisher lists
Quoted from the Steam store page — see the original. Where we could place a named part, our closest match is underneath.
| Part | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics card | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB or AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB matches NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB | NVIDIA GeForce 1080Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT matches NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti |
| Processor | INTEL CORE I5-8400 or AMD RYZEN 3 3300X matches AMD Ryzen 3 3300X | INTEL CORE I7-8700K or AMD RYZEN 5 3600X matches AMD Ryzen 5 3600X |
| Memory | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Video memory | 3 GB | 8 GB |
| Storage | 20 GB | 20 GB |
| Windows | Windows 10 | Same as minimum |
| DirectX | DirectX 11 | Same as minimum |
Frame-rate outlook, weakest card to strongest
Modelled at the High preset without upscaling, next to a AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-class processor. Estimates, not recorded benchmarks — how the model works.
| Card | 1080p | 1440p | 4K | Against the specs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 | 21 | 13 | 8 | Too slow |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER | 37 | 23 | 13 | Minimum |
| AMD Radeon RX 6600 | 45 | 28 | 16 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 | 45 | 28 | 16 | Minimum |
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 | 54 | 33 | 19 | Minimum |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 | 54 | 33 | 19 | Minimum |
| Intel Arc B580 | 60 | 37 | 22 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti | 66 | 41 | 24 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 96 | 60 | 35 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | 103 | 64 | 37 | Recommended |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 114 | 77 | 45 | Recommended |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | 114 | 91 | 53 | Recommended |
Answers about Sons Of The Forest on PC
What is the lowest graphics card that runs Sons Of The Forest?
The publisher's minimum is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB or AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB. The least powerful card we track that matches it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB.
How much RAM does Sons Of The Forest need?
12 GB at minimum, 16 GB recommended.
How much storage space does Sons Of The Forest take?
20 GB of free space.
Can a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 run Sons Of The Forest?
Yes, at the minimum spec: it clears the minimum card but not the recommended one, so expect lower settings.
Can a AMD Radeon RX 6600 run Sons Of The Forest?
Yes, at the minimum spec: it clears the minimum card but not the recommended one, so expect lower settings.
If your PC runs Sons Of The Forest, it also runs
Released games whose recommended graphics card is no more demanding than this one's.
