Sons of the Forest is out now and has already sold millions of copies on Steam, so it's only natural that some are wondering how it runs on Steam Deck. Let's talk about the ideal game to try lying on a sofa, rather than sitting at a desk. But there are problems, which become apparent as soon as you start playing.
For everything you need to know about running Sons of the Forest on Steam Deck, and how to get it running properly, check out the instructions below. Just keep in mind that it won't be easy to get it going decently, at least until the game gets some patches.
DOES SONS OF THE FOREST WORK ON STEAM DECK?
Yes, Sons of the Forest works and runs on Steam Deck, with a few caveats. Performance is currently not smooth with any configuration you try and there are also crash issues. But we will go into more detail in the following lines.
CryoUtilities for Steam Decks
CryoUtilities is a very useful toolset for Steam Deck that also fixes a RAM-related crash issue in Sons of the Forest. Follow these instructions to install it:
- go to the Install section of the CryoUtilities GitHub page
- in the Steam Deck web browser, click on “Download this link” and save the link as a file
- open the file using the Steam Deck file browser and CryoUtilities will start installing
The best settings on Steam Deck
- Frame rate limit: 30
- Refresh rate: 60
- Allow Tearing: Yes
- Half Rate Shading: Yes
- TDP Limit: Disabled
- Manual GPU Clock: Disabled
- Scaling filter: FSR
- FSR: 5
- Texture Resolution: Maximum
- Dynamic resolution: TAAU
- Dynamic Resolution Target: 30
- Screen Space Reflection: Disabled
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