Linux Review:

Sons Of The Forest

Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.

PROTON TIER: GOLD

Sons Of The Forest is a terrifying open-world survival horror simulator where you are tasked with finding a missing billionaire on a cannibal-infested island. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends.

Status Check Runs well over Proton. ProtonDB Tier: Gold.

TWEAKS & TRICKS

• Performance Drops & Unstable FPS (NVIDIA GPU): Switching to an AMD GPU resolves performance issues.
• Shader Compilation Delay: Initial performance is low (30 FPS) for approximately one minute while shaders compile. Subsequently, performance improves to over 60 FPS with peaks up to 90 FPS at 2560x1080 resolution in high quality.
• Crashes on Loading: Lower graphics settings in the game’s menu allow loading to succeed.
• Crashes during Loading: Reduced graphics settings in the game’s menu solve the issue.
• Sound Issue (Audio Crackling):
  • Solution: Add launch option -sdlaudiodriver=pulse.

Verdict A solid Gold-tier experience on Linux via Proton. While shader compilation delays and occasional performance hiccups exist, they can largely be mitigated through graphics settings adjustments. A worthwhile purchase for Linux gamers.