On a mission to find a wealthy individual missing on a remote island, you find yourself surrounded by cannibals and in perilous situations.
Alone or with friends, you must use your crafting skills, fight for your life and overcome the challenges of the environment in this new open world survival horror simulator.
Make your own decisions and plan your own path.
You will encounter various demons and mutant creatures. Some have human-like features, while others are completely new.
Arm yourself with a variety of weapons, including pistols, axes and shock batons, to protect yourself and those you care about.
Whether you want to build a little cabin or a beach house, the choice is entirely up to you.
In this guide, you will learn how to troubleshoot. sons of the forest not loading Or it gets stuck on the loading screen.
Fix 1: Update your graphics card
Fix 2: Clear Download Cache, Close All Tabs, etc.
- Go to your Steam Library > Sons of the Forest > Properties > Right-click Enable Steam Overlay in-game > Disable.
- Open Nvidia GeForce Experience > Settings > General > In-Game Overlays > Disable.
- Open Steam > Steam > Settings > Downloads > Clear Download Cache.
- Unplug your Logitech or Thrustmaster racing wheel.
- Quit working with Razer Synapse or MSI Dragon Center.
- Close all tabs to free up RAM and restart the game.
Fix 3: Recover/Verify Game Files
- Go to your Steam library.
- Right-click on Sons of the Forest > Properties > Local Files.
- Click “Verify Integrity of Game Files”.
- Run Son of the Forest.
Fix 4: Update Windows to the latest version
- Search for “check for updates” using Windows Search.
- Update Windows to the latest version.
- Run Son of the Forest.
Fix 5: Wait 5-10 minutes
- Sons of the Forest takes a long time to load when launching a new game.
- I waited about 5 minutes for the game to start.
- If you download the game to your HDD, the loading speed will be slow.
- We recommend installing the game to SDD instead (to do so, uninstall the game and reinstall it on Steam, then select the “SDD” path).
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