Big survival horror games are almost always better when as many people can play them as possible. In Sons of the Forest, many of the game's secrets won't come out for some time. If you're wondering "Is Sons of the Forest cross platform?", this is what you should know.
Given that it can be a pretty scary experience, getting more players in there gives us access to information much quicker. As the game and community grow, we'll understand everything just a little more.
While you're here, you may want more information on the game. If so, here's how to get bones in Sons of The Forest, our Sons of the Forest enemies list, and the complete Sons of the Forest system requirements. We also have an index of our Sons of the Forest guides, too.
Is Sons of the Forest cross platform?
As of right now, there are no confirmed plans for Sons of the Forest to launch on other consoles or PC platforms, meaning cross platform play or cross save capabilities aren't on the cards right now. Early access to the Sons of Forest is currently available on Steam only, but it might change in the future.
This being said, we can look at the rollout plan of The Forest for a clue about how the next months will shape up. The Forest initially launched into early access way back in May 2014. Then, four years later, version 1.0 was released on Steam on April 2018.
It had a huge launch and those years of development seemed to give people a lot of faith in it. It was then released on PlayStation 4 in November 2018. If all this information is anything to go off, it seems likely that the team are planning to launch Sons of the Forest on other platforms at a later date, but the early access launch is the main focus.
If many play and support the game over the coming years, it would make sense to see it arrive on PlayStation, Xbox, and more.
The Game Preview program on Xbox has been used in a similar way to Steam Early Access in recent year. If the team decides to work on an Xbox version this time, it could be out before the early access period on Steam ends toward the latter part of the year.
Will Sons of The Forest come to Nintendo Switch?
Unfortunately, it seems unlikely we will ever see a Nintendo Switch launch for the game. We may be years off a console release date, and the Nintendo Switch is already starting to show its age.
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Though we likely won't see a Switch launch, there's a chance Sons of the Forest will come out for whatever the next Nintendo console is.
If you fancy playing The Forest while you wait for its predecessor, there's quite a lot to learn. Here's how to make arrows in The Forest, how to make rope in The Forest, and how to drink in The Forest.