Sons of the Forest — Steam Gift

Sons of the Forest: survival on a cannibal island

Sons of the Forest is a survival horror from Endnight Games, the direct sequel to the cult hit The Forest. You're dropped onto a remote forested island to find a missing billionaire, but instead of a rescue mission you end up deep in mutant and cannibal territory. By day you chop wood, build defenses and hunt; once darkness falls the island turns into a nightmare where every rustle can cost you your life. There's no hand-holding here — the game throws you into the wild and makes you learn to survive on your own.

On this page you're buying the full version of the game as a Steam gift — it arrives straight on your account and shows up in your library like any normal purchase. Below we break down what the game is, how the gift delivery works, and what to check before ordering.

What Sons of the Forest is

The game launched in early access on February 23, 2023, and hit its full 1.0 release on February 22, 2024. It's a fully finished survival game with a story, endings and a deep survival system. Key features:

• A huge open island with caves, bunkers and changing seasons — rivers freeze in winter and resources get harder to gather.
• Deep crafting and building: from a simple shelter to a multi-story base with traps and automation.
• Smart enemies — cannibals watch you, remember your structures and react to aggression.
• The companion Kelvin and ally Virginia, who help in solo play: hauling logs, fishing, covering you in a fight.

Solo and co-op for up to 8 players

Sons of the Forest plays great solo, but the real chaos starts in co-op. The game supports shared playthroughs for up to eight players — you can build a mega-base together, split roles (someone hunts, someone defends, someone dives into caves for gear) and hold off nightly raids. That's one of the reasons people love picking it up with a group. The gift you receive is the full version with no cut modes: both the story and multiplayer are available right away.

How the Steam gift delivery works

We deliver the game via a bot as a Steam Gift. You only need to provide two things: your Steam friend invite link and your account region. After that everything happens automatically:

• The bot adds itself to your friends — no need to accept the request manually.
• It sends the gift, and after delivery it automatically removes itself from your friends.
• Steam Guard is not required — the gift goes through even without it.
• Delivery usually takes a couple of minutes from the moment you order.

For the gift to be accepted smoothly, two conditions matter: your Steam account region must match the gift region, and you must not already own Sons of the Forest in your library. If the game is already on the account, Steam simply won't let you accept the gift — that's the most common cause of hold-ups.

Gift region

The gift is available for a wide set of regions, so finding the option for your country is easy. The rule is simple: account region = gift region. At checkout, pick the option for your region and enter the country your Steam is tied to in the region field. If you're not sure, the region is visible in your Steam account section next to your store country.

What to do if something goes wrong

If the bot couldn't add you as a friend, it's almost always down to locked privacy settings or an expired invite link. Open friend-adding in your profile settings and send a fresh s.team/p/... link. After that delivery proceeds as normal. Hiccups are rare, as with any service like this, and we try to sort them out quickly.

Who Sons of the Forest is for

If you love tense survival with horror elements, building and exploration, this game is almost a must-have. Genre fans should also check out the original The Forest from the same studio, the brutal survival of Green Hell, and the atmospheric solo survival of The Long Dark. But Sons of the Forest stands out precisely for its mix of smart enemies, eight-player co-op and building freedom — on the island, you decide whether to hide or fight back.

Why buy it as a gift

The Steam gift format is convenient because the game arrives on your own account and stays in your library forever, just like a normal store purchase: with updates, cloud saves, achievements and full multiplayer access. You don't have to share anyone's login details or keep the game on a third-party account — everything sits with you. Accept the gift once, and from then on Sons of the Forest is fully yours.