Forest 3 Confirmed by Endnight as Sons of the Forest Follow-Up With First Trailer | The Game Awards 2025

Dec 12, 2025, 2:46 AM

Endnight Games showed up for The Game Awards 2025 with what may be one of the most unexpected announcements of the night: Forest 3 is coming.

A trailer for the latest in its line of popular survival games revealed a visual style unlike anything the series has seen so far. It’s a lot to digest, as first-person gameplay footage showed off lots of sci-fi technology, what seems to be a shoulder-mounted crane, one crashed spaceship, and many new, dangerous environments to explore.

Now for a completely unexpected world premiere. Here’s Forest 3! #TheGameAwards pic.twitter.com/kKiF7b4rAS
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As holgram chess and futuristic doors fade into the background, it's only toward the end of the Forst 3 reveal trailer that we see some of that misty horror atmosphere fans have come to love the series for. The monsters in this new world seems to be just as strange, too, with that giant Lovecraftian beast being the most intimidating of the bunch.

It's unclear how Forest 3 will pick up where Sons of the Forest left off or how its new sci-fi spin will affect gameplay. One thing is for sure, though: Endnight definitely has more tricks up its sleeves.

Endnight began its survival series with The Forest in 2018 and followed it up with Sons of the Forest in 2024. With the studio's last game still so fresh in our minds, it's no surprise to see the team keeping their cards close to their chest when it comes to Forest 3. A release date and platforms have not be announced, but we can likely expect to see Forest 3 come to PC.

IGN gave Sons of the Forest a 9/10 review upon its 1.0 launch last year. At the time, we said, "Sons of the Forest takes everything its predecessor did well and does it a little bit better." It's unclear if Forest 3 will launch in eary access as its predecessors did.

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