About Survival Sandbox for 99 Nights
Survival Sandbox for 99 Nights drops you into a vast, living forest with one urgent mission: four children have gone missing, and you have exactly 99 nights to find them before the woods claim them forever. The children are scattered across the most dangerous zones of the forest, and each one must be found and led to safety. The forest itself changes with every sunset, keeping every run unpredictable.
One scene shows a tall, brown four-legged creature with long antlers and an open mouth standing near a line of blocky green trees. In another moment, a crashed white and blue airplane rests in the background of a dark field. A wooden notice board in one scene displays four sketches of characters wearing different animal-themed hats.
The forest is not just wild animals and traps — it has a guardian. The Deer is the main antagonist, a creature that considers the children its property and guards the forest's secrets. Ordinary weapons cannot kill it; the only options are to drive it away, deceive it, or temporarily restrain it. Hunger wolves, rogue bears, and other dangers fill the nights, while the day offers a relatively safer window for exploration, gathering resources, and crafting. Managing health and hunger runs alongside everything else.
How to Play Survival Sandbox for 99 Nights
The day-night cycle is the core rhythm of survival. During the day, the forest is relatively safe — use that time to explore, gather resources, and craft. At night, darkness awakens the forest's horrors, and the Deer comes out to hunt. Fend off packs of hungry wolves, rogue bears, and other dangers by gathering weapons, avoiding traps, and seeking shelter. Keep a close eye on health and hunger as both must be managed throughout.
Each of the four missing children is located in a different, particularly dangerous zone of the forest. Reaching them and leading each one to safety is the central objective across all 99 nights.
Controls
- WASD or Arrow Keys: Movement (PC)
- Spacebar: Jump (PC)
- Shift: Sprint (PC)
- I and U: Use abilities (PC)
- Left joystick (finger drag): Movement (Phone)
- Drag finger on screen: Camera rotation (Phone)
- Person icon button (tap): Jump (Phone)
- Two buttons to the right of the jump button (tap): Use abilities (Phone)
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If the forest survival and the Deer's hunt keep you coming back, the 99 Nights In The Forest series collects every entry in this forest-survival world in one place. The multiplayer side of that same dark forest is waiting in 99 Nights in the Forest: Horror Multiplayer, where the deer-monster hunts while players craft weapons and shelters together across 99 nights. For a 2D take on the same forest setting with building and mining, 99 Nights in the Forest with Noob and Pro! brings Mine-style survival with character skins and resource crafting. Fans of crafting and fighting through dangerous worlds will also find plenty in Whatcraft, an action survival RPG built around gathering resources, crafting equipment, and battling monsters.
Browse the full survival games catalog for more titles that test resource management and endurance, or explore the wider adventure games collection for forest exploration and story-driven challenges.