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Besiege is a singleplayer and multiplayer free-roaming camera building game.

General information

Official forums

Official Discord server

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website (unavailable)
GOG.com
Humble Store
Microsoft Store
Steam		DRM free if launched directly from the executable

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	The DLC includes a cosmetic block skin.
Expansion pack	The expansion pack includes new gameplay mechanics and levels.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
The Splintered Sea	Expansion pack.
Supporter Pack	Cosmetic.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Besiege_Data\Config.txt^{[Note 2]}
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game>/Besiege.app/Contents/Config.txt
Linux	<path-to-game>/Besiege_Data/Config.txt

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Besiege_Data\SavedMachines\^{[Note 2]} <path-to-game>\Besiege_Data\CompletedLevels.txt^{[Note 2]}
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game>/Besiege.app/Contents/SavedMachines/ <path-to-game>/Besiege.app/Contents/CompletedLevels.txt
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Widescreen resolution for custom resolutions.
Multi-monitor		See Widescreen resolution.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		60° to 110°
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		"Per texture" or "all texture".
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, NFAA, SSAA, and Directionally Localized Anti-Aliasing (DLAA). "SSAA" option appears to be a post-process effect.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Optional 30, 60 or 144 FPS cap. Unlimited FPS "might be unstable".^{[Note 3]}
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Support Auto HDR.
Ray tracing (RT)

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Widescreen resolution

Custom Resolution^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Edit Config.txt.
Find the following lines and set them to the desired values.

RESOLUTION WIDTH
YourWidth

RESOLUTION HEIGHT
YourHeight

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Instructions^{[citation needed]}
See Borderless fullscreen windowed (Unity). Run the game, then under Options select the Windowed checkbox or push `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.

Input

The controls listing.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		In the machine editor, by clicking on the wrench icon and by selecting a block with it.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Sound settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Ambience, UI, SFX, Physics, Block.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play		8
Online play		8

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Planned for a future update.^[2]
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			Select the legacy32bit beta for legacy 32-bit support.
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	10
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz Dual Core	4.0 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	1 GB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	3 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz Dual Core	4.0 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible	3 GB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	2.2 GHz Dual Core	4.0 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible	3 GB of VRAM
Sound (audio device)	ALSA compatible

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 5.4.0f3^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ A warning is displayed in-game when "unlimited" frame rate is selected.

References

↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-09-09
↑ Multiverse Dev Blog 4 - 10/11/2017 - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Besiege - last accessed on May 2023

[2] Unity engine build: 5.4.0f3^[1]

[gamedir-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Note-4] A warning is displayed in-game when "unlimited" frame rate is selected.

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2022-09-09

[5] Multiverse Dev Blog 4 - 10/11/2017 - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Besiege - last accessed on May 2023

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

[Note 3]

[2]

[1]

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-|expansion pack         =
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 |subscription           =
 |subscription gaming service = Available via [[List of PC Game Pass games|Xbox Game Pass for PC]].
+}}
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 |multimonitor               = true
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 |antialiasing notes         = [[FXAA]], [[NFAA]], [[SSAA]], and [[Glossary:Anti-aliasing (AA)#Directionally Localized Anti-Aliasing|Directionally Localized Anti-Aliasing (DLAA)]]. "SSAA" option appears to be a post-process effect.
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 |60 fps notes               =
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-|120 fps notes              =
+|120 fps notes              = Optional 30, 60 or 144 FPS cap. Unlimited FPS "might be unstable".{{note|A warning is displayed in-game when "unlimited" frame rate is selected.}}
 |hdr                        = false
-|hdr notes                  =
+|hdr notes                  = Support Auto HDR.
 |ray tracing                = false
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+|ray tracing notes          =
 |color blind                = false
 |color blind notes          =
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 |surround sound notes     =
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+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     =
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+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Simplified Chinese
+ |interface = true
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+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Traditional Chinese
+ |interface = true
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+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     =
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+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = French
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+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = German
+ |interface = true
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+ |subtitles = n/a
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+ |language  = Italian
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+ |language  = Japanese
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+ |language  = Korean
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+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Polish
+ |interface = true
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+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     =
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+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Portuguese
+ |interface = true
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+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     =
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+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Brazilian Portuguese
   |interface = true
   |audio     = n/a
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 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Russian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Spanish
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = n/a
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     =
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+{{L10n/switch
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   |interface = true
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Developers

	Spiderling Studios
Engines
	Unity 5^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	February 18, 2020
macOS (OS X)	February 18, 2020
Linux	February 18, 2020
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives	Free-roaming camera
Genres	Building
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Medieval