Returnal
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Developers | |
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Housemarque | |
Windows | Climax Studios[1] |
Publishers | |
PlayStation PC | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | February 15, 2023 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 87 |
OpenCritic | 86 |
IGDB | 91 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Roguelike, Shooter |
Vehicles | Space flight |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
Returnal is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action, roguelike and shooter game.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Epic Games Store | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam |
Monetization
Type | Notes |
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One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
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No microtransactions | None |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Steam | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Returnal\Steam\Saved\Config |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1649240/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Steam | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Returnal\Steam\Saved\SaveGames |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1649240/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | 16:10 resolutions are officially supported.[3] | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | 21:9 and 32:9 resolutions are officially supported.[3] | ||
4K Ultra HD | [4] | ||
Field of view (FOV) | -10 to +15 degrees FOV bias slider.[5] | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Named as Windowed fullscreen. Exclusive fullscreen also available. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | [6] | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | TAA forced on with low, medium, high and epic presets. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | DLSS 2.4, FSR 2.0, NIS, XeSS [7][8] |
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Vertical sync (Vsync) | On/Off toggle. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Fully adjustable frame rate cap slider available with increments of one and lowest value of ten. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Ray tracing (RT) | Ray-traced shadows and reflections.[7] | ||
Color blind mode | Support for deuteranopia, protanopia and tritanopia with adjustable filter strength, UI tone and collectible colors. |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
- Gameplay visible in the background while at the graphics menu, allowing to see the effects of settings adjustments in real-time.
- Features option to display an in-game performance UI.
- Features option to run an in-game benchmark with detailed results overview after about any possible performance bottlenecks.
- Features optional variable rate shading (VRS) option under Screen optimizations with several presets available. Cannot be activated while using any of the available upscaling techniques.
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Left-handed and right-handed presets also available. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Separate aim sensitivity and look sensitivity sliders available. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | X-axis can also be inverted. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Adaptive and classic presets also available. | |
Controller sensitivity | Separate look speed and aim speed sliders available separately for each axis. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion | X-axis can also be inverted. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | DualSense controller is fully supported. Haptic feedback and adaptive triggers support requires wiring the DualSense controller to the PC.[7] | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Separate Master, Music, SFX and Dialogue volume sliders available.[5] | |
Surround sound | Stereo, 5.1, 7.1, Dolby Atmos, Auro 3D (3D audio), resonance audio (3D audio) and ray-traced audio options available.[7] | |
Subtitles | On/Off toggle. Adjustable size, color, speaker name, speaker color and background opacity available. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | On/Off toggle. When on, it pauses the game on focus loss. | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Arabic | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Indonesian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Latin American Spanish | ||||
Swedish | ||||
Thai | ||||
Vietnamese |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 2 | Co-op |
- Cross-play with PlayStation 5 is not supported.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 12 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX, APEX | PhysX v3.4.0.0, APEX v1.4.0.0 |
Audio | XAudio, Wwise | XAudio v2.9 |
Input | LibScePad | V1.0.4.1, support for DualSense controller |
Multiplayer | Epic Online Services |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 (build 1903) | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-6400 AMD Ryzen 5 1500X |
Intel Core i7-8700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700X |
System memory (RAM) | 16 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 60 GB (HDD) | 60 GB (SSD) |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 6 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 8 GB (Nvidia), 12 GB (AMD) of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.25.1.0
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1649240/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1649240) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Returnal is coming to PC – PlayStation.Blog - last accessed on 2022-12-09
- "Returnal PC has been created with help and delicate care from our friends at Climax Studios."
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-02-15
- Checked by removing the files myself
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Steam - Returnal - last accessed on 2023-01-18
- "16:10, Ultrawide (21:9) and Super Ultrawide (32:9) aspect ratios offer an expanded field of view throughout Atropos..."
- ↑ Steam - Returnal - last accessed on 2023-01-18
- "All this in stunning 4K."
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Returnal - Features Trailer | PC Games - PlayStation- YouTube - last accessed on 2023-01-18
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-02-15
- No AF option separately available, so likely tied to textures setting or something. Not looked at yet.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Returnal launches on PC February 15 - PlayStation.Blog - last accessed on 2023-01-18
- ↑ SteamDB Unknown Depot 1649241 - Displaying change M:2048765008969678509 - Returnal - SteamDB - last accessed on 2023-02-10