Awesomenauts

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

Awesomenauts Website

Official Awesomenauts Forums

Steam Community Discussions

General FAQ provided by the community.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Developer website
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM; the DRM-free version (no longer sold) only has local (single computer) multiplayer and training.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Abyssal Swiggins Skin
Admiral Swiggins, PHD Skin
Ahrpl Skin
Battle Nibbs Skin
Beta Access
Bionic Raelynn Skin
Bumble Gnaw Skin
Cap'n Vinnie & Seadog Spike Skin
Cheerleader Penny Skin
Clockwork Yoolip Skin
Cluck Skin
Coco Hawaii Skin
Coco McFly Skin
Coco Nebulon Announcer
Cosmic Captain Ksenia Skin
Cyber Coco Skin
Cynical Vinnie & Total Spike Skin
Demon Skølldir Skin
Desperado Penny Skin
Digital G Skin
Disco Voltar Skin
Double-O Yuri Skin
Dragon Huntress Ksenia Skin
Electronic Supersonic Cybertronic Rocco Skin
Expendable Clunk Skin
Genji the Grey Skin
Ghost Leon Skin
Ghosthouse Announcer
Giga Sentorii Skin
Gnabot Skin
Gnariachi Skin
Gnaw Announcer
Golden Killer Koala Icon
Grandmaster Splash Skin
Grim Genji Skin
Honeydew Skølldir
Hotrod Derpl Skin
Jotunn Skølldir Skin
Kage Genji Skin
Kosmonaut Yuri Skin
Leon Legionnaire Skin
Loninator Skin
Mousquetaire Leon Skin
Officer Lonestar Skin
Official Soundtrack
Overdrive Expansion
Party Boy McPain Skin
Pimpy G. Skin
Pirate Leon Skin
Private Mels Skin
Ravishing Raelynn Skin
Roboscoop Promoskin
Rockstar Announcer
Shaolin Ayla Skin
Shinobi Rocco Skin
Silver Killer Koala Icon
Sir Jimmy Lionheart
Skreeletor Skin
Skull Chopper Chucho
Specimen X-58 Skin
Starstorm Expansion
Sun Wukong Skree Skin
SUSI Announcer
Teddy Ayla Skin
The Mind Collection Announcer
The Scrolls of XiPang Announcer
Titanium Ted Skin
Voltar Announcer
Voltar Bonaparte Skin
Wicked Coco Skin
Wildlife Announcer
Wraithlord Scoop Announcer
Wraithlord Scoop Skin

Game data

In-game options menu.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\Config.txt^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Awesomenauts/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Awesomenauts/
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/204300/remote/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Launcher video settings.

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Input settings

In-game control settings.

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	3	Versus 3v3 with bots or online against another team. Split-screen.
LAN play
Online play	6	Versus 3v3. Not available in the DRM-free version.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP	3478, 4379, 4380

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

Fullscreen alt-tab crash

Change render mode^{[citation needed]}
Try changing mode in launcher from OpenGL to DirectX.

C++ runtime error

Delete and re-download game assets^[1]

Go to <path-to-game>\Data\
Delete the Animations, AnimationTemplates, Behaviors, Particles, Sound, Textures, and TexturesSD folders.
Verify the integrity of the game's cache in Steam.

Notes

When verifying the game's files. It might be required to run Steam as admin.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	irrKlang
Input	Object Oriented Input System (OIS)
Multiplayer	Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7, 8, 8.1
Processor (CPU)	Dual core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel GMA 950 256 MB of VRAM	512 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.5.8, 10.6.3	10.7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core Duo	Dual core
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	64 MB of VRAM	256 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU)	Dual core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel GMA 950 256 MB of VRAM	512 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ 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).

References

↑ Crashes since 2.4 - Awesomenauts.com's forums

[gamedir-1] 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).

[2] Crashes since 2.4 - Awesomenauts.com's forums

[Note 1]

[1]

Developers

	Ronimo Games
Release dates
Windows	August 2, 2012
macOS (OS X)	December 6, 2012
Linux	May 28, 2013