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		IndieBox "Collector's Edition" includes Steam version on disc
Steam		Install with `steam://install/204300`

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

Game has gone free-to-play since May 24, 2017.^[1]

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Admiral Swiggins - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Admiral Swiggins Pack
Abyssal Swiggins Skin	Part of the Admiral Swiggins Pack
Admiral Swiggins, PHD Skin	Part of the Admiral Swiggins Pack
Ahrpl Skin	Part of the Derpl Zork Pack
Awesomenauts Awesomenauts	Part of the Ksenia Pack
Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Rocco Pack
Ayla - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Ayla Pack
Battle Nibbs Skin	Part of the Nibbs Pack
Bionic Raelynn Skin	Part of the Raelynn Pack
Bravely Scoop IV: Eternal Fantasy Skin	Part of the The Scoop of Justice Pack
Bumble Gnaw Skin	Part of the Gnaw Pack
Cap'n Vinnie & Seadog Spike Skin	Part of the Vinnie & Spike Pack
Cheerleader Penny Skin	Part of the Penny Fox Pack
Clunk - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Clunk Pack
Cluck Skin	Part of the Clunk Pack
Coco Hawaii Skin	Part of the Coco Nebulon Pack
Coco McFly Skin	Part of the Coco Nebulon Pack
Coco Nebulon Announcer	Part of the Coco Nebulon Pack Part of the Announcer Pack
Coco Nebulon - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Coco Nebulon Pack
Cosmic Captain Ksenia Skin	Part of the Ksenia Pack
Cynical Vinnie & Total Spike Skin	Part of the Vinnie & Spike Pack
Demon Skølldir Skin	Part of the Skølldir Pack
Derpl Zork - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Derpl Zork Pack
Disco Voltar Skin	Part of the Voltar the Omniscient Bundle
Desperado Penny Skin	Part of the Penny Fox Pack
Digital G Skin	Part of the Froggy G Pack
Double-O Yuri Skin	Part of the Yuri Bundle
Dragon Huntress Ksenia Skin	Part of the Ksenia Pack
Electronic Supersonic Cybertronic Rocco Skin	Part of the Rocco Pack
Expendable Clunk Skin	Part of the Clunk Pack
Froggy G - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Froggy G Pack
Genji the Grey Skin	Part of the Genji the Pollen Prophet Pack
Genji the Pollen Prophet - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Genji the Pollen Prophet Pack
Ghosthouse Announcer	Part of the Announcer Pack
Giga Sentorii Skin	Part of the Sentry X-58 Pack
Gnabot Skin	Part of the Gnaw Pack
Gnariachi Skin	Part of the Gnaw Pack
Gnaw - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Gnaw Pack
Grandmaster Splash Skin	Part of the Froggy G Pack
Grim Genji Skin	Part of the Genji the Pollen Prophet Pack
Hotrod Derpl Skin	Part of the Derpl Zork Pack
Jotunn Skølldir Skin	Part of the Skølldir Pack
Kage Genji Skin	Part of the Genji the Pollen Prophet Pack
Kosmonaut Yuri Skin	Part of the Yuri Bundle
Leon Chameleon - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Leon Chameleon Pack
Leon Legionnaire Skin	Part of the Leon Chameleon Pack
Loninator Skin	Part of the Sheriff Lonestar Pack
Mousquetaire Leon Skin	Part of the Leon Chameleon Pack
Nibbs - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Nibbs Pack
Officer Lonestar Skin	Part of the Sheriff Lonestar Pack
Official Soundtrack
Party Boy McPain Skin	Part of the Ted McPain Pack
Penny Fox - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Penny Fox Pack
Pimpy G. Skin	Part of the Froggy G Pack
Pirate Leon Skin	Part of the Leon Chameleon Pack
Private Mels Skin	Part of the Sheriff Lonestar Pack
Raelynn - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Raelynn Pack
Ravishing Raelynn Skin	Part of the Raelynn Pack
Rockstar Announcer	Part of the Announcer Pack
Scoop of Justice - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the The Scoop of Justice Pack
Scourge Captain McPain Skin	Part of the Ted McPain Pack
Sentry X-58 - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Sentry X-58 Pack
Shaolin Ayla Skin	Part of the Ayla Pack
Sheriff Lonestar - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Sheriff Lonestar Pack
Shinobi Rocco Skin	Part of the Rocco Pack
Skølldir - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Skølldir Pack
Skree Announcer	Part of the Skree Pack Part of the Announcer Pack
Skree - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Skree Pack
Skreeletor Skin	Part of the Skree Pack
Soulhuntress Raelynn Skin	Part of the Raelynn Pack
Specimen X-58 Skin	Part of the Sentry X-58 Pack
Sun Wukong Skree Skin	Part of the Skree Pack
SUSI Announcer	Part of the Derpl Zork Pack Part of the Announcer Pack
Ted McPain - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Ted McPain Pack
Teddy Ayla Skin	Part of the Ayla Pack
The Mind Collection Announcer	Part of the Announcer Pack
The Scrolls of XiPang Announcer	Part of the Announcer Pack
Titanium Ted Skin	Part of the Ted McPain Pack
Unicorn Nibbs	Part of the Nibbs Pack
Vinnie and Spike - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Vinnie & Spike Pack
Voltar Bonaparte Skin	Part of the Voltar the Omniscient Bundle
Voltar the Omniscient - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Voltar the Omniscient Bundle
Wicked Coco Skin	Part of the Coco Nebulon Pack
Wildlife Announcer	Part of the Announcer Pack
Wraithlord Scoop Announcer	Part of the The Scoop of Justice Pack Part of the Announcer Pack
Wraithlord Scoop Skin	Part of the The Scoop of Justice Pack
Yuri - Awesomenauts Character	Part of the Yuri Bundle

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		Approx. 100 MB available.

Video settings

Launcher video settings.

In-game video settings.

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Input settings

In-game control settings.

In-game key bindings.

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Audio settings

In-game audio settings.

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Russian
Simplified Chinese
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^[2]

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)	7	8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	3.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia AMD Intel HD Graphics 512 MB of VRAM	1 GB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia AMD Intel HD Graphics 512 MB of VRAM	1 GB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia AMD Intel HD Graphics 512 MB of VRAM	1 GB 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

↑ AWESOMENAUTS NOW FREE-TO-PLAY - last accessed on 2018-08-14
↑ Crashes since 2.4 - Awesomenauts.com's forums

[gamedir-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).

[1] AWESOMENAUTS NOW FREE-TO-PLAY - last accessed on 2018-08-14

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

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[Note 1]

[2]

Developers

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