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|reception    =  
 
{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|beyond-a-steel-sky|70}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|beyond-a-steel-sky|70}}
{{Infobox game/row/reception|OpenCritic|9772/beyond-a-steel-sky|71}}
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{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|beyond-a-steel-sky|}}
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{{Infobox game/row/reception|IGDB|beyond-a-steel-sky|76}}
 
|taxonomy    =
 
|taxonomy    =
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | None }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes            | Singleplayer }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | Real-time }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Third-person }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Third-person }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control, Menu-based }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control, Menu-based, Point and select }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Adventure }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Adventure }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Cel-shaded, Comic book}}
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{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Cel-shaded, Comic book }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Cyberpunk, Oceania }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | Cyberpunk, Oceania }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Steel Sky }}
 
{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Steel Sky }}
 
|steam appid  = 1146310
 
|steam appid  = 1146310
 
|steam appid side  = 1368360, 1368370
 
|steam appid side  = 1368360, 1368370
|official site= https://revolution.co.uk/games/beyond-a-steel-sky/
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|official site= https://revolution.co.uk/games_catalog/beyond-a-steel-sky/
 
|hltb        = 69840
 
|hltb        = 69840
 
|igdb        =  
 
|igdb        =  
 
|gogcom id    = 1775031253
 
|gogcom id    = 1775031253
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|lutris      = beyond-a-steel-sky
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|mobygames    = 147438
 
|strategywiki =  
 
|strategywiki =  
|mobygames    = beyond-a-steel-sky
 
 
|wikipedia    = Beyond a Steel Sky
 
|wikipedia    = Beyond a Steel Sky
 
|winehq      =  
 
|winehq      =  
 
|license      = commercial
 
|license      = commercial
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}}
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{{Introduction
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|introduction      =
 +
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|release history  =
 +
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|current state    =
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
'''General information'''
 
'''General information'''
{{mm}} [http://discord.gg/8wDmcss Developer Discord server]
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{{mm}} [https://discord.gg/revolutionsoftware Developer Discord server]
 
{{GOG.com links|1775031253|beyond_a_steel_sky}}
 
{{GOG.com links|1775031253|beyond_a_steel_sky}}
 
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/1146310/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
 
{{mm}} [https://steamcommunity.com/app/1146310/discussions/ Steam Community Discussions]
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{{Availability/row| MacApp | id1501689671 | MacApp | Included with {{store feature|Apple Arcade}}. | | OS X }}
 
{{Availability/row| MacApp | id1501689671 | MacApp | Included with {{store feature|Apple Arcade}}. | | OS X }}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 1146310 | Steam |  |  | Windows, Linux }}
 
{{Availability/row| Steam | 1146310 | Steam |  |  | Windows, Linux }}
}}
 
 
{{DLC|
 
{{DLC/row| Prologue Comic Book | Free. | Windows, Linux }}
 
{{DLC/row| Soundtrack | | Windows, Linux }}
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
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{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
 
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{{Game data/config|Windows|{{P|localappdata}}\BASS2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\}}
{{Game data/config|OS X|{{P|userprofile}}\Library\Containers\BASS2\Data\Library\Preferences\BASS2\MacNoEditor\}}
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{{Game data/config|OS X|{{P|osxhome}}/Library/Containers/BASS2/Data/Library/Preferences/BASS2/MacNoEditor/}}
{{Game data/config|Linux|}}
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{{Game data/saves|Linux|{{P|xdgdatahome}}/Epic/BASS2/Saved/Config/LinuxNoEditor/}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{XDG|unknown}}
 
{{XDG|unknown}}
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{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|localappdata}}\BASS2\Saved\SaveGames\}}
 
{{Game data/saves|Windows|{{P|localappdata}}\BASS2\Saved\SaveGames\}}
{{Game data/saves|OS X|{{P|userprofile}}/Library/Containers/BASS2/Data/Library/Application Support/Epic/BASS2/Saved/SaveGames}}
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{{Game data/saves|OS X|{{P|osxhome}}/Library/Containers/BASS2/Data/Library/Application Support/Epic/BASS2/Saved/SaveGames}}
{{Game data/saves|Linux|}}
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{{Game data/saves|Linux|{{P|xdgdatahome}}/Epic/BASS2/Saved/SaveGames/}}
 
}}
 
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|origin                    =  
 
|origin notes              =  
 
|origin notes              =  
|steam cloud              = false
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|steam cloud              = true
 
|steam cloud notes        =  
 
|steam cloud notes        =  
 
|ubisoft connect          =  
 
|ubisoft connect          =  
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|multimonitor              = limited
 
|multimonitor notes        = Needs [[Engine:Unreal Engine 4#Field of view .28FOV.29|config file modification]].
 
|multimonitor notes        = Needs [[Engine:Unreal Engine 4#Field of view .28FOV.29|config file modification]].
|ultrawidescreen            = true  
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|ultrawidescreen            = true
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
 
|ultrawidescreen notes      =  
 
|4k ultra hd                = true
 
|4k ultra hd                = true
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|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|anisotropic                = limited
 
|anisotropic                = limited
|anisotropic notes          = Controled by '''Textures''' setting; '''Low''' (disabled) to '''Epic''' (8x).<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Expack3|date=2020-07-11|comment=Checked via console.}}</ref> See [[Anisotropic filtering (AF)]] for further customization.
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|anisotropic notes          = Controlled by '''Textures''' setting; '''Low''' (disabled) to '''Epic''' (8x).<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Expack3|date=2020-07-11|comment=Checked via console.}}</ref>
 
|antialiasing              = true
 
|antialiasing              = true
 
|antialiasing notes        = '''Low''' (disabled) to '''Epic''' ([[Glossary:Anti-aliasing (AA)#Temporal Anti-Aliasing .28TAA.29|TAA]]).<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Expack3|date=2020-07-12|comment=Confirmed via console}}</ref> See [[Anti-aliasing (AA)]] for further customization.
 
|antialiasing notes        = '''Low''' (disabled) to '''Epic''' ([[Glossary:Anti-aliasing (AA)#Temporal Anti-Aliasing .28TAA.29|TAA]]).<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Expack3|date=2020-07-12|comment=Confirmed via console}}</ref> See [[Anti-aliasing (AA)]] for further customization.
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|upscaling                  = unknown
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|upscaling tech            =
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|upscaling notes            =
 
|vsync                      = true
 
|vsync                      = true
 
|vsync notes                = Togglable.
 
|vsync notes                = Togglable.
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|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
}}
 
}}
===[[Glossary:Anisotropic filtering (AF)|Anisotropic filtering (AF)]]===
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{{Fixbox|description=Set custom Anisotropic filtering amount|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Expack3|date=2020-07-11}}</ref>|fix=
 
# Go to the [[#Configuration_file.28s.29_location|configuration file(s) location]].
 
# Open <code>Engine.ini</code> in a text editor.
 
# Add the following lines:
 
<pre>
 
[SystemSettings]
 
r.MaxAnisotropy=16
 
</pre>
 
'''Notes:'''
 
{{ii}} The above sets the in-game Anisotropic filtering to 16x. 16 can be changed to anything from 0 to 15.
 
}}
 
 
===[[Glossary:Anti-aliasing (AA)|Anti-aliasing (AA)]]===
 
===[[Glossary:Anti-aliasing (AA)|Anti-aliasing (AA)]]===
{{Fixbox|description=Change AA type through the config file|ref=<ref name="expack_aa_712">{{Refcheck|user=Expack3|date=2020-07-12}}</ref>|fix=
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{{Fixbox|description=Enable [[SSAA|super-sampling]] through the config file|ref=<ref name="expack_aa_712">{{Refcheck|user=Expack3|date=2020-07-12}}</ref>|fix=
# Go to the [[#Configuration_file.28s.29_location|configuration file(s) location]].
 
# Open <code>Engine.ini</code> in a text editor.
 
# Add the following lines:
 
<pre>
 
[SystemSettings]
 
r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=1
 
</pre>
 
{{ii}} The above sets the AA type to [[FXAA]]. Change the 1 to 0 to disable AA.
 
}}
 
 
 
{{Fixbox|description=Enable [[SSAA|super-sampling]] through the config file|ref=<ref name="expack_aa_712"/>|fix=
 
 
# Go to the [[#Configuration_file.28s.29_location|configuration file(s) location]].
 
# Go to the [[#Configuration_file.28s.29_location|configuration file(s) location]].
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# Add the following lines:
 
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<pre>
 
<pre>
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|xbox prompts              = true
 
|xbox prompts notes        =  
 
|xbox prompts notes        =  
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|impulse triggers          = false
 
|impulse triggers notes    =  
 
|impulse triggers notes    =  
 
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|dualshock 4              = true
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|mute on focus lost notes = Cannot be enabled.
 
|mute on focus lost notes = Cannot be enabled.
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
|eax support notes        =  
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|eax support notes         =
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|royalty free audio       = unknown
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|royalty free audio notes  =  
 
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  |audio    = true
 
  |audio    = true
 
  |subtitles = true
 
  |subtitles = true
  |notes    = Canadian and France variants are selectable.
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  |notes    =  
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|fan      =
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|ref      =
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{{L10n/switch
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|language  = French - Canada
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|interface = true
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|audio    = true
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|subtitles = true
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|notes    =
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |ref      =  
 
  |ref      =  
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{{L10n/switch  
 
{{L10n/switch  
 
  |language  = Korean
 
  |language  = Korean
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|interface = true
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|subtitles = true
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|notes    =
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|fan      =
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|ref      =
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  |audio    = false
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  |ref      =  
 
  |ref      =  
 
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==VR support==
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{{VR support
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|native 3d                  =
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|native 3d notes            =
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|nvidia 3d vision            =
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|nvidia 3d vision notes      =
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|vorpx                      = hackable
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|vorpx modes                = G3D
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|vorpx notes                = User created game profile, see [https://www.vorpx.com/forums/topic/beyond-a-steel-sky-2/ vorpx forum] profile introduction.
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|vr only                    =
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|openxr                      =
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|windows 32-bit exe    = false
 
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|windows 64-bit exe    = true
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|macos app notes        = <ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czyz0l9-yy4&t=72s|title=10 Native Apple M1 Mac Games #1|date=1 January 2022}}</ref>
 
|linux 32-bit executable= false
 
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Latest revision as of 21:18, 18 February 2024

Beyond a Steel Sky
Beyond a Steel Sky cover
Developers
Revolution Software
Engines
Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
macOS (OS X) June 26, 2020[1]
Windows July 16, 2020
Linux July 16, 2020
Reception
Metacritic 70
OpenCritic 73
IGDB 76
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control, Menu-based, Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles Cel-shaded, Comic book
Themes Cyberpunk, Oceania
Series Steel Sky
Beyond a Steel Sky on HowLongToBeat
Beyond a Steel Sky on IGDB
Beyond a Steel Sky on MobyGames
Beyond a Steel Sky on Wikipedia
Steel Sky
Beneath a Steel Sky 1994
Beyond a Steel Sky 2020

Beyond a Steel Sky is a singleplayer third-person adventure game in the Steel Sky series.

General information

Developer Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Windows
Linux
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
Linux
Mac App Store
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Included with Apple Arcade.
macOS (OS X)
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Windows
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\BASS2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Containers/BASS2/Data/Library/Preferences/BASS2/MacNoEditor/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Epic/BASS2/Saved/Config/LinuxNoEditor/
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 %LOCALAPPDATA%\BASS2\Saved\SaveGames\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Containers/BASS2/Data/Library/Application Support/Epic/BASS2/Saved/SaveGames
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Epic/BASS2/Saved/SaveGames/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings
Graphics settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Needs config file modification.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
[2]
Field of view (FOV)
80-110[3]
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Controlled by Textures setting; Low (disabled) to Epic (8x).[4]
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Low (disabled) to Epic (TAA).[5] See Anti-aliasing (AA) for further customization.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Togglable.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Can optionally set a frame rate limit of 30 FPS or 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Enable super-sampling through the config file[6]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
  3. Add the following lines:
[SystemSettings]
r.ScreenPercentage=150
The 150 stands for percentage of the base resolution, equal to 1.5x. Any other value above 100 can be used.

Input

Gameplay settings.
Gameplay settings.
Keybindings.
Keybindings.

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Dialogue, Music, Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Can be individually-set for gameplay and cinematic dialogue.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Cannot be enabled.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language settings
Language settings
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
American and British (UK) variants are selectable.
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Dutch
French
Canadian French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues unresolved

Official list of known bugs

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
OpenGL 4.3 Default renderer on Linux build for Nvidia and Intel gpus pre-Patch #6; removed in Patch #6.[9]
Metal support
Vulkan 1.0 Default renderer on Linux build for AMD gpus pre-Patch #6; only renderer on Linux build since Patch #6.[9]
Shader Model support 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bitARM Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[8]
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 650
AMD Radeon HD 7770
2 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.15.0
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 16.5 GB
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, SteamOS
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2400
AMD FX-8320
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
AMD Radeon R9 290
A 64-bit operating system is required.


References

  1. 'Beyond a Steel Sky' comes to Apple Arcade tomorrow | Engadget - last accessed on 2020-06-25
  2. YouTube - Rob Cram - Beyond A Steel Sky PC 4K - Welcome To Cyberpunk Union City - last accessed on 2020-07-11
  3. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-10-02)
  4. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-07-11
    Checked via console.
  5. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-07-12
    Confirmed via console
  6. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-07-12
  7. Steam Community Discussion - KNOWN BUGS & LOYALTY DISCOUNT ISSUE - last accessed on 2020-07-23
    "While Xbox One & PS4 gamepads are behaving correctly, we can not stress this enough: There is no wilder west when it comes to input irregularities than gamepads!"
  8. 10 Native Apple M1 Mac Games #1 - last accessed on 1 January 2022
  9. 9.0 9.1 Steam Community News - PATCH #6: Moving to the latest Unreal Engine - 40% OFF for the next 24 hours! - last accessed on 2021-05-03
    "But due to the new Unreal Engine version not supporting OpenGL anymore, this is a Vulkan only club now, including brand new support for Vulkan ES3.1 which runs way quicker on low spec machines and brings your Linux experience on par with Windows & Mac gamers!"