Beyond a Steel Sky
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Developers | |
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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 |
Steel Sky | |
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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 |
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GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Mac App Store | Included with Apple Arcade. | |||
Steam |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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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 |
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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 |
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GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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] |
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[SystemSettings] r.ScreenPercentage=150
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Most keys cannot be remapped. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | Camera sensitivity only. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | Called Invert Camera Vertical. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | Camera sensitivity only. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion | Called Invert Camera Vertical. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | [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 |
Steam Input | ||
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Steam Input API support | ||
Hook input (legacy mode) | ||
Official controller preset(s) | ||
Steam Controller button prompts | ||
Cursor detection |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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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 | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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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 | |
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vorpX | G3D User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction. |
Issues unresolved
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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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-bit | ARM | Notes |
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Windows | ||||
macOS (OS X) | [8] | |||
Linux |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz |
Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 6 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 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 280X 4 GB (Nvidia), 3 GB (AMD) of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X) | ||
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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 | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, SteamOS | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-2400 AMD FX-8320 |
Intel Core i7-3770 AMD FX-8350 |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 480 6 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
References
- ↑ 'Beyond a Steel Sky' comes to Apple Arcade tomorrow | Engadget - last accessed on 2020-06-25
- ↑ YouTube - Rob Cram - Beyond A Steel Sky PC 4K - Welcome To Cyberpunk Union City - last accessed on 2020-07-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-10-02)
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-07-11
- Checked via console.
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-07-12
- Confirmed via console
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-07-12
- ↑ 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!"
- ↑ 10 Native Apple M1 Mac Games #1 - last accessed on 1 January 2022
- ↑ 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!"