Deep Rock Galactic

Although this product has been released, it remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.

General information

Official Discord server

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition and Dwarven Legacy also available.
Microsoft Store		Included with Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC. Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available. Purchase includes an Xbox X/S/One version.
Steam		Deluxe Edition and Dwarven Legacy also available.

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition includes both launch day DLC's, the Dark Future Pack and Megacorp Pack.

The Ultimate Edition is available on the Microsoft Store only and includes the Supporer Upgrade as well as the Dark Future and Megacorp Packs.

The Dwarven Legacy bundle includes all current and future DLC doe the game, including the soundtrack.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Supporter Upgrade
Dark Future Pack
MegaCorp Pack
Roughneck Pack
Dawn of the Dread Pack

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions^[1]

Go to <path-to-game>\FSD\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Open Game.ini.
Add:

[/Script/MoviePlayer.MoviePlayerSettings]
StartupMovies=

Skip splash screen

Instructions^[1]
See Command line arguments. Use `-nosplash`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\FSD\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\*.ini^{[Note 1]}
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/548430/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\FSD\Saved\SaveGames\*.sav^{[Note 1]}
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/548430/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings

UI settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+.^[2]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Set from 80 - 120° in Gameplay options (default is 100°). Can be increased in .ini file.^{[citation needed]}
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Texture quality affects anisotropic filtering and streaming memory size. Can be manually set in .ini file.^{[citation needed]}
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, TAA (experimental), or off.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Maximum framerate can optionally be set between 30 and 244 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Experimental. Windows HDR, DX12 mode, and fullscreen mode must be enabled.^{[citation needed]}

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Disable lens flare

Edit Engine.ini

Go to <path-to-game>\FSD\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following:

[SystemSettings]
r.LensFlareQuality=0

Disable bloom

Edit Engine.ini

Go to <path-to-game>\FSD\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following:

[SystemSettings]
r.BloomQuality=0

Disable chromatic aberration

Edit Scalability.ini

Go to <path-to-game>\FSD\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\.
Open Scalability.ini.
Add the following:

[PostProcessQuality@2]
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

[PostProcessQuality@3]
r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

Input

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Affected by "Inverse mouse" option.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Fixed in 14 FEB 2018 update.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts
Cursor detection

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Characters, Mission Control, Music, Sound Effects, Incoming Voice Chat.
Surround sound		5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Croatian				Work in progress.
Czech				Work in progress.
Danish				Work in progress.
Dutch				Work in progress.
Finnish				Work in progress.
French
German
Hungarian				Work in progress.
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Romanian				Work in progress.
Russian
Slovenian				Work in progress.
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish				Work in progress.
Turkish
Ukrainian
Vietnamese				Work in progress.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	4	Co-op Use Nucleus Coop & Unofficial mod.
LAN play
Online play	4	Co-op Crossplay between Xbox One and Microsoft Store, but not Steam.
Asynchronous multiplayer

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		This is a planned feature.^{[citation needed]}
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Low FPS on Nvidia cards

Disable Nvidia Ansel^[3]

Other information

API

Steam launch menu

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	DX12 is standard in the Windows store version. It can be enabled in the Steam version in the Settings menu. Up to a 70% FPS improvement in CPU limited Scenarios^[4]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	2.4 GHz Dual Core	2.4 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290
Other	Broadband Internet connection

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^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>/548430/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (548430) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Verified by User:Whisper on 2019-03-05
↑ Verified by User:aaronth07 on 2020-12-23
Compared 16:9 and 21:9 screenshots, can conclude that it's expanding aspect ratio horizontally without cropping vertically
↑ Are you having random fps drops? Try disabling Ansel.
↑ Verified by User:Dominik1411 on 2020-11-16
CPU limited on a Ryzen 7 3800x from 91FPS(DX11) to 155FPS(DX12)

[gamedir-2] 1.0 ^1.1 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).

[Proton_path_note-3] 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>/548430/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (548430) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/548430/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (548430) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[refcheck_Whisper-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Verified by User:Whisper on 2019-03-05

[4] Verified by User:aaronth07 on 2020-12-23
Compared 16:9 and 21:9 screenshots, can conclude that it's expanding aspect ratio horizontally without cropping vertically

[5] Are you having random fps drops? Try disabling Ansel.

[6] Verified by User:Dominik1411 on 2020-11-16
CPU limited on a Ryzen 7 3800x from 91FPS(DX11) to 155FPS(DX12)

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Developers

	Ghost Ship Games
Publishers
	Coffee Stain Studios
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	May 13, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	85
OpenCritic	85
IGDB	82
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	FPS
Themes	Space, Sci-fi