Dry Drowning

Dry Drowning

Developers
	Studio V
Publishers
	VLG Publishing
Engines
	Unity 2017
Release dates
Windows	August 2, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	68
OpenCritic	68
IGDB	60
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Menu-based
Genres	Visual novel
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Cyberpunk, Detective/mystery, Europe

General information

Publisher Discord server

Visual Novel Database article

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
itch.io
Steam

A demo is available from GOG.com, itch.io, and Steam.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DAZEL\Dry Drowning\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1077970/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\DAZEL\Dry Drowning\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1077970/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game general settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Only 16:9 resolutions can be selected. Forcing a different aspect ratio results in 16:9 anamorphic scaling for gameplay.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Used in place of exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See 120+ FPS for details.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		See 120+ FPS for details.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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

120+ FPS

The game normally has v-sync forced on, resulting in framerate being tied to the monitor refresh rate (e.g. 120 Hz = 120 FPS).

Uncap the frame rate regardless of refresh rate using Special K
Enable Vsync in the settings of the game. Install Special K locally for the game by moving the SpecialK32.dll to the game folder and renaming it to dxgi.dll Run the game once, and then close it. Open dxgi.ini in a text editor and change PresentationInterval=-1 to PresentationInterval=0 Run the game and confirm that the frame rate is uncapped.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
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

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sounds
Surround sound		Stereo
Subtitles		Press Tab ↹ to toggle subtitles for intro video; rest of game is text-only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

In-game language selection.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Audio in intro video only.
Italian

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-4160		Intel Core i5-3570
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 4400 DirectX 11 compatible		Nvidia GeForce GTX 660

A 64-bit system is required.