Goat Simulator
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Developers | |
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Coffee Stain Studios | |
macOS (OS X) | Ryan C. Gordon |
Linux | Ryan C. Gordon |
Publishers | |
Coffee Stain Studios | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | April 1, 2014 |
macOS (OS X) | June 27, 2014 |
Linux | June 27, 2014 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 62 |
OpenCritic | 60 |
IGDB | 52 |
Taxonomy | |
Genres | Tricks |
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | ||||
Official website | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Microsoft Store | Xbox Game Pass for PC | |||
Steam | GOATY Edition also available. | |||
Amazon.com (unavailable) |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Goat MMO Simulator | Available for free as part of the base game. | |
GoatZ | Part of the GOATY Edition | |
Original Soundtrack | Part of the GOATY Edition | |
PAYDAY | Part of the GOATY Edition | |
Waste of Space | Part of the GOATY Edition |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\GoatSim\GoatGame\Config\*\ <path-to-game>\Engine\Config\*\[Note 1] |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/GoatSimulator/GoatSimulator.app/Contents/Resources/GoatGame/Config/*/ |
Linux | $HOME/.steam/steam/steamapps/common/GoatSimulator/GoatGame/Config/*/ |
- * represents a DLC folder name, which may include
Zombie
,Space
,Heist
,MMO
,Vanilla
, andCommon
. The folder name for configuration files depends on which DLC are owned.
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Microsoft Store | |
Steam | <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/265930/remote/goatprogression |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Steam Cloud | Approx. 600 MB available. | |
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | See the WSGF entry. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | See the WSGF entry. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Game has a built-in FOV slider. | ||
Windowed | Windowed is default, can be changed to fullscreen. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | 16x by default. Accessible through goatsystemsettings.ini | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. Anti-aliasing not available on Linux. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | 62 FPS default cap; see High frame rate. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
High frame rate
Change FPS cap[1] |
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|
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | XInput only. | |
Full controller support | The start screen prompt must be answered with controller input in order to navigate the menus with a gamepad. | |
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | [2] |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music, sound and voice. | |
Surround sound | 5.1 | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Arabic | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | There are some translation errors | |||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | 4 | Split-screen. | ||
LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | 2.0 | OS X and Linux only. |
Shader Model support | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | Some mods require the 64-bit executable, which can be manually copied from the Development Kit.[3] | ||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Physics | PhysX | |
Interface | Scaleform |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Vista | 7, 8 |
Processor (CPU) | Dual Core 2.0 GHz | Quad Core 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
512 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible, 16-bit |
macOS (OS X) | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.7 | 10.8 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5 1.3 GHz | Intel Core i5 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Intel HD Graphics 4000 Dual Core 2.0 GHz 256 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support |
Intel HD Graphics 5000 512 MB of VRAM |
Other | 2013 models or better |
Linux | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS | |
Processor (CPU) | Dual Core 2.0 GHz | Quad Core 2.0 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support |
512 MB of VRAM |
Other | Nvidia/AMD drivers are recommended |
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
- ↑ HERE IS THE FIX FOR ALL LAGS who got Win64bit !!!! :: Goat Simulator General Discussions
- ↑ Verified by User:SojerManLan on 2021-07-23
- Tested with a keyboard and a wired Xbox One controller (model 1708). The game allows only the input which responded to the start screen prompt. Pressing the corresponding button on the controller only allowed the controller input in the game and the same follows for the keyboard.
- ↑ GUIDE: How to install 64-bit version! :: Goat Simulator Support/Bug Reports - last accessed on 2017-05-24