God of War

God of War is a singleplayer third-person ARPG, adventure and hack and slash game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.ini^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1593500/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\God of War\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1593500/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Display options

Advanced display options

Graphics options

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ for certain resolutions. See Field of view (FOV).
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Default FOV is 73. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Exclusive fullscreen mode is not available.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Options for Min, Low, Original, High and Ultra.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Temporal Anti-Aliasing is always enabled. DLSS is supported.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		FPS limiter ranges from 30 - 120, or off. Max FPS appears to be 160.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		HDR experience can be improved using: RenoDX Options for "Brightness" (peak brightness, 0 - 100) and "Contrast" (black level, 0 - 100).
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Supports FidelityFX Super Resolution.^[2]

Field of view (FOV)

Use Cheat Engine^[3]

Download Cheat Engine and the cheat table
Import the God of War cheat table into cheat engine
Launch the game
At the bottom of the program, enable the "Camera FOV" option

Cheat Engine may be detected as a cheat tool in games with anti-cheat, it is recommended to make sure Cheat Engine is fully closed before launching another game

Use Flawless Widescreen^{[citation needed]}>
Download and install Flawless Widescreen Search for "God of War" in the plugin list Install the plugin, and adjust the FOV values to your liking

Input

Camera options

Gameplay options

Key remapping options

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Negative mouse acceleration is present.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion		And x-axis.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		And x-axis

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		^[4]
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		^[5] Also supports Dualsense.
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support		Сolor changes depending on the situation.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired, V2 tested

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback		No Dualsense haptic feedback support, rumble is supported (intensity slider from 0 - 10)
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio options

Accessibility options

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Options for Music, Dialogue, and SFX
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions		Options for subtitle background and subtitle speaker
Mute on focus lost		Toggle

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
Croatian				Available but not shown as supported.
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Greek				Voice acting available despite not showing as supported.
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Turkish

Issues unresolved

Crashes During Gameplay

An "Out of Memory" error may occur. This may be resolved by disabling the iGPU in the Windows device manager.

Features unavailable

DLSS may be labeled as unsupported on Windows 11^{[citation needed]}.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video 2

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz	Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	70 GB HDD	70 GB SSD
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R9 290X 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 570 4 GB (AMD) or 6 GB (Nvidia) of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Additional requirements for high refresh rate and 4K resolutions are listed here.

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).
↑ ^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>/1593500/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1593500) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Ars Technica - God of War’s 2018 reboot arrives on PC in January 2022 - last accessed on 2021-10-25
"Sony representatives have confirmed to Ars that this port is being "overseen" by its creators at Sony Santa Monica while otherwise handled by Jetpack Interactive..."
↑ GOD OF WAR (2018) PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND PC FEATURES TRAILER - last accessed on 2022-01-14
↑ God of War Custom FOV Mod (Currently uses a Cheat Engine table, and affects cutscenes) - last accessed on 2022-01-15
↑ Forbes - Everything You Need To Know About 'God Of War' Coming To PC - last accessed on 2021-10-20
"(and other gamepads, including Xbox)..."
↑ Steam - God of War - last accessed on 2021-10-20
"With support for the DUALSHOCK®4 and DUALSENSE® wireless controllers..."

[gamedir-2] 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>/1593500/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (1593500) 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>/1593500/.

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

[6] The app ID (1593500) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] Ars Technica - God of War’s 2018 reboot arrives on PC in January 2022 - last accessed on 2021-10-25
"Sony representatives have confirmed to Ars that this port is being "overseen" by its creators at Sony Santa Monica while otherwise handled by Jetpack Interactive..."

[4] GOD OF WAR (2018) PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND PC FEATURES TRAILER - last accessed on 2022-01-14

[5] God of War Custom FOV Mod (Currently uses a Cheat Engine table, and affects cutscenes) - last accessed on 2022-01-15

[6] Forbes - Everything You Need To Know About 'God Of War' Coming To PC - last accessed on 2021-10-20
"(and other gamepads, including Xbox)..."

[7] Steam - God of War - last accessed on 2021-10-20
"With support for the DUALSHOCK®4 and DUALSENSE® wireless controllers..."

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Developers

	Santa Monica Studio
Windows	Jetpack Interactive^[1]
Publishers
	PlayStation PC
Release dates
Windows	January 14, 2022
Reception
Metacritic	93
OpenCritic	94
IGDB	96
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	ARPG, Adventure, Hack and slash
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy