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Kathy Rain
Kathy Rain	2016
Kathy Rain: Director's Cut	2021

Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is a singleplayer scrolling and side view adventure game in the Kathy Rain series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com		Deluxe Edition also available.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition also available.
Steam		Deluxe Edition also available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Clifftop Games\Kathy Rain: Director's Cut
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Clifftop Games/Kathy Rain_ Director's Cut/prefs

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Clifftop Games\Kathy Rain_ Director's Cut\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Clifftop Games/Kathy Rain_ Director's Cut/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Native ratio is 16:9. Wider resolutions are pillarboxed 16:9, narrower are Hor-.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Pillarboxed 16:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Borderless is default. To enable exclusive, see Unity/Exclusive fullscreen mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Some animations are 120+ FPS, e.g. rain. Character animations have low framerate.^[3]
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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

Input

XInput controller layout

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Controller overrides mouse.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Speech, Music, Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11	D3D12 can be forced with the `-force-d3d12` command line argument.
OpenGL		OS X and Linux only.
Vulkan		Can be forced on Linux with the `-force-vulkan` command line argument.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

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

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	WDDM 1.0 DirectX 9 compatible
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 2019.4.31f1^[1]^[2]

References

↑ "new, more flexible and powerful game engine" :: Kathy Rain: Director's Cut General Discussions - last accessed on 2021-01-22
"Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is being created from the ground up in Unity"
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-11-12
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-10-26
Verified by recording video with OBS at 165 fps

[3] Unity engine build: 2019.4.31f1^[1]^[2]

[1] "new, more flexible and powerful game engine" :: Kathy Rain: Director's Cut General Discussions - last accessed on 2021-01-22
"Kathy Rain: Director's Cut is being created from the ground up in Unity"

[engineversion-2] Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-11-12

[4] Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-10-26
Verified by recording video with OBS at 165 fps

[Note 1]

[3]

[1]

[2]

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-{{Availability/row| Humble | kathy-rain-directors-cut | Steam | | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
+{{Availability/row| Humble | kathy-rain-directors-cut | Steam | {{store link|Humble|kathy-rain-directors-cut-deluxe-edition|Deluxe Edition}} also available. | | Windows, OS X, Linux }}
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+|ultrawidescreen notes      = {{term|Pillarboxed}} 16:9.
 |4k ultra hd                = true
 |4k ultra hd notes          =
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 |antialiasing               = n/a
 |antialiasing notes         =
+|upscaling                  = unknown
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
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 |vsync notes                =
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 |60 fps notes               =
 |120 fps                    = true
-|120 fps notes              = Some animations are 120+ fps, e.g. rain. Character animations have low framerate.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Mastan|date=2021-10-26|comment=Verified by recording video with OBS at 165 fps}}</ref>
+|120 fps notes              = Some animations are 120+ FPS, e.g. rain. Character animations have low framerate.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Mastan|date=2021-10-26|comment=Verified by recording video with OBS at 165 fps}}</ref>
 |hdr                        = false
 |hdr notes                  =
@@ Line 136: / Line 139: @@
 ==Input==
+{{Image|Kathy Rain Director's Cut xinput.png|XInput controller layout}}
 {{Input
 |key remap                 = false
@@ Line 163: / Line 167: @@
 |xbox prompts              = true
 |xbox prompts notes        =
-|impulse triggers          = unknown
+|impulse triggers          = false
 |impulse triggers notes    =
 |dualshock 4               = unknown
@@ Line 183: / Line 187: @@
 |controller hotplug        = true
 |controller hotplug notes  =
-|haptic feedback           = unknown
+|haptic feedback           = false
 |haptic feedback notes     =
 |simultaneous input        = false
@@ Line 212: / Line 216: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 |red book cd audio        =
 |red book cd audio notes  =
@@ Line 222: / Line 228: @@
   |interface = true
   |audio     = true
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+ |ref       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Simplified Chinese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
   |subtitles = true
   |notes     =
@@ Line 265: / Line 280: @@
 {{L10n/switch
   |language  = Brazilian Portuguese
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = true
+ |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+ |ref       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Russian
   |interface = true
   |audio     = false
@@ Line 286: / Line 310: @@
 ===API===
 {{API
-|direct3d versions      = 11, 12
+|direct3d versions      = 11
 |direct3d notes         = D3D12 can be forced with the {{code|-force-d3d12}} [[Glossary:Command line arguments|command line argument]].
 |directdraw versions    =
@@ Line 310: / Line 334: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = false
 |windows 64-bit exe     = true
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
-|mac os x powerpc app   =
+|mac os x powerpc app   = unknown
 |macos intel 32-bit app = false
 |macos intel 64-bit app = true
 |macos app notes        =
 |macos arm app          = unknown
-|macos arm notes        =
+|linux powerpc app      = unknown
-|linux powerpc app      =
 |linux 32-bit executable= false
 |linux 64-bit executable= true
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
 }}

Developers

	Clifftop Games
Publishers
	Raw Fury
Engines
	Unity 2019^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	October 26, 2021
macOS (OS X)	October 26, 2021
Linux	October 26, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	83
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Pixel art
Themes	Contemporary, Detective/mystery, North America
Series	Kathy Rain