Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
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Developers | |
---|---|
Osmotic Studios | |
Publishers | |
Surprise Attack | |
Engines | |
Unity 2018[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 27, 2016 |
macOS (OS X) | December 16, 2016[2] |
Linux | December 16, 2016[2] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 77 |
OpenCritic | 82 |
IGDB | 86 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | Text-based |
Controls | Point and select |
Genres | Adventure, Simulation, Text adventure |
Art styles | Stylized, Vector art |
Themes | Contemporary |
Series | Orwell |
Orwell | |
---|---|
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You | 2016 |
Orwell: Ignorance is Strength | 2018 |
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You is a singleplayer text-based adventure, simulation and text adventure game in the Orwell series.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Epic Games Store | Game can be run directly from the executable.[3] | |||
GOG.com | Deluxe Edition also available. | |||
Humble Store | ||||
itch.io | ||||
Microsoft Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Green Man Gaming (unavailable) |
Demo
- A demo is available from Steam:
steam://install/543080
. It includes the full first episode of the game, which takes about 40 minutes to play through.[4]
Monetization
Type | Notes |
---|---|
One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
Type | Notes |
---|---|
No microtransactions | None |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OsmoticStudios\Orwell\ |
Microsoft Store | |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/OsmoticStudios/Orwell/prefs |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Orwell\profile*.osg |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\491950\remote\profile*.osg |
macOS (OS X) | |
Linux | $HOME/My Games/Orwell/profile*.osg |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Background image fills the whole screen but gameplay area remains 16:9. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | Freely resizeable window. Game remembers size and position of the window unless fullscreen is activated. Switching to fullscreen resets that and resizes window to the desktop size. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | The fullscreen option in the menu functions as a borderless window. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.
Input
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 | Cursor only. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music and effects. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | All speech is text. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Indonesian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 11 | |
OpenGL |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.10.5 | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 3.2 compatible |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | |
Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 3.2 compatible |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2019-10-07
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Orwell now available on Mac and Linux! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Orwell
- ↑ Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2023-08-10
- Game ran with no issues or prompts.
- ↑ Frequently Asked Questions :: Orwell Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2022-12-05