Oxenfree

Oxenfree

Developers
	Night School Studio
Engines
Former	Unity 5
Former	Unity 2018
	Unity 2020
Release dates
Windows	January 15, 2016
macOS (OS X)	January 15, 2016
Linux	June 9, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	80
OpenCritic	81
IGDB	79
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Contemporary, Interwar, North America, Supernatural
Series	Oxenfree

Oxenfree
Oxenfree	2016
Oxenfree II: Lost Signals	2023

Oxenfree is a singleplayer scrolling and side view adventure game in the Oxenfree series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		DRM-free if launched directly from executable
GOG.com
Humble Store
itch.io
Mac App Store
Microsoft Store
Steam
Origin (unavailable)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Night School Studio\Oxenfree\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Night School Studio/Oxenfree/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Night School Studio\Oxenfree\save\
Microsoft Store
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\388880\remote\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/unity.Night School Studio.Oxenfree/save/
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Night School Studio/Oxenfree/save/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud		Steam Cloud does not work on Linux.[citation needed]
Xbox Cloud

Video

General Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Natively supported in the Steam version. See the related WSGF post for a workaround for the other platforms.
4K Ultra HD		Defaults to desktop resolution, but in-game settings only allow going up to 1080p if ever changed. Change in the configuration file.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		On by default. Use -window-mode exclusive parameter for exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		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 as of patch 1.2.1.
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

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

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts		Prompts are given in tutorial for generic 4-face button dual stick layout.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
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				Fan translation. Available to download.
Russian				In-game fan translation by «Tolma4 Team»
Spanish

Issues fixed

Missing executable (Steam/Linux)

Since the 3.1.0 update which replaced the executables Oxenfree.x86 and Oxenfree.x86_64 with a single (64-bit) executable OXENFREE, Steam may fail to launch the Linux version of the game with an error about a missing executable.

Launch from Steam client and select second option
When the game is launched from the Steam client on 64-bit Linux, it offers two options (both named "Play Oxenfree"): the first (default) attempts to run the Oxenfree.x86_64 executable, and the second runs the OXENFREE executable. Select the second one. (Note that the default first option will always be used when launching from a desktop/menu shortcut.)

Link missing executable name to installed executable
Create a symbolic link from <path-to-game>/Oxenfree.x86_64 to <path-to-game>/OXENFREE. (Open <path-to-game> in a terminal and enter ln -s OXENFREE Oxenfree.x86_64.) This allows the game to work using the default run option on 64-bit Linux (and thus to launch from desktop/menu shortcuts).

Use the pre-x86 deprecation branch
Switch to the linux_pre64 "beta" branch to install an older version of the game that still contains the Oxenfree.x86 and Oxenfree.x86_64 executables. After the update is completed, it may be necessary to rename <path-to-game>/OXENFREE_Data to <path-to-game>/Oxenfree_Data.

Run the Windows version with Proton
In the Compatibility tab of the game's Properties window in Steam, enable the "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool" option and select a Proton version from the drop-down list.

Game silently fails to run (Steam/Linux)

If the Steam version of the game was installed prior to the 3.1.0 update which changed <path-to-game>/Oxenfree_Data to <path-to-game>/OXENFREE_Data, the folder may not actually have been renamed, so the game may not run even if Steam succeeds in finding an executable (see missing executable issue).

Fix the capitalization of the game's "data" folder
In <path-to-game>, rename Oxenfree_Data to OXENFREE_Data.

Missing saved progress or New Game Plus status (Steam/Linux)

Since the 3.1.0 update which renamed the game from Oxenfree to OXENFREE, your saved game progress or New Game+ status may appear to be missing.

Fix the capitalization of the game's "save data" folder
In $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Night School Studio, rename Oxenfree to OXENFREE.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c, 11
OpenGL	2.0	Launch the game with the -force-glcore argument (see Engine:Unity#Command line arguments)
Shader Model support	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux			Steam, by default, currently offers only a 64-bit executable (OXENFREE); the separate 32-bit and 64-bit executables (Oxenfree.x86 and Oxenfree.x86_64 respectively) were removed as of version 3.1.0 but are still available in a "beta" branch. The itch.io and GOG versions still contain both 32-bit and 64-bit executables.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8.1
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3 2.0 GHz	Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	1 GB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6750 DirectX 11 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3 2.0 GHz	Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	1 GB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6750

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.10 or similar	Ubuntu 16.04 or similar
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3 2.0 GHz	Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	1 GB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6750