Returnal
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| Developers | |
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| Housemarque | |
| Windows | Climax Studios[1] |
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| PlayStation PC | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 4[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 15, 2023 |
| Reception | |
| OpenCritic | 86 |
| IGDB | 91 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Roguelike, Shooter |
| Vehicles | Space flight |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Sci-fi, Space |
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Returnal is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action, roguelike and shooter game.
General information
Availability
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Monetization
| Type | Notes |
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| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
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| No microtransactions | None |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1649240/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1649240/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | 16:10 resolutions are officially supported.[2] | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | 21:9 and 32:9 resolutions are officially supported.[2] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | [3] | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | -10 to +15 degrees FOV bias slider.[4] | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Named as Windowed fullscreen. Exclusive fullscreen also available. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | [5] | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | [TAA] with low, medium, high and epic presets. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | DLSS 2.4, FSR 2, NIS, XeSS [6][7] |
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| Vertical sync (Vsync) | On/Off toggle. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Fully adjustable frames per seconds slider available with increments of one and lowest value of ten. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| Ray tracing (RT) | Ray-traced shadows and reflections.[6] | ||
| Color blind mode | Support for deuteranopia, protanopia and tritanopia with adjustable filter strength, UI tone and collectible colors. | ||
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
- Features option to display comprehensive in-game performance UI.
- Gameplay visible in the background while at the graphics menu, allowing to see the effects of settings adjustments in real-time.
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers | DualSense controller is fully supported and when wired to PC it features haptic feedback and adaptive triggers.[6] | |
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| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Motion sensors support | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | ||
| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Separate Master, Music, SFX and Dialogue volume sliders available.[4] | |
| Surround sound | Stereo, 5.1, 7.1, Dolby Atmos, Auro 3D (3D audio), resonance audio (3D audio) and ray-traced audio available.[6] | |
| Subtitles | On/Off toggle. Adjustable size, color, speaker name, speaker color and background opacity available. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | On/Off toggle. When on, it pauses the game on focus loss. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Arabic | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| Finnish | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Indonesian | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Norwegian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Portuguese | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
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| Thai | ||||
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Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | ||||
| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | 2 | Co-op |
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- Cross-play with PlayStation 5 is not supported.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 12 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Physics | PhysX, APEX | PhysX v3.4.0.0, APEX v1.4.0.0 |
| Audio | XAudio, Wwise | XAudio v2.9 |
| Input | LibScePad | V1.0.4.1, support for DualSense controller |
| Multiplayer | Epic Online Services |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10 (build 1903) | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-6400 AMD Ryzen 5 1500X | Intel Core i7-8700 AMD Ryzen 7 2700X |
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| System memory (RAM) | 16 GB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 60 GB (HDD) | 60 GB (SSD) | ||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 580 6 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 8 GB (Nvidia), 12 GB (AMD) of VRAM |
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- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.25.1.0
- ↑ 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>/1649240/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1649240) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Returnal is coming to PC – PlayStation.Blog - last accessed on 2022-12-09
- "Returnal PC has been created with help and delicate care from our friends at Climax Studios."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Steam - Returnal - last accessed on 2023-01-18
- "16:10, Ultrawide (21:9) and Super Ultrawide (32:9) aspect ratios offer an expanded field of view throughout Atropos..."
- ↑ Steam - Returnal - last accessed on 2023-01-18
- "All this in stunning 4K."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Returnal - Features Trailer | PC Games - PlayStation- YouTube - last accessed on 2023-01-18
- ↑ Verified by User:Mrtnptrs on 2023-02-15
- No AF option separately available, so likely tied to textures setting or something. Not looked at yet.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Returnal launches on PC February 15 - PlayStation.Blog - last accessed on 2023-01-18
- ↑ SteamDB Unknown Depot 1649241 - Displaying change M:2048765008969678509 - Returnal - SteamDB - last accessed on 2023-02-10