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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun cover
Developers
Mimimi Games
Publishers
Daedalic Entertainment
Engines
Unity 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows December 6, 2016
macOS (OS X) December 6, 2016
Linux December 6, 2016
Reception
Metacritic 85
OpenCritic 83
IGDB 87
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Genres Stealth
Themes Japan
Series Shadow Tactics
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun on HowLongToBeat
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun on IGDB
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun on MobyGames
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun on Wikipedia
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

Developer Discord server
Publisher Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Germany: Standard Edition is Windows-only,
Collector's Edition additionally with Steam-Key Flyer
Windows
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable.[2]
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Windows
Origin
Origin
Included with EA Play Pro.
Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Windows
A demo is available from GOG.com and Steam.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Move, rename or delete the intro videos
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Shadow Tactics_Data\StreamingAssets\movies
  2. Move, rename or delete both video files mimimi_logo_boot_up_00 and daedalic_logo_boot_up_00

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun\<user-id>\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Daedalic Entertainment GmbH/<user-id>/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Daedalic Entertainment GmbH/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun/<user-id>/
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Daedalic Entertainment GmbH\Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun\<user-id>\gameState_00\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/Daedalic Entertainment GmbH/<user-id>/gameState_00/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Daedalic Entertainment GmbH/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun/<user-id>/gameState_00/

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Video settings.
Video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
See the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Enabled by default, no "Exclusive Fullscreen" mode available
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Can be enabled or disabled.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Able to lock to 30 or 60fps.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Use "Unlocked" V-Sync option
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, music, sound, and voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Hungarian
Fan translation, #1, #2, #3.
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

VR support

Tobii settings.
Tobii settings.

Issues fixed

Black screen on first startup

This fix will delete your savegames!
Steam users must disable the Steam Cloud for this title before attempting the fix
Delete gameState.save[3]
  1. Go to the save game data location.
  2. Delete the file gameState.sav

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 2nd-Gen 2.5 GHz
AMD Quad-Core 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 13 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 640
AMD Radeon HD 7750
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 10 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Installing the game on an SSD improves loading times.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.10
Processor (CPU) Intel 3 GHz Dual Core CPU
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 13 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX
AMD Radeon HD 7770
1 GB of VRAM
Installing the game on an SSD improves loading times.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.04
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3 2nd-Gen 2.5 GHz
AMD Quad-Core 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 13 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 640
AMD Radeon HD 7750
1 GB of VRAM
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Installing the game on an SSD improves loading times.
To run the game on Linux you have to install the following packages (libc6:i386, libx11-6:i386, libxcursor1:i386, libxrandr2:i386, libstdc++6:i386, libgl1-mesa-glx:i386, libasound2:i386)


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.4.4f1[1]

References