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{{Disambig|the remake|the original DOS game|[[The Chaos Engine]]}}
 
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'''General information'''
 
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==Availability==
 
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{{ii}} Not available for sale in Germany due to German censorship laws.
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===Version differences===
 
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The Chaos Engine
The Chaos Engine cover
Developers
The Bitmap Brothers
Windows Abstraction Games
macOS (OS X) Abstraction Games
Linux Abstraction Games
Publishers
2013-2020 Mastertronic
2020-present Rebellion Developments
Release dates
Windows August 29, 2013
macOS (OS X) August 29, 2013
Linux August 29, 2013
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Multiplayer
Series The Chaos Engine
The Chaos Engine (2013) on MobyGames
The Chaos Engine (2013) on Wikipedia
The Chaos Engine
The Chaos Engine 1994
The Chaos Engine (2013) 2013

This page is for the remake. For the original DOS game, see The Chaos Engine.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Green Man Gaming
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Two Pack also available.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Windows
Amazon.com (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Not available for sale on Humble and Steam in Germany.

Version differences

The GOG.com release does not support online multiplayer.[1]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
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
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Pillarbox
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Even in fullscreen mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Capped to 50 fps.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

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

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Shared-screen.
LAN play
Online play
2 Co-op
Not available in the GOG.com release.[1]

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6200
ATI Radeon X300
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6200
ATI Radeon X300
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.5 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 400 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6200
ATI Radeon X300


References