The Detail

The Detail

Developers
	Rival Games
Engines
	Unity 5
Release dates
Windows	October 28, 2014
macOS (OS X)	October 28, 2014
Linux	October 28, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	71
OpenCritic	63
IGDB	71

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

Official forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate		Episode 1 only.
Green Man Gaming		Full season.
Humble Store		Full season.
Mac App Store		Full season.
Steam		Full season is available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Rival Games\The Detail
macOS (OS X)
Linux	~/.config/unity3d/Rival Games/The Detail

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	%USERPROFILE%\My Games\Rival Games\The Detail\Saves
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game graphics and audio settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable Fullscreen from in-game graphics settings.
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		No frame rate or refresh rate cap.
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

In-game controls and gameplay settings.

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

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Slow mouse cursor on linux

Use the -HardwareCursor command line argument

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
Shader Model support	2.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 2.0 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 2.0 support

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 10.10
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 2.0 support