The Guest
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Developers | |
---|---|
Team Gotham | |
Publishers | |
505 Games | |
Engines | |
Unity 4[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 10, 2016 |
macOS (OS X) | March 24, 2016[2] |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 68 |
OpenCritic | 63 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Adventure, Puzzle |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary |
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.
The Guest is a singleplayer first-person adventure and puzzle game.
Key points
- Hearing-impaired players may be unable to complete the game without external help.[3]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
GamersGate | ||||
GOG.com | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Steam | ||||
Origin (unavailable) |
- A demo is available from Steam:
steam://install/438590
.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Team Gotham\The Guest\ <path-to-game>\TheGuest_Data\options_data.xml[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/402040/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
Windows | <path-to-game>\TheGuestSteam_Test_Data\SavedDir\save_data.xml[Note 2] |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/402040/pfx/[Note 3] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Use this patcher to unlock all resolutions. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Use this patcher to unlock all resolutions. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page). |
||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Quality scales with the presets.[4] | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Quality scales with each preset. No anti-aliasing at Low.[5] | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) |
- 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 | No 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 |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | Music, Effects | |
Surround sound | 2.0 Stereo | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
VR support
Devices | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Tobii Eye Tracking |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL |
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. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 (Dual Core) 2.66 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1200 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT ATI Radeon 4800 DirectX 9.0 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
Notes
- ↑ Unity engine build: 4.6.7f1[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 3.0 3.1 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>/402040/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (402040) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-05-13
- ↑ Steam :: The Guest :: NEW PATCH + UPDATE: Room Service? I’d like to order a Mac version… - last accessed on 2023-08-24
- ↑ Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2018-07-08
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-14
- In the game files, AF goes from 1 to 2 depending on the preset.
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2019-08-14
- In the game files, AA goes from 0 to 8 depending on the preset.