The Hand of Merlin
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This product is unreleased but remains under active development - information may change frequently and could be outdated or irrelevant.
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| Developers | |
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| Room-C Games | |
| Croteam | |
| Publishers | |
| Versus Evil | |
| Engines | |
| Serious Engine[1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | Early access |
| Taxonomy | |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | TBS |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Themes | Europe, Fantasy, Lovecraftian, Medieval, Middle East |
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General information
- Official Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Epic Games Store | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| GamersGate | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Humble Store | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Steam | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\UserData\Merlin.ini[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/600610/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/600610/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Hor+ scaling.[2] | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | 2x-8x; tied to performance presets.[3] | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | 2x-8x MSAA | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Gameplay settings
Graphics settings
Performance settings
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
Sound settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music, Sound effects | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 11, 12 | Selectable in-game. |
| Vulkan |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | OpenAL |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1 with Platform Update | 10 (version 1703) |
| Processor (CPU) | 3.0 GHz Dual Core | 3.0 GHz Quad Core |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GT 1030 AMD Radeon RX 550 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 DirectX 12 compatible |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/600610/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (600610) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Croteam - The Hand of Merlin is Alive and Kicking - last accessed on 2021-05-11
- "Spoiler alert – The Hand of Merlin is now being built in the Serious Engine!"
- ↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2021-05-15
- Screenshots taken at 1920x1080, 2560x1080 and 3840x1080, then compared.
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2021-05-24
- Referenced GPU presets found in
<path-to-game>\Content\Merlin\Config
- Referenced GPU presets found in