The Last of Us Part I

The Last of Us Part I

Developers
	Naughty Dog
Windows	Iron Galaxy Studios
Publishers
	PlayStation PC
Engines
	Naughty Dog Game Engine
Release dates
Windows	March 28, 2023
Reception
Metacritic	88
OpenCritic	88
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, Survival
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Post-apocalyptic, Zombies

The Last of Us Part I is a remake of the PlayStation 3 game from 2013. The original game and remake were developed by Naughty Dog and published by PlayStation PC. This is the first time the Last of Us series comes to PC, and is the second game developed by Naughty Dog to come to PC following Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection. The PC version improves upon the PlayStation 5 release in a multitude of ways compared to the PlayStation 5 release, including DLSS 3.1, FSR 2.2, ultrawide screen support and more.

The PlayStation 5 version launched on September 2, 2022 and the PC port released on March 28, 2023.

The game launched to negative reception from consumers, with several issues citing graphical issues, long shader compilation times, performance degradation on longer play sessions, mouse and camera jitter and more. The game has received one small patch so far, (apparently) removing the debug menu, however it can be restored by using the launch day executable (or using this mod.)

General information

Steam Community Discussions

PC Support Page

PC Known Issues

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Digital Deluxe also available
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store		Digital Deluxe also available
Steam		Digital Deluxe also available

Version differences

The Last of Us Part 1 includes the base game and the Left Behind prequel chapter.

Digital Deluxe Edition: contains everything from The Last of Us Part 1. Everything else that is included are all early unlocks that can also be unlocked through in-game progress: Increased Crafting Speed Skill, Increased Healing Speed Skill, 9mm Reload Speed Increase Upgrade, Rifle Clip Capacity Increase Upgrade, Explosive Arrows Gameplay Modifier, Photo-mode Dither Punk filter, Speedrun Mode and six weapon skins (Black Gold 9mm Pistol, Silver Filigree 9mm Pistol, Rubber Tactical Shotgun, Sculpted Oak Shotgun, Arctic White Bow and Carbon Black Bow).

Pre-purchase grants access to bonus supplements and bonus weapon parts that could also be gained through in-game progress. These bonusses can be toggled off when starting a new game.

Platform Bonus: on Steam, receive Left 4 Dead and Portal in-game t-shirt cosmetics for Ellie and, on Epic, receive Alan Wake t-shirt cosmetic for Ellie after beating the main story.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	The Last of Us Part I has no microtransactions.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Upgrade to Digital Deluxe Edition/Digital Deluxe Edition Upgrade	Upgrades the game to the Digital Deluxe Edition.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\The Last of Us Part I\users\<user-id>\screeninfo.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1888930/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\The Last of Us Part I\users\<user-id>\savedata\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1888930/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Display options

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		21:9 and 32:9 supported. Pillarboxes can be disabled, but game suggests this can cause various visual bugs, like clipping issues.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Slider available with values ranging from -10 to +10.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		1x, 2x, 4x, 8x and 16x options available. No option available to fully disable it.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA with no option to disable it.
High-fidelity upscaling		FSR 2.2, DLSS 3.1
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On/Off toggle.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Optional framerate cap from 30 to 250 and Unlocked, with increments of 10.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		HDR needs to be enabled in Windows in order to be able to enable HDR in-game, otherwise the message "This display does not support HDR" will show and the option will remain locked.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		Protanopia, Deuteranopia and Tritanopia HUD colorblind modes supported with adjustable HUD Background darkness and HUD Color.

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  Graphics options

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  Accessibility - Magnification and Visual Aids options

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Default, Right Hand Only, Left Hand Only, Numpad, Arrow Keys, ESDF, Dvorak and Azerty keybinding presets are available. Additionally 3 custom schemes can be saved.
Mouse acceleration		Raw Mouse Input setting can be enabled to disable mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity		Look, Aiming and Sniping sensitivity can be separately adjusted for both axes.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Look and Aiming camera can be separately inverted for both axes.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Default, Right Hand Only and Left Hand Only specific controller presets are available. Controller Orientation can be set to Default, Left, Right and Upside Down. Left Stick and Right Stick option can be set to Default, Flipped While Aiming or Flipped Always. Additionally 3 custom remap schemes can be saved.
Controller sensitivity		Look, Aiming and Sniping sensitivity can be separately adjusted for both axes.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Look and Aiming camera can be separately inverted for both axes.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DualSense's gyro functionality, haptic feedback and dynamic triggers are supported when the controller is wired to the computer.
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired

Generic/other controllers		Xbox Adaptive Controller, Switch Pro Controller and Steam Controller are supported by the game with separate control customizations.
Button prompts		An option to override button prompt style

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Wired DualSense connection only.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

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  Controls options

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  Controls customization options

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  Haptics options

Audio

Audio options

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate Effects, Dialogue, Music, Cinematics, Accessibility Audio Cues, Screen Reader and Cinematic Descriptions volume sliders are available.
Surround sound		3D Spatial Audio option available. Output Device Type and Dynamic Range can be separately adjusted. Mono Audio toggle available.
Subtitles		Separate Size, Background, Names, Name Colours, Direction and Color options available.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		On/Off toggle named Pause on Focus Lost.
Royalty free audio

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  Accessibility - Audio Volumes options

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  Subtitle options

Language options

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese				Audio is region locked to Japanese storefronts.
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish
Thai				Screen Reader option is not available.
Turkish

Issues unresolved

Crashes, poor performance and "Please wait" screens during gameplay

People report a large amount of crashes every few minutes of gameplay and poor performance, especially when playing the game without letting the shader compilation process finish.

The game possibly also suffers from a memory leak, possibly causing crashes and "Please wait" screens over time when the game runs out of system RAM.

Wait at the game's main menu for shader compilation to finish
The above issues might still happen, but seemingly to a lesser extend.

Issues fixed

Font and button prompt issues

Button prompts and text flickering or displaying an incorrect or broken character.

Right click on the game in Steam, select Properties>Controller, and select Disable Steam Input

Accessing debug menu

Only accessible in the launch day version
Launch the game (tlou-i-l.exe). Press Ctrl+~ (tilde) and you can access the debug menu.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video	v2021.08.1

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10 (build 1909)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i7-4770K AMD Ryzen 5 1500X	Intel Core i7-8700 AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
System memory (RAM)	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 GB (SSD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon 470 4 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Minimum system requirements are for 720p, Low settings at 30 FPS. Recommended system requirements are for 1080p, High settings at 60 FPS. Performance (1440p, High settings at 60 FPS) and Ultra (4K, Ultra settings at 60 FPS) system requirements are also available.