The Sojourn

The Sojourn

Developers
	Shifting Tides
Publishers
	Iceberg Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	September 20, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	78
OpenCritic	72
IGDB	68
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Puzzle
Themes	Fantasy

General information

Publisher Discord server

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched directly from executable.
GamersGate
GOG.com		Digital Deluxe Edition and Gold Bundle also available.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam		Digital Deluxe Edition and Gold Bundle also available.

Version differences

The Digital Deluxe Edition includes the base game and the Upgrade to Digital Deluxe.

The Gold Bundle includes the base game, the Upgrade to Digital Deluxe, and the Soundtrack.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Upgrade to Digital Deluxe	Includes Equilibrium (a playable prototype), digital artbook, and Equilibrium digital artbook.
Soundtrack

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename movie files
Go to <path-to-game>\TheSojourn\Content\Movies\. Delete or rename TheSojournSplash.mp4 and UE4_Logo.mp4.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\TheSojourn\Saved\SaveGames\Settings.sav %LOCALAPPDATA%\TheSojourn\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/794960/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\TheSojourn\Saved\SaveGames\Sojourn.sav
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/794960/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		16:10 aspect ratios are Vert+, compared to 16:9.
Multi-monitor		Hor+ scaling.
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ scaling.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Labeled Windowed Fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See Anti-aliasing (AA) for more options.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Framerate is capped at display refresh rate in Fullscreen display mode. Capped at 62 FPS in Windowed and Windowed Fullscreen display modes. See High frame rate to increase windowed framerate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Change AA type through the config file
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini in a text editor. Add the following lines: [SystemSettings] r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=1 The above sets the AA type to FXAA. Change the 1 to 0 to disable AA.

Enable TAA sharpening through the config file
This makes the game appear less blurry when anti-aliasing is on. Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini in a text editor. Add the following lines: [SystemSettings] r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.2 r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=1

Enable super-sampling through the config file
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini in a text editor. Add the following lines: [SystemSettings] r.ScreenPercentage=150 The 150 stands for percentage of the base resolution, equal to 1.5x. Any other value above 100 can be used.

High frame rate

Increase frame rate limit through the config file
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open GameUserSettings.ini in a text editor. Locate FrameRateLimit=0.000000 and set the value to the desired FPS cap.

Vignette

Disable vignette through the config file
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini in a text editor. Add the following lines: [SystemSettings] r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0 r.Tonemapper.Quality=0

Input

In-game general settings.

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Negative acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		X-axis can be inverted separately.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Movement and camera controls cannot be remapped.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		X-axis can be inverted separately.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Sound Effects, Music
Surround sound		5.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1	10
Processor (CPU)	2.5 GHz Quad-Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 AMD Radeon HD 6870 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 AMD Radeon R9 280

A 64-bit operating system is required.