The Surge
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Developers | |
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Deck13 Interactive | |
Publishers | |
Focus Home Interactive | |
Engines | |
Fledge | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 16, 2017 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 72 |
OpenCritic | 73 |
IGDB | 72 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | ARPG |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Post-apocalyptic |
Series | The Surge |
The Surge | |
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The Surge | 2017 |
The Surge 2 | 2019 |
The Surge is a singleplayer third-person ARPG game in the The Surge series.
General information
- Official forums
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Epic Games Store | Augmented Edition also available. | |||
GamersGate | Augmented Edition also available. | |||
Augmented Edition also available. | ||||
GOG.com | Augmented Edition also available. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | Augmented Edition also available. | |||
Microsoft Store | ||||
Steam | Augmented Edition also available. | |||
Origin (unavailable) |
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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A Walk in the Park | ||
The Good, the Bad and the Augmented | ||
CREO Special Employee Kit | ||
Fire & Ice Weapon Pack | Free. | |
Cutting Edge Pack | Free. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Surge\ |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/378540/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\378540\remote\ |
Microsoft Store | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\The Surge\save\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/378540/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
GOG Galaxy | ||
Origin | ||
OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | Disable fullscreen and set the windowed resolution to match your desktop. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Scales with quality presets. See Anisotropic filtering (AF) for manual adjustment. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, SMAA, SSAA | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | 1:1, 1:2, or Off | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Game might cap at lower frame rates in some scenarios. See Incorrect frame rate limit | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | HDR support planned[2] |
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Edit config file[3] |
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Stored in:<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\378540\remote\bindings_mkb_custom.ini |
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Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | There are two options that allow limb targeting to sync to axis inversion for both horizontal and vertical selection (suggest turning off for matching axis inversion). | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | Stored in:<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\378540\remote\bindingsPadCustom.ini |
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Controller sensitivity | Linked to 'Camera Sensitivity'. | |
Controller Y-axis inversion | See "Mouse Y-axis inversion". |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | if you have XInput and ds4 devices plugged in at the same time, the game will only poll XInput devices | |
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PlayStation button prompts | ||
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | You can choose input to be shown as Xbox, PS4, or Steam Controller. Default is Auto. | |
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio | Licensed BGM |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Native 3D | |||
Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: The Surge. | ||
vorpX | G3D, Z3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Issues fixed
Incorrect frame rate limit
- In some scenarios the game caps to a lower frame rate than it should.
Disable internal frame rate limiter[4] |
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Notes
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11 | |
Shader Model support | 5.0 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 8, 10 |
Processor (CPU) | AMD FX-8320 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5 GHz |
AMD FX-8370 4.0 GHz Intel Core i7-3820 3.6 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 15 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon R7 360 Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | AMD Radeon RX 480 Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 4 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/378540/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (378540) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Play the Free Demo! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: The Surge - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ PC HDR? - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Virus_Shell on 2017-05-16
- ↑ Steam Community - last accessed on 9 June 2023