7 Days to Die

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7 Days to Die

Developers
	The Fun Pimps
Engines
	Unity 2018.2
Release dates
Windows	Early access
macOS (OS X)	Early access
Linux	Early access

General information

Official Website

Official Forum - Bugs can be reported here

Official wiki

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website
Gamesplanet
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\The Fun Pimps\7 Days To Die\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Preferences/unity.The Fun Pimps.7 Days To Die.plist
Linux	~/.config/unity3d/The Fun Pimps/7 Days To Die/

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\7DaysToDie\Saves\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/7DaysToDie/Saves/
Linux	~/.local/share/7DaysToDie/Saves/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Huge impact on FPS and HUD not centered
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Set to 65° by default. Can be modified by using Console Commands.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Launch the game in window with -popupwindow parameter
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA toggle
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Half and Full.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No FPS limit observable.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Field of view (FOV)

Set FOV in console Open the console (F1). Enter sg OptionsFieldOfViewNew followed by the FOV value you want. Notes Entering this command without a value will show the current value being used. Closing or restarting the game application will return the value to default 65°. FOV changes do not affect the size of weapons on the screen.

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	unknown

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Overall Sound, Music, Ambient Sound and Voice Volume
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

All localizations are using the console translation. The translation isn't up-to-date to the current version as the console development is put on hiatus. Various missing or wrong translations can be found while playing.

The language can be changed in the game properties using Steam.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				-
German				-
Spanish				-

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play		16	8 by default
Online play		64

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting		See the Dedicated Server guide.
Direct IP

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	26900
UDP	26900-26902

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

Devices	Native	Notes
Tobii Eye Tracking		Use Tobii Game Hub. Supports head tracking.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
OpenGL	4.5
Vulkan	1.1	1.1.86
Shader Model support	5.0
64-bit executable

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Interface	NGUI
Input	InControl	Version 1.6.17 build 9143
Multiplayer	Steamworks
Anti-cheat	Easy Anti-Cheat

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	7
Processor (CPU)	2.4 GHz Dual Core	3.0 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	1024 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible	2048 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6	10.9
Processor (CPU)	2.4 GHz Dual Core	3.0 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	1024 MB of VRAM	2048 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04	Ubuntu 14.04
Processor (CPU)	2.4 GHz Dual Core	3.0 GHz Quad Core
System memory (RAM)	6 GB	12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	1024 MB of VRAM	2048 MB of VRAM