Abzû

Key points

Developer strongly recommends usage of controller.

General information

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched directly from executable.^[1]
GamersGate

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store
Origin		Executable is identical to GOG.com version, game can be run without Origin
Steam		Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed in December 2020.^[2]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\AbzuGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\505GAMESS.P.A.35784A6D3DB4D_tefn33qh9azfc\LocalState\AbzuGame\Saved\Config\UWP\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/384190/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

GameUserSettings.ini stores all general settings

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\AbzuGame\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\505GAMESS.P.A.35784A6D3DB4D_tefn33qh9azfc\SystemAppData\wgs\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/384190/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud		Enabled in Steam client, but no data is synced.
Xbox Cloud

Video[edit]

Options menu.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Change any setting under Options then quit and restart, and it will use the highest monitor resolution.^[3]
Multi-monitor		See Multi-monitor for more FOV or use this patcher for Hor+ scaling.
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ and Vert-.^[3] Use this patcher for fully Hor+ scaling.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	See Multi-monitor for more FOV.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	TAA,^[4] and SSAA through Render Res.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

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

Multi-monitor[edit]

Change AspectRatioAxisConstraint^[3]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following lines to the end of the file:

[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV

A significant increase from the native 16:9 FOV.

Borderless fullscreen windowed[edit]

The Microsoft Store version is always borderless.

At fullscreen, press `Alt`+`↵ Enter`.^[5]

Enable borderless fullscreen^[6]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `GameUserSettings.ini`. Add or modify `FullscreenMode=1` under `[/Script/AbzuGame.AbzuGameUserSettings]`.

Motion blur[edit]

Disable motion blur^[6]

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini.
Add the following lines to the end of the file:

[SystemSettings]
r.MotionBlurQuality=0

Input[edit]

Pause menu.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Camera also supports X-axis inversion.
Controller
Controller support		At least XInput and DualShock 4.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Camera also supports X-axis inversion.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Xbox One controller.
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support		Static blue.
Connection modes	unknown

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 7.1.^[7]
Subtitles		No spoken dialogue.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese				Incomplete: Options screen and keyboard help are in English.
Russian
Simplified Chinese

VR support[edit]

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: ABZU.
vorpX		G3D, Z3D Officially supported, see vorpX gamelist.

Issues fixed[edit]

Game won't launch[edit]

Run program as an administrator

If above doesn't work

Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\AbzuGame\Saved\
Delete the Config directory.
Start the game

This will restore settings to default