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
Gamesplanet
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 settings[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)

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 settings[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 settings[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