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Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book

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This page is for the original release. For the DX version, see Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX.

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book cover
Developers
Gust Co. Ltd.
Publishers
Koei Tecmo
Release dates
Windows February 7, 2017
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres JRPG
Art styles Anime
Themes Fantasy
Series Atelier
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Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book[Note 1] is a singleplayer third-person JRPG game developed by Gust Co. Ltd. and published by Koei Tecmo. It is the seventeenth main installment in the Atelier series and the first entry in the Mysterious subseries.

Initially released on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in 2015, it was ported to PC and released worldwide on February 7, 2017. Notably, the PC version has contents that were only available as DLC in prior console releases.

It should noted that the game doesn't have mouse support, and keyboard mapping cannot be changed.

It was delisted on April 21, 2021 to make way for the enhanced re-release.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.
The game is no longer available for purchase on Steam as of April 21, 2021.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\A17\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/527270/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Steam %USERPROFILE%\Documents\KoeiTecmo\A17\SAVEDATA\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/527270/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

External Config Tool
External Config Tool
Showcasing the games unlocked FPS. Its arbitrary and it adapts to the monitors refresh rate. [FPS count in the upper right corner]
Showcasing the games unlocked FPS. Its arbitrary and it adapts to the monitors refresh rate. [FPS count in the upper right corner]

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Up to 8x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Enabled by default.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
No frame rate cap. Frame rate is synced to monitor refresh rate (unless v-sync is forced off).
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Audio

Game Settings
Game Settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Text language is selected from launcher, dialogue language is selected from in game settings.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Japanese
Russian
Fan translation by «The Miracle»

Issues fixed

Flickering on Nvidia systems

Disable GeForce Experience Instant Replay[citation needed]
Disables instant replay.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. Sofī no Atorie ~ Fushigi na Hon no Renkinjutsushi ~ (Japanese: ソフィーのアトリエ~不思議な本の錬金術士~) in Japan.
  2. 2.0 2.1 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>/527270/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (527270) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References