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Barrow Hill: The Dark Path

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Barrow Hill: The Dark Path
Barrow Hill: The Dark Path cover
Developers
Shadow Tor Studios
Publishers
Iceberg Interactive
Engines
Wintermute[1]
Release dates
Windows September 22, 2016
Reception
OpenCritic 58
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives First-person, Flip screen
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure
Art styles Pre-rendered graphics, Realistic
Themes Contemporary, Europe, Horror, Supernatural
Series Barrow Hill
Barrow Hill: The Dark Path on HowLongToBeat
Barrow Hill: The Dark Path on IGDB
Barrow Hill: The Dark Path on MobyGames
Barrow Hill
Barrow Hill: Curse of the Ancient Circle 2006
Barrow Hill: The Dark Path 2016

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Windows
Developer website
DRM-free
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Can be played without Steam running.[2]
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

In-game settings Subtitles, Inventory descriptions and Audio descriptions are stored in the save file. Launcher settings are stored in the registry.
System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ShadowTorStudios\TheDarkPath
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/520990/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\The Dark Path\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/520990/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher video settings. If hidden, can be started via <path-to-game>\Settings.exe.
Launcher video settings. If hidden, can be started via <path-to-game>\Settings.exe.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use desktop resolution: desktop resolution with centered 1024x768, Maintain desktop ratio: 1280x768 with pillarboxed 1024x768, otherwise 1024x768.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Maintain desktop ratio setting uses desktop resolution with centered 1024x768 on ultra-widescreen displays.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Fixed view.
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)
No option. Fullscreen: on, windowed: off.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse-only game.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
3.0 stereo sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Labeled Audio Descriptions in settings.
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
German
Russian
Fan translation by «Prometheus Project»

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) 128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 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>/520990/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (520990) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Mastan on 2019-10-04
  2. Verified by User:Mastan on 2019-10-06