Dead Space 3

Dead Space 3

Developers
	Visceral Games
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Engines
	Visceral Engine
Release dates
Windows	February 5, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	78
IGDB	74
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC, Cross-game bonus, Subscription gaming service
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter, Survival horror
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Horror, Sci-fi, Space
Series	Dead Space

Dead Space
Dead Space	2008
Dead Space 2	2011
Dead Space 3	2013
Dead Space (2023)	2023

Dead Space 3 is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person shooter and survival horror game in the Dead Space series.

Key points

In-game Vsync option caps frame rate at 30 FPS; a higher frame rate Vsync lock can be forced externally instead.

General information

Official forums

Neoseeker Forums PC-specific

Aegis7 forums non PC-specific, less active

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		2 DVDs. Limited Edition.
Amazon.com
Microsoft Store		Included exclusively with Xbox Game Pass for PC as part of its version of EA Play.
Origin		Included with EA Play. Manual link for EA App purchase.
Steam		Included with EA Play (Steam).

All versions require Origin DRM.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Cross-game bonus	Having a Mass Effect 3 savegame on the PC, will unlock the N7 Suit and having a Dead Space 2 savegame unlocks the Planet Cracker Plasma Cutter.
DLC	The DLC adds missions, items and boosts.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via EA Play.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Awakened
Tau Volantis Survival Kit	Includes: Tundra Recon Suit, Marauder Suit, Sharpshooter Suit, Aegis VII Survivalist, AL-9 Clearcutter, SMP-90 Sharpshooter and Bot Accelerator.
Bot Capacity Upgrade
Bot Accelerator	Included in the Tau Volantis Survival Kit pack.
Bot Personality Pack
EG-900 SMG
Enervator
First Contact Pack	Includes: First Contact Suit and Negotiator. Included with the Limited Edition
Marauder Pack	Includes: Marauder Suit and AL-9 Clearcutter. Included in the Tau Volantis Survival Kit pack.
Sharpshooter Pack	Includes: Sharpshooter Suit and SMP-90 Sharpshooter. Included in the Tau Volantis Survival Kit pack.
Tundra Recon Pack	Includes: Tundra Recon Suit and Aegis VII Survivalist. Included in the Tau Volantis Survival Kit pack.
Witness the Truth Pack	Includes: Witness Suit and Evangelizer. Included with the Limited Edition.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\EA Games\Dead Space 3\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1238060/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\EA Games\Dead Space 3\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1238060/pfx/

5 player profiles available. Each player profile only has 1 save slot, but a chapter select feature is available.

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

Graphics options.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Works with Nvidia Surround in 2D and 3D modes.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD			Subtitles scales poorly with resolution larger than 1280 pixels wide, making them too small in very high resolution. Untested Cheat Engine table for subtitle scaling.
Field of view (FOV)		Fixable through config file. See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16 samples.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Only post-process AA (FXAA, SMAA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Only 30 FPS lock. See the glossary page for proper Vsync.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Very high frame-rate (+30 FPS) potentially causes problems with QTEs, physics (specifically ragdoll), and animations
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Field of view (FOV)

There is deliberately no in-game option to modify the FOV.^{[citation needed]}

Edit config file to change FOV[citation needed]
Open %LOCALAPPDATA%\EA Games\Dead Space 3\system.txt Search for the line Window.FOVScale Change the value from 1.00000000 to a higher one (default FOV is around 75°). Save your changes. Notes In one cutscene if you change the FoV there will be a border in the middle of the screen. See screenshot for details.

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  default FOV Scale (~75°)

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  FOV Scale 1.1 (~82.5°)

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  FOV Scale 1.2 (~90°)

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  FOV Scale 1.3 (~97.5°)

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  FOV Scale 1.4 (~105°)

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  Border in one cutscene.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Positive and negative mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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

Generic/other controllers

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

Mouse smoothing

Dead Space 3 suffers from floaty mouse movement, which becomes more pronounced the higher the frame rate.

Turn off mouse smoothing[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open general.txt. Add the line control.MouseSmoothing = false.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		Up to 5.1 output.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Combination of original and licensed tracks by Extreme Music Library Ltd. Credits use the track "Ephemeral" from the album "What We All Come to Need".

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian				Fan translation.
Italian
Polish				Fan translation, download. Only base game is translated.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation: download (TriboGamer)
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		2	Co-op Co-op campaign.

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Dead Space 3 - 3D Vision fix.
vorpX		G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues unresolved

Cannot retrieve information from Origin error when accessing DLC store ingame

Several users affected by the issue have started posting tracerouting logs of their connection to the Origin servers to help EA identify the cause of the issue

EA has responded to this issue with a workaround

Many users are reporting that the workaround does not fix the issue

Possible fixes:

• Uninstall Origin and reinstall the latest version
• Run Origin as administrator
• Add Dead Space 3 and Origin to your firewall's exception list
• Port forward the following ports:

TCP	UDP
80	3659
443	14000-14016
9988	22990-23006
20000-20100	25200-25300
22990
17502
42127

Issues fixed

Kinesis Door Audio Bug

Kinesis doors make constant hammering noise.

Use Kinesis Door Audio Stutter FIX[citation needed]
Download Fix on Mod DB Unpack .zip into Dead Space 3 installation folder. Start DS3Patcher.bat. Follow instructions.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
Shader Model support	3

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	RwAudioCore

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3, Vista SP1, 7
Processor (CPU)	2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista, 7)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 6800 ATI Radeon X1600 Pro 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support