Disco Elysium

Disco Elysium

Developers
	ZA/UM
Polishing	The Knights of Unity
Engines
	Unity 2020
Release dates
Windows	October 15, 2019
macOS (OS X)	April 27, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	91
OpenCritic	92
IGDB	89
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Scrolling, Isometric
Controls	Direct control, Menu-based, Point and select
Genres	Adventure, RPG
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Detective/mystery, Comedy

Disco Elysium is a singleplayer bird's-eye view, scrolling and isometric adventure and RPG game.

General information

Official Discord server

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
GOG.com
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Steam		DRM-free when launched directly from executable.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	Game does not contain any microtransactions.

Version differences

Most storefronts refer to the game as 'Disco Elysium - The Final Cut'. This is not a different version of the game, but simply a branding for one of the free content updates that added some major features, such as full English voice-overs.
As the update was pushed to everyone who bought the game previously, there is no non-'The Final Cut' version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\ZAUM Studio\Disco Elysium\Settings\Settings.json HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ZAUM Studio\Disco Elysium\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/com.zaumstudio.discoelysium/Settings/ $HOME/Library/Application Support/ZAUM Studio/Disco Elysium/Settings/
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/632470/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\ZAUM Studio\Disco Elysium\SaveGames\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/com.zaumstudio.discoelysium/SaveGames/ $HOME/Library/Application Support/ZAUM Studio/Disco Elysium/SaveGames/
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/632470/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ 21:9 support added on January 23, 2020.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Used in place of exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 8x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Camera movement is only smooth at multiples of 50 FPS.[citation needed] See Fix 60 Hz / 60 FPS fix
High dynamic range display (HDR)

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

60 Hz / 60 FPS fix

Fix movement stuttering at 60 FPS by patching "Assembly-CSharp.dll" file.

Download the IPS Patch. Open RomPatcher.js in a new web browser tab, or use a dedicated IPS patching utility (Such as Lunar IPS). Go to <path-to-game>\Disco Elysium_Data\Managed\ and use the Assembly-CSharp.dll file as the source ROM file, and the downloaded IPS patch as the patch file. After the patched file has been saved, rename the file to Assembly-CSharp.dll and move it to <path-to-game>\Disco Elysium_Data\Managed\, making sure to replace the original.

Input

Keyboard and mouse controls

Gamepad controls (Xbox controller)

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See Remapping for options.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Added in The Final Cut.
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

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Vibration cannot be disabled.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		The mouse can be used to target interactables while moving with a controller.

Remapping

Modify running controls with AutoHotkey[citation needed]
To use Mouse5 to run: XButton2::Click, 2

PS4 Button Prompts

A mod that replaces the normal Xbox One button prompts with the DualShock 4 equivalents and therefore works with XInput.

The face buttons are colored, unlike the game's standard DualShock 4 prompts.

An alternate file with the Square and Triangle buttons swapped is also available. This is intended for players who want to have the menu on Triangle (the top face button), which is common in RPGs. Only the prompts are swapped; the player must swap the actual button inputs in a remapping tool.

Update: This mod does NOT work anymore. Must rollback to a previous version of the game.

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Environment, Voiceover, Music, User Interface, Weather
Surround sound		Stereo
Subtitles		Text size is adjustable. Some song lyrics are not subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic				Added on May 9, 2024.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech				Fan - The Final Cut
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

The UI and subtitles can be set to different languages. Q and L can be used to seamlessly switch languages while playing.

Other information

Gameplay settings

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Metal support

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)				ARM is per the Mac App Store page's version history log.

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Input	InControl

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Core i7 AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	512 MB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.13, 10.14.1, 10.15.4
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3	Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL compatible	Dedicated GPU, eGPU, or Metal compatible GPU

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Supported Mac models are MacBook Pro: from mid 2009, MacBook Air: from mid 2012, iMac: from late 2009, Mac Pro: from late 2008, Mac mini: from 2009