Forspoken

Forspoken

Developers
	Luminous Productions
Publishers
	Square Enix
Engines
	Luminous Engine
Release dates
Windows	January 24, 2023
Reception
Metacritic	67
OpenCritic	69
IGDB	73
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC, One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, Exploration, Open world, RPG
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Dark, Fantasy

Forspoken is a singleplayer third-person action, adventure, exploration, open world and RPG game.

The game is the first game to showcase Microsoft's DirectStorage API that enables the game to significantly lower loading times.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Humble Store		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Microsoft Store		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Steam		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.

Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on July 25, 2023.

A demo is available from Steam: steam://install/2228080.

Version differences

The Digital Deluxe Edition includes the base game, the In Tanta We Trust DLC, digital artbook and digital soundtrack.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Story expansion and pre-order cosmetics.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	Pre-order cosmetics which provide minor early game stats.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
In Tanta We Trust
Deluxe Edition Upgrade

Cat's Meow Cloak, Covet Nails, Wicked Nails were temporarily available on Steam Store and codes distributed on Prime Gaming for all platforms.

Stay Frosty Nails were only available on Prime Gaming, excluding Steam users, but are available with a mod.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

You can use -save_graphics_option_text launch argument for the game to generate and use GraphicsOption.txt along system.save in configuration file location. Allows editing some settings out of the game. See Frame rate (FPS)

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\FORSPOKEN\Steam\<user-id>\savestorage\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1680880/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\FORSPOKEN\Steam\<user-id>\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1680880/pfx/

Steam version of the game reads save files from the Steam Play location, but will save a copy in the localappdata location.

10 manual save slots and 1 autosave slot available.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Display settings

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Up to 32:9 during gameplay. Cutscenes are pillarboxed to 16:9 (use Flawless Widescreen to fix.).
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Exclusive fullscreen is also available.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Referred to as Texture Filtering.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, SMAA, TAA and Off.
High-fidelity upscaling		FSR 2.0, FSR 3.0, DLSS 2.5, XeSS 1.1 FSR 3 unavailable in the Microsoft Store version.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		As a toggle.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Options for 30, 60 and 120 FPS (x2 when Frame Generation enabled). See Frame rate (FPS)
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Always enabled when HDR output is enabled in Windows.
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray Traced Shadows and Ambient Occlusion.
Color blind mode		Grayscale, Protanopia, Deuteranopia, Tritanopia.

Frame rate (FPS)

Unlock or set to desired framerate
Run the game with -save_graphics_option_text launch argument. Go to the configuration file location. Open GraphicsOption.txt. Set MaxFramerate=xx (where XX is the desired value). Save and close the file. Notes Use 999 to unlock as 0 gets overwritten on game launch. Only tested on Steam version 1.23

Input

Control settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		↵ Enter is permanently bound to menu select and cannot be used for other commands.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Referred to as Camera Rotation Speed (Mouse).
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Referred to as Horizontal/Vertical Camera Movement.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Not all actions are able to be rebound.
Controller sensitivity		Referred to as Left/Right Stick Sensitivity.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Referred to as Horizontal/Vertical Camera Movement.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration		Referred to as "Trigger Effect".

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4, DualSense, DualSense Edge
PlayStation button prompts		DualShock and DualSense button prompts.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support		Wired only.
DualSense haptic feedback support		Wired only.
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth), Wireless (DualShock 4 USB Wireless Adapter) DualSense and DualSense Edge supports wired only.

Generic/other controllers		Steam Input needs to be activated.
Button prompts

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

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  Keyboard rebinding settings

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  Controller rebinding settings

Audio

Sound settings

Accessibility settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Sound Effect, Voice and Controller Volume
Surround sound
Subtitles		Options for size, background and name display.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

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  Difficulty settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Thai

Issues unresolved

Downsampling / DSR resolutions not displayed

The game will only display resolutions up to the current desktop resolution setting, leaving any DSR options unavailable.

This can be worked around by changing the desktop resolution to the DSR resolution before launching, after that DSR options should show in the game, though desktop resolution will need to be changed each time you want to launch it.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12	DirectX 12 Ultimate (Agility SDK)

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX	v3.4.1.0
Audio	Criware
Cutscenes	Bink Video	V2022.5, used for ability previews.

Command line arguments

The following command line arguments are available, though note that not all might function or work properly.

-benchmark
-benchmark_loop
-benchmark_leak
-benchmark_autoclose_when_finish
-noPipelineCache
-showPipelineStats
-noNVAfterMath
-noAMDDriverVersionCheck
-noAsyncCompute
-noDynamicResolution
-detectGpuHang
-shaderHotReload
-disable_raytrace
-noDirectStorage
-useDirectStorage
-noGPUDecompression
-useGPUDecompression
-noMultiDrawThread
-useMultiDrawThread
-renderMode
-task_thread_num
-asycntask_thread_num
-hostPC
-asset_preview
-debugGraphics
-usePIX
-usePIXCapture
-save_graphics_option_text

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10 (after November 2019 update), 11
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i7-3770 AMD Ryzen 5 1600	Intel Core i7-8700K AMD Ryzen 5 3600
System memory (RAM)	16 GB	24 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	150 GB (HDD)	150 GB (SSD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 6 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 8 GB (Nvidia), 12 GB (AMD) of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Minimum specifications are for 720p at 30 FPS. Recommended specifications are for 1440p at 30 FPS. System requirements for 2160p at 60 FPS are also available.