Ghostwire: Tokyo

Ghostwire
Ghostwire: Tokyo - Prelude	2022
Ghostwire: Tokyo	2022

GhostWire: Tokyo is a first-person open world ARPG developed by Tango Gameworks and published by Bethesda Softworks. Unlike their previous games, which utilized versions of id Software's id Tech 5, this is their first game to utilize Unreal Engine 4.

The game was released on March 25, 2022 on Steam and the Epic Games Store.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Contains only a download code. Deluxe Edition also available.
Epic Games Store		Deluxe Edition also available.
GamersGate		Deluxe Edition also available.
		Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition also available.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition also available.
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. Deluxe Edition also available.
Steam		Deluxe Edition also available.

All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM as of April 12, 2023.^[1]^[2]

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename video files^[3]

Go to <path-to-game>\Snowfall\Content\Movies.
Delete or rename the following:

Bethesda_Splashscreen_4K_Stereo_White.mp4
Bethesda_splashscreen_glitch_4K_stereo.mp4
TGW_eat_output.mp4
TGW_rolling_output.mp4
TGW_wake_short_0616.mp4

Notes

Does not skip epilepsy or copyright screens.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Epic Games Launcher	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\TangoGameworks\GhostWire Tokyo (EGS)\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\TangoGameworks\GhostWire Tokyo (Xbox)\Saved\Config\WinGDK\
Steam	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\TangoGameworks\GhostWire Tokyo (STEAM)\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1475810/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Epic Games Launcher	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\TangoGameworks\GhostWire Tokyo (EGS)\Saved\SaveGames
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\BethesdaSoftworks.ProjectSnowfall_3275kfvn8vcwc\SystemAppData\wgs\<user-id>
Steam	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\TangoGameworks\GhostWire Tokyo (STEAM)\Saved\SaveGames
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1475810/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Cutscenes are pillarboxed; use Flawless Widescreen to fix.^[4]
Ultra-widescreen		Cutscenes are pillarboxed.^[5]; use Flawless Widescreen to fix.^[4]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use Flawless Widescreen.^[4]
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		8x ^[6]^[7]
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA^[8].
High-fidelity upscaling		FSR 2.1, DLSS 2.5, XeSS 1.1
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Framerate can be set to 30, 60, 165, or uncapped.^[3]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray traced shadows and reflections.
Color blind mode		Protanopia, Deuteranopia, Tritanopia.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Game settings.
Graphics settings (1).
Graphics settings (2).
UI settings (1).
UI settings (2).
Color blindness settings.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Both X and Y axis can be inverted.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Both X and Y axis can be inverted.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Button Icon Type must be set to Type 1.
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		Also supports DualSense with adaptive triggers
DualShock button prompts		Button Icon Type must be set to Type 2.
Light bar support
Connection modes	Wired, DualSense

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		DualSense's adaptive triggers are supported.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts
Cursor detection

Control settings (1).
Control settings (2).
Keybindings.
Controller bindings.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, sound effects, voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Spoken and subtitle language can be separately changed.

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

Issues unresolved

Extreme framerate drops

The game experiences massive, sustained drops in performance seemingly at random, reportedly hitting as low as 8 FPS, even on systems which well exceeds the recommended system requirements.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Desynchronized cutscenes

On some machines, video can start to lag extremely behind audio during cutscenes, even if FPS is high during normal gameplay.

Use windowed mode with a resultion not higher than 1920x1080.^[12]

Start the game with `-dx11` launch parameters.^[12] Can heavily decrease overall performance.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		FullVR User Profile, see vorpx forum for introduction

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	Wwise

Mods

Performance Boost for Potato PC (Plus info for Max Graphics)

Edited GameUserSettings.ini and Engine.ini to boost performance on low-end hardware.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10 v1909
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 2600	Intel Core i7-6700 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 2600
System memory (RAM)	12 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB	20 GB SSD
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 6 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^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>/1475810/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1475810) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Ghostwire: Tokyo History · Change #U:37459162 · SteamDB - last accessed on 2023-04-14
↑ Verified by User:Fds29 on 2023-04-14
.exe filesize increased by 263.42 MiB with the latest update. Also applies to the Microsoft Store version.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-03-25
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Verified by User:Keith on 2022-03-26
↑ Steam Community Discussion - Ultrawide / Super ultrawide : it works native - last accessed on 2022-03-25
↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-03-25
Game's GameUserSettings.ini file shows the variable used for texture quality, sg.TextureQuality, set to 3, which indicates, barring a lack of accessible in-game console, even with third-party tools, the game uses 8x anisotropic filtering.
↑ Unreal Engine 4 Documentation - Scalability Reference - Textures - sg.TextureQuality - last accessed on 2022-03-25
↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-03-25
Game's GameUserSettings.ini file shows the variable used for AA, sg.AntiAliasingQuality, set to 3, which indicates, barring a lack of accessible in-game console, even with third-party tools, the game uses TAA.
↑ Steam Community Discussion - Game has really bad frame drops... - last accessed on 2022-03-25
↑ Bad random fps slowdowns warning. - last accessed on 2022-03-25
↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-03-25
While I have found reports of using one of the downsampling methods provided by the game (DLSS, FSR, TSR), and can confirm it works in my case, they are enough counter-reports of these techniques not working for people that I do not feel it responsible to mention it outside this note.
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 https://www.gamegrin.com/articles/ghostwire-tokyo-how-to-fix-the-cutscene-desync-bug-for-pc/

[Proton_path_note-4] 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>/1475810/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1475810) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Ghostwire: Tokyo History · Change #U:37459162 · SteamDB - last accessed on 2023-04-14

[2] Verified by User:Fds29 on 2023-04-14
.exe filesize increased by 263.42 MiB with the latest update. Also applies to the Microsoft Store version.

[Expack3_SelfRef-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-03-25

[Keith_SelfRef-5] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Verified by User:Keith on 2022-03-26

[6] Steam Community Discussion - Ultrawide / Super ultrawide : it works native - last accessed on 2022-03-25

[7] Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-03-25
Game's GameUserSettings.ini file shows the variable used for texture quality, sg.TextureQuality, set to 3, which indicates, barring a lack of accessible in-game console, even with third-party tools, the game uses 8x anisotropic filtering.

[8] Unreal Engine 4 Documentation - Scalability Reference - Textures - sg.TextureQuality - last accessed on 2022-03-25

[9] Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-03-25
Game's GameUserSettings.ini file shows the variable used for AA, sg.AntiAliasingQuality, set to 3, which indicates, barring a lack of accessible in-game console, even with third-party tools, the game uses TAA.

[10] Steam Community Discussion - Game has really bad frame drops... - last accessed on 2022-03-25

[11] Bad random fps slowdowns warning. - last accessed on 2022-03-25

[12] Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-03-25
While I have found reports of using one of the downsampling methods provided by the game (DLSS, FSR, TSR), and can confirm it works in my case, they are enough counter-reports of these techniques not working for people that I do not feel it responsible to mention it outside this note.

[cutscenes-13] 12.0 ^12.1 https://www.gamegrin.com/articles/ghostwire-tokyo-how-to-fix-the-cutscene-desync-bug-for-pc/

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Developers

	Tango Gameworks
Publishers
	Bethesda Softworks
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	March 25, 2022
Reception
Metacritic	81
OpenCritic	76
IGDB	76
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Subscription gaming service
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Cinematic camera
Controls	Direct control
Genres	ARPG, Open world
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Japan, Supernatural
Series	Ghostwire