Kowloon High-School Chronicle

Kowloon High-School Chronicle is a singleplayer first-person RPG and visual novel game.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Green Man Gaming
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

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

Use the `<path-to-game>\Kowloon_Game.exe %command%` command line argument.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\UserConfigFile.ini^{[Note 2]} HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ARC\Kowloon_Game
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1053390/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\KowloonSaveData^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1053390/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Launcher settings

General settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Launcher options are limited to 1280x720, 1600x900, and 1920x1080.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

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

Gamepad settings

Keyboard settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Non-Japanese languages require a keyboard to enter a custom name. An on-screen keyboard is available when playing in Japanese.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Xbox 360 variant.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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

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

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				H.A.N.T navigator voice language can be changed to English.
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Japanese

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7 / 8 / 8.1 /10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce 7800GT DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

↑ Unity engine build: 2018.4.25f1^[3]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1053390/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1053390) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

Developers

	Tachyon^[1]^[2]
	Toybox
Publishers
	Arc System Works
Engines
	Unity 2018^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	November 9, 2022
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Continuous turn-based, Relaxed
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control, Menu-based
Genres	RPG, Visual novel
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Contemporary, Detective/mystery, Japan, Supernatural