Maneater

Maneater

Developers
	Tripwire Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	May 22, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	70
OpenCritic	71
IGDB	73
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	ARPG, Open world
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, North America, Comedy

Maneater is a singleplayer action RPG where the player controls a shark through an open world (based on the Gulf Coast of the United States). Maneater is developed and published by Tripwire Interactive and uses Unreal Engine 4 and Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Originally conceived as an expansion pack for the competitive multiplayer game Depth, Maneater was initially developed by Blindside Interactive and was set to be published by Tripwire. It was eventually wholly acquired by Tripwire, who continued developing it in-house with support from Blindside and other partners. Maneater was announced on June 11, 2018 by Tripwire's publishing division.

The game was released on Epic Games Store on May 22, 2020. The PC version was exclusive to the Epic Games Launcher for one year after release.

As of May 23, 2020, Tripwire is investigating an issue causing some players to lose progress in the game.

General information

Official Discord server

Official forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere.
Steam

All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename movie files
Go to <path-to-game>\Maneater\Content\Movies\. Delete or rename DeepSilver_*.mp4, MIG_Logo_*.mp4, MW_Logos_*.mp4, TWI_Logo_*.mp4, and UE4_Logo_*.mp4.

Not possible with the Microsoft Store version of the game due to security settings.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Maneater\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/629820/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Maneater\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\TripwireInteractiveLLC.Maneater_237dqjpew1r3m\SystemAppData
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/629820/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Hor+ gameplay and menus with centered UI.
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ gameplay and menus with centered UI.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Scales with Textures setting.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA can be set to Low or High. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for more options.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		30 V-Sync, 60 V-Sync, or Off. 30 V-Sync enables Vsync at half of the display refresh rate, and 60 V-Sync enables Vsync at the display refresh rate.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Every time the Main Menu is accessed, the FPS is automatically capped to 60. Changing any Video setting while in-game and while having Vsync disabled, removes the FPS cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)		Planned for PC version. Console version has ray-traced reflections and refractions.

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

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Enable super-sampling through the config file
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini in a text editor. Add the following lines: [SystemSettings] r.ScreenPercentage=150 The 150 stands for percentage of the base resolution, equal to 1.5x. Any other value above 100 can be used.

Input

Gameplay settings

Key mapping

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Menu hotkeys (Tab ↹ M, I, K, L) and Pause (P, Esc) cannot be remapped.
Mouse acceleration		Negative mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Option of three preset layouts.
Controller sensitivity		Right stick sensitivity.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See fix under "Controller not recognised in Epic games version"

Generic/other controllers

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

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  Controller layout 1

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  Controller layout 2

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  Controller layout 3

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, SFX, Dialog, Narrator.
Surround sound		7.0
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish				No option to turn on original English language with Spanish subtitles.
Latin American Spanish
Turkish

Issues unresolved

Progress loss or save game issues

Avoid playing with a controller that can disconnect or go into sleep mode during play

Unable to 100% "Queen of the Ocean", landmarks not counting toward completion

Tripwire is investigating this issue as of May 2020.

Controller not recognised in Epic games version

DualShock and DualSense controllers are not recognised, even when DS4Windows is loaded and working for other games.

1. Make sure that Epic games is closed from the system tray. 2. Add Epic games launcher as a non-steam game to your steam library (not the game .exe). 3. Launch the Epic games launcher from within Steam, then launch the game from within Epic. This seems to work with or without DS4Windows loaded in the background.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

Uses RAD's Oodle compression.

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	Wwise

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-5300U	Intel Core i7-3770 AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 5500 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 390

A 64-bit operating system is required.