Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

This page is for the 2021 action game. For the Telltale series, see Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

Developers
	Eidos-Montréal
	Eidos-Sherbrooke
Windows	D3T
Publishers
	Eidos-Montréal
2021-2023	Square Enix
Engines
	Dawn Engine
Release dates
Windows	October 26, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	78
OpenCritic	82
IGDB	81
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	Cosmetic
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	ARPG, Action, Adventure, TPS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Space
Series	Marvel

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is a singleplayer third-person ARPG, action, adventure and TPS game in the Marvel series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Europe only; released on 1 DVD. A disc drive is required as the Steam key is obtained by entering the key from leaflet through Redeem.exe.
Epic Games Store
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere.
Steam
Publisher website (unavailable)		Deluxe Edition was also available.

All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Remove and swap video files

Go to <path-to-game>\runtime\ Rename 3C5412CE8B28C5D133F4024887AA8579.pc_binkvid to add _bak to the filename (i.e. 3C5412CE8B28C5D133F4024887AA8579.pc_binkvid_bak) Make a copy of 0E3B3BA8C5C9E2E58AF1AFF20B899860.pc_binkvid and rename the copy to 3C5412CE8B28C5D133F4024887AA8579.pc_binkvid This will replace the startup logos with the loading screen indicator, slightly reducing the startup time (about 8 seconds faster with an SSD).

Skip Launcher

Use the -nosplash and the -nolauncher command line arguments
Does not work on the Microsoft Store version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Eidos Montreal\Guardians of the Galaxy\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1088850\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1088850/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\39C668CD.DXM-EidosMontreal_r7bfsmp40f67j\SystemAppData\wgs
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1088850\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1088850/pfx/

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		See Widescreen resolution to fix internal resolution.
Multi-monitor		Cutscenes are pillarboxed. See Ultra-widescreen for a workaround. Quick-Time Event prompts during cutscenes appear partially or entirely off-screen, even after workaround.
Ultra-widescreen		Cutscenes are pillarboxed. See Ultra-widescreen for a workaround.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA with no option to disable in-game. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for a workaround.
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 2.3, FSR 1.0
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 144 FPS. See Frame rate (FPS) to uncap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Options for "Brightness" and "Maximum HDR Luminance" (0-100%).
Ray tracing (RT)		Options for ray traced reflections and transparent reflections.
Color blind mode

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  Launcher display settings

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  Launcher graphics settings

Widescreen resolution

For some reason, the game truncates the internal resolution to multiples of 64 pixels (e.g. 1920x1080 becomes 1920x1024, 3440x2160 becomes 3392x2112, etc.), giving rise to a slightly distorted image.

Modify the game executable to allow a native internal resolution
Open <path-to-game>\bin\gotg.exe in a hex editor (e.g. HxD). Search for 2C C9 83 E1 C0 as hex. Replace it with 2C C9 90 90 90. Search again for 2A C8 83 E2 C0 as hex. Replace it again with 2A C8 90 90 90. Save the changes.

Ultra-widescreen

Cutscenes are pillarboxed by default.

Use Flawless Widescreen to fix pillarboxing

Use SUWSF (Microsoft Store)
Install PhantomGamers' SUWSF. Rename dsound.dll renamed to dinput8.dll.

Modify the exe file (Steam)

Open <path-to-game>\bin\gotg.exe in a hex editor (such as HxD). Search for 39 8E E3 3F as hex. Replace the existing hex string with one of the following hex values that matches the desired resolution: 21:9 resolutions: 2560x1080 = 26 B4 17 40 3440x1440 = 8E E3 18 40 3840x1440 = AB AA 2A 40 3840x1600 = 9A 99 19 40 3840x1620 = 26 B4 17 40 5120x1440 = 39 8E 63 40 5120x2160 = 26 B4 17 40 6880x2880 = 8E E3 18 40 32:9 resolutions: 39 8E 63 40 Notes Using this fix with conventional aspect ratio like 16:9 will increase FOV. Pop-in or other unexpected visual glitches may appear during cutscenes.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Modify the game executable to disable anti-aliasing.
Open <path-to-game>\bin\gotg.exe in a hex editor (e.g. HxD). Search for 01 01 02 00 00 00 00 00 80 3F as hex. Replace it with 00 01 02 00 00 00 00 00 80 3F. Save the changes. It is highly recommended to also apply the native internal resolution patch.

Frame rate (FPS)

Edit the configuration file to uncap frame rate.
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Search for MaxRefreshRate and set the value to 0

Input

Mouse and keyboard settings

Gamepad settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		In-game dialog choices are hardcoded to Q and E.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		X and Y axes.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Also X axis.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Launcher can be disabled, see Skip Launcher.
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity		X and Y axes.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Also X axis.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		Also supports the DualSense via wired connection and through Steam Input wirelessly (No adaptive triggers and haptic feedback support)
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	Wired Epic Games: Wired Steam: Wired, Bluetooth (Steam Input needs to be enabled, correct prompts will appear) Tested with V2 DS4

Generic/other controllers

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

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  Navigation keybinds

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  Interaction keybinds

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  Combat keybinds

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  Flying keybinds

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  Gamepad controls

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  Accessibility settings

Audio

Audio settings

Advanced audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Options for master, sound effects, voice, and music volume. Also has a separate option to disable licensed audio.
Surround sound		5.1 and 7.1 support.
Subtitles		Options for subtitle size, letter spacing, bold, background, and background opacity.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Toggleable; Replaces licensed tracks with either silence or original compositions

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  Audio accessibility settings

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  Language settings

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  Subtitle settings

Localizations

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 fixed

Audio stuttering

The audio may stutter.

Unplug any controllers or gamepads that the game might be detecting

Unusually low FPS on Nvidia GTX 900 series (Maxwell) graphics cards

Modern drivers for the Maxell-series make the game perform at around 15fps or some reason

Technically the Maxwell-series GPU's are below minimum specifications, so issues are to be expected

Revert your drivers back to version 471.11
Reports of this fix improving FPS seems to vary, but it was even advised by the developers themselves in February 2022. It's generally not advised to revert back to such an old driver as it misses out on important bug- and security-fixes.

Scripting and physics issues when playing at refresh rates above 60Hz

Some scripts and collisions tend to break when the game is running above 60 fps.^{[citation needed]}

Cap frame rate to 60 FPS or lower[citation needed]
This can be done with game's own display refresh rate setting.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Wwise
Input	libScePad	v1.0.4.1 Used for PlayStation controller support.
Cutscenes	Bink Video	v2.7o

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4460 AMD Ryzen 5 1400	Intel Core i7-4790 AMD Ryzen 5 1600
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	80 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 570 DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super AMD Radeon RX 590

A 64-bit operating system is required.