Obduction

Obduction is a singleplayer first-person adventure and puzzle game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
GOG.com
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Oculus Store
Steam		Can be launched directly from executable without Steam.
Viveport		Included with Viveport Infinity.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Obduction\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/306760/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Obduction\Saved\SaveGames\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME\Library\Containers\com.cyan.obduction\Data\Library\Application Support\Epic\Obduction\Saved\SaveGames
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/306760/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy		^[3]
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Slider from 90 to 120°. See the WSGF entry for higher values. Add the following to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Obduction\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\Engine.ini for Hor+ FOV: [/script/engine.localplayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	TAA at "Medium" or higher ("Low" = no AA), SSAA via Resolution Scale.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	A previous version seems to have supported it: [1] Now it deactivates enabled Windows HDR.

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

Input

Keyboard settings.

Xbox Controller settings.

Steam Controller settings.

Oculus Remote settings.

Oculus Touch settings.

VIVE settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		No UI for rebinding, manual editing possible.^[4]
Mouse acceleration		Negative acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Still bugged with Patch 1, doesn't apply invert while riding in train.^{[citation needed]}

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Tracked motion controllers
Button/gesture prompts

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Dialogue, Music, SFX, Footstep, Ambient
Surround sound		^[3]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Slovak				Fan - #1
Spanish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Obduction (DX11).

Headsets
SteamVR
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
Windows Mixed Reality		This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer, or Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR.

Devices
Tracked motion controllers		See Input for details.
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse

Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum^[5]^[6]	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2500	Intel Core i5-4590
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB	20 GB solid-state drive (SSD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 660 GTX AMD Radeon HD 7700 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290 4 GB of VRAM
Other	For VR: Nvidia GeForce 970 or AMD Radeon RX 480	For VR: Nvidia Geforce 980/1060 or AMD Radeon R9 Fury

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum^[5]^[6]	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Sierra 10.12.4
Processor (CPU)	Intel CPU capable of 4 or more threads	Quad Core Intel
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 4000, Iris 5000 & 6000 family 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GT 600M, 700M family AMD R9 M family 4 GB of VRAM
Other	Any MacOS versions prior to 10.12.4 may result in random crashes.

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.21^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
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>/306760/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (306760) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-04-12
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Update: So close… - Obduction - Obduction by Cyan, Inc.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Verified by User:KainXVIII on 2019-08-27
↑ Key bindings (for advance users) - last accessed on May 2023
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 GOG.com store page
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Steam store page

[2] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.21^[1]

[Proton_path_note-4] 2.0 ^2.1 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>/306760/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (306760) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/306760/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (306760) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Verified by User:Mastan on 2020-04-12

[release_date-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Update: So close… - Obduction - Obduction by Cyan, Inc.

[Refcheck_KainXVIII-5] 3.0 ^3.1 Verified by User:KainXVIII on 2019-08-27

[6] Key bindings (for advance users) - last accessed on May 2023

[gog-7] 5.0 ^5.1 GOG.com store page

[steam-8] 6.0 ^6.1 Steam store page

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Developers

	Cyan
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	August 24, 2016^[2]
macOS (OS X)	August 24, 2016^[2]
Reception
Metacritic	76
OpenCritic	72
IGDB	67
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control, Point and select
Genres	Adventure, Puzzle
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi