Realms of Arkania III: Shadows over Riva

Realms of Arkania
Subseries of The Dark Eye
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny	1992
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail	1994
Realms of Arkania III: Shadows over Riva	1996
Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny (2013)	2013
Realms of Arkania: Star Trail (2017)	2017

Realms of Arkania III: Shadows over Riva is a singleplayer first-person and isometric RPG game in the Realms of Arkania series.

General information

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Availability

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\RIVA.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

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System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\GAMES\
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Only Sounds volume can be adjusted (Music is on/off only).
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio
Red Book CD audio

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	SVGA

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Smacker Video Technology

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	650 MB
Video card (GPU)	3D graphics card DirectX 7.0 compatible

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).

Developers

	Attic Entertainment Software
Publishers
Retail (USA)	Sir-Tech
Retail (UK)	U.S. Gold
Retail (Germany)	Fantasy Productions
Digital	United Independent Entertainment
Release dates
DOS	1996
Windows (DOSBox)	October 15, 2009^[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	June 18, 2013
Linux (DOSBox)	March 14, 2014^[2]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	First-person, Isometric
Controls	Direct control
Genres	RPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Realms of Arkania