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Slain: Back from Hell

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Slain: Back from Hell
Slain: Back from Hell cover
Developers
Wolf Brew Games
Publishers
Digerati Distribution
Engines
Unity 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows March 24, 2016
macOS (OS X) March 24, 2016
Linux March 24, 2016
Reception
Metacritic 74
OpenCritic 63
IGDB 50
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Scrolling, Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Platform
Art styles Pixel art
Themes Horror, Supernatural
Slain: Back from Hell on HowLongToBeat
Slain: Back from Hell on IGDB
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Slain: Back from Hell on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

Slain: Back from Hell is a singleplayer scrolling and side view action and platform game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
Epic Games Launcher
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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macOS (OS X)
GamersGate (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Version differences

Deluxe Edition includes digital postcard, wallpaper, poster, other arts, and full 20 track soundtrack.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wolfbrew Games\Slain\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Wolfbrew Games/Slain/prefs
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Wolfbrew Games\Slain\
macOS (OS X)
Linux $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Wolfbrew Games/Slain/*.dat

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Launcher video settings
Launcher video settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
See Ultra-widescreen.
4K Ultra HD
Pixel art with nearest-neighbor scaling.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Some resolutions are not available. See Widescreen resolution.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Borderless is default. To enable exclusive, see Unity/Exclusive fullscreen mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Set graphics quality to "Good" or higher.
Minor animation glitches when running at above 100 FPS.
Camera movement is locked to 50fps, so there is judder when refresh rate is not a multiple of 50 (50Hz, 100Hz etc)
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Widescreen resolution

Set resolution manually[citation needed]

Ultra-widescreen

Change hex values[2]
  1. Open slain.exe with a hex editor such as HxD.
  2. Find the hex value 398EE33F and change it to:
    • 4018E560 for 3440x1440
    • 4017AE14 for 2560x1080
Change hex values, Linux version (both regular version and development beta)
  1. Look under <path-to-game>
  2. Open Slain.x86_64 (64-bit OS) or Slain.x86 (32-bit OS)
  3. Find the hex value 398EE33F and change it to:
    • 8EE31840 for 3440x1440

Input

Keyboard scheme A
Keyboard scheme A
Keyboard scheme B
Keyboard scheme B

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound Effects, Music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Italian
Fan translation
Russian
Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team»
Spanish
Fan translation

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 11
OpenGL 3.0 OS X and Linux only.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.7+
Processor (CPU) 1.5 GHz or faster
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 3.0+ compatible
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 10.10+
Processor (CPU) 1.5 GHz or faster
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) OpenGL 3.0+ compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.3.6p1[1]

References

  1. Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-05-12
  2. View topic - Slain 21/9 | WSGF