Slender: The Arrival


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Slenderman's Shadow	2012
Slender's Woods	2012
Haunted Memories	2012
Slender: The Arrival	2013
Slender Man - Downpour	2013
Slender: The Nine Pages	2014
Slender - The Gaze Of Horror	2014
Slender: Anxiety	2014
Slender: The Haunted Metro	2019
The Chaser	2019
Slender Revisited	2020

General information

Official website

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

Version differences[edit]

The GOG.com release is missing the free DLC containing two new levels.^[2]

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Soundtrack

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blue Isle Studios\Slender - The Arrival
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/252330/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/252330/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

In-game Graphics Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		The HUD does not scale to 16:10.
Multi-monitor		Works fine, HUD is centered in the middle but the game FOV makes it unplayable for some
Ultra-widescreen		HUD remains scaled for 16:9 and is centered in the middle of the screen. Game allows HUD to be toggled off if this is intrusive.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Borderless Gaming
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, SSAA, DLAA, NFAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		62 FPS Cap.

Input settings[edit]

In-game Mouse Sensitivity Setting

Input Settings from the game Launcher

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

DualShock 4 controllers

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio settings[edit]

In-game Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Russian				Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team / Prometheus Project»

VR support[edit]

In-game VR Setting

3D modes	Native	Notes
vorpX		G3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.
Headsets	Native	Notes
HTC Vive
Oculus Rift		DK1 only. LibOVRWrapper might work for this game.
OSVR
Windows Mixed Reality
Devices	Native	Notes
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller		See Input settings for details.
Keyboard/Mouse

Issues fixed[edit]

Everything in the house is black[edit]

This is regarding the new Intel HD Graphics drivers being unsupported by Unity at this time.^[3]

Run in Direct3D 11/OpenGL^[4]

Use either the -force-d3d11 or -force-opengl command line argument.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

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

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7	7
Processor (CPU)	Dual core CPU @ 2 GHz (Pentium D or better)	Quad Core Intel or AMD
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	3 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI 1950 Intel HD 4000 DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 260 ATI Radeon HD4850 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible

Intel HD series requires a workaround.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.6
Processor (CPU)	2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2600 Nvidia GeForce 8800 Intel HD 4000

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 4.5.1p3^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/252330/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (252330) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[2] Unity engine build: 4.5.1p3^[1]

[Proton_path_note-4] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/252330/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (252330) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Vetle on 2017-06-02

[3] GOGmix - Games that treat GOG customers as second class citizens - GOG.com

[5] Unity Issue Tracker - Deferred lighting doesn't work on Intel HD Graphics

[6] Everything in the house black? Crashing on start? :: Slender: The Arrival General Discussions

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Developers

	Blue Isle Studios
Engines
	Unity 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	March 26, 2013
macOS (OS X)	October 15, 2014