SteamWorld Heist

SteamWorld
SteamWorld Dig	2013
SteamWorld Heist	2016
SteamWorld Dig 2	2017
SteamWorld Quest	2019

General information

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Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Gamesplanet
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Origin
Steam		DRM-free when launched directly from executable.

Monetization[edit]

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
The Outsider

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\SteamWorld Heist\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/SteamWorld Heist/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/SteamWorld Heist/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\SteamWorld Heist\
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/SteamWorld Heist/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/SteamWorld Heist/

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

General settings.

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Freely scaleable window.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 289 FPS. See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)

Widescreen resolution[edit]

Game defaults fullscreen resolution to match desktop resolution and windowed to 960x540.

Set resolution manually^{[citation needed]}

Run and quit the game so that settings.xml is created.
Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Edit settings.xml.
Change existing values to:

<Setting Key="Screen.FullscreenSize" Value="desktop" /> <!-- Fullscreen resolution -->
<Setting Key="Screen.WindowSize" Value="960;540" /> <!-- Windowed resolution -->

desktop makes fullscreen resolution to match your desktop resolution, otherwise use X;Y e.g. 1920;1080

Borderless fullscreen windowed[edit]

Set borderless^{[citation needed]}

Run and quit the game so that settings.xml is created.
Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Edit settings.xml.
Change existing values to:

<Setting Key="Screen.Borderless" Value="1"/>
<Setting Key="Screen.WindowSize" Value="1920;1080"/> <!-- your resolution -->
<Setting Key="Screen.Fullscreen" Value="0"/>
<Setting Key="Screen.WindowResizable" Value="0"/>

High frame rate[edit]

Change FPS limit^[1]
Run and quit the game so that `settings.xml` is created. Go to the configuration file(s) location. Edit `settings.xml`. Find `<Setting Key="System.MaxFramesPerSecond" Value="289" />`. Change `289` to desired frame rate limit.

Input settings[edit]

Key and button rebinding.

Direct aiming mode is only available to controller. Mouse cannot be used for aiming.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Two keys per action.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Cursor used for all mouse related actions.
Controller
Controller support		XInput and known DirectInput controllers.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Two buttons per action, navigate to menu with controller.
Controller sensitivity		Digital movement. Aim sensitivity is for speed which aim moves when button is pressed.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support
Connection modes	unknown

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts		Automatic according to controller used.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		On by default. See Haptic feedback.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Haptic feedback[edit]

Disable vibration^[1]
Run and quit the game so that `settings.xml` is created. Go to the configuration file(s) location. Edit `settings.xml`. Change `<Setting Key="Game.Rumble" Value="1" />` to `<Setting Key="Game.Rumble" Value="0" />` to disable haptic feedback.

Audio settings[edit]

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound
Surround sound
Subtitles		Majority of games dialogue is text only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language settings.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7
DirectDraw
OpenGL

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

Middleware[edit]

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL
Input	SDL2

System requirements[edit]

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz, SSE2 support	2 GHz dual-core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	320 MB
Video card (GPU)	Framebuffer object support Intel HD 4600 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon 7870
Sound (audio device)	OpenAL compatible
Other	You may need to update your graphics drivers for OpenGL 2.1 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz, SSE2 support	2 GHz dual-core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	320 MB
Video card (GPU)	Framebuffer object support Intel HD 4600 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon 7870
Sound (audio device)	OpenAL compatible
Other	You may need to update your graphics drivers for OpenGL 2.1 support

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	SteamOS 2.0, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Processor (CPU)	2 GHz, SSE2 support	2 GHz dual-core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	320 MB
Video card (GPU)	Framebuffer object support Intel HD 4600 512 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon 7870
Sound (audio device)	OpenAL compatible
Other	You may need to update your graphics drivers for OpenGL 2.1 support

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2021-04-05

[Keith-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2021-04-05

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Developers

	Image & Form
Release dates
Windows	June 7, 2016
macOS (OS X)	June 7, 2016
Linux	June 7, 2016
Reception
Metacritic	81
OpenCritic	85
IGDB	88
Taxonomy
Series	SteamWorld