Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

Developers
	Cultic Games
Publishers
2019-2022	1C Entertainment
2022-present	Fulqrum Publishing
Mac App Store	Shifty Eye Games
Engines
	Unity 2017
Release dates
Windows	September 26, 2019
macOS (OS X)	September 26, 2019
Linux	September 26, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	81
OpenCritic	78
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	RPG
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Europe, Industrial Age, Horror, Lovecraftian, Post-apocalyptic

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website
Epic Games Store
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Steam

A demo is available from Steam.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Settings.dat is not human-readable.

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Cultic Games\STYGIAN\Settings.dat HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cultic Games\STYGIAN
macOS (OS X)
Linux

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

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Cultic Games\STYGIAN\SavedGames
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Gameplay settings.

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Most gameplay and character creation screen is Hor+; otherwise pillarboxed.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Called Fullscreen in-game.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Toggleable.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Uncapped framerate.
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.

Input

Keybindings.

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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, SFX
Surround sound		Stereo only.
Subtitles		Videos only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Toggleable.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

In-game dialogue is text only.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Issues unresolved

The developers frequently recommend sending debugging information regarding issues they are aware of. Follow these instructions if you encounter such issues:

Send developer a debug log
While in-game, press ~. From the console which appears, type exportlog. Press ↵ Enter. If successful, the game will say the log has been successfully exported. Exit the game and go to the desktop. Find the folder containing the log (i.e. STYGIAN_LOGS_7232 1.10.2019 12.13). Compress the folder itself. Send the compressed log folder to culticgames@gmail.com.

Game softlocks during first companion fight

The game accepts no input during the first companion fight if you reject, then accept the offer to hire the game's first-available henchman.

No known fix.

Game freezes during late-game fight

The game freezes when a specific late-game fight begins.

The developers are working on fixing this issue.

Main menu does not load after using the Save & Exit option

The game can fail to load the main menu, preventing the user from exiting the game normally.

The developers are working on fixing this issue.

Use Task Manager
Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete. From the prompt which appears, select Task Manager. From the window which appears, select STYGIAN.EXE. Click the End Task button. Close the window. Notes These instructions only apply to Windows OSes.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	5

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3	Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 450 GTS AMD Radeon HD 5750 DirectX 10 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 700 Series AMD Radeon HD 7730 DirectX 12 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.9	10.13
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 2.6 GHz	Intel Core i7
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel Iris Graphics	Intel Iris Pro

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 700 Series AMD Radeon HD 7730

A 64-bit operating system is required.