Superliminal

Superliminal is a singleplayer first-person puzzle game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched through `<path-to-game>\Superliminal.exe`^[3]
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere, Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam		DRM-Free when launched through `<path-to-game>\SuperliminalSteam.exe`^[4]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PillowCastle\Superliminal
Microsoft Store	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PillowCastle\Superliminal %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\PillowCastle.Superliminal_r6zr3eg4hg8h4\SystemAppData\wgs
Steam	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\PillowCastle\SuperliminalSteam\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/PillowCastle/SuperliminalSteam/
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/PillowCastle/SuperliminalSteam/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\PillowCastle\Superliminal\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\PillowCastle.Superliminal_r6zr3eg4hg8h4\SystemAppData\wgs
Steam	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\PillowCastle\SuperliminalSteam\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/PillowCastle/SuperliminalSteam/
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/PillowCastle/SuperliminalSteam/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Gameplay settings.

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Added in an update.^[5] FOV is Hor+ but UI is Ver-, so it can be hard to see it on wider aspect ratios, but the game doesn't rely on UI enough to be a problem.
4K Ultra HD		^[6]
Field of view (FOV)		70-90.^[3]
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, TAA, SMAA toggles.^[3]
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		^[3]
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

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		In-game prompts do not respect changes.^[7]
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		In-game prompts do not respect changes.^[7]
Controller sensitivity		Camera movement only.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Certain prompts, such as for jumping, are not present in-game, requiring the controls to be looked up.
Impulse Trigger vibration

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

Generic/other controllers

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

Mouse bindings.
Keybindings.
Controller bindings.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Voice, Music, SFX, UI.
Surround sound		Stereo.^[8]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Cannot be disabled.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Turkish
Ukrainian

Issues unresolved

Physics locked to 30 FPS

Game physics is locked to 30 FPS, resulting in object movement feeling strange, especially on high refresh rate monitors.^[9]^[10]^[11]

The developer is aware of this issue.^[12]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
OpenGL		Linux only.In additional launch parameters write "-force-glcore"
Metal support		OS X only
Vulkan		Linux only
Shader Model support	5

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD Studio
Input	Rewired	^[13]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz	2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 DirectX 10 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.12	10.14
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz	2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon Pro 460	AMD Radeon RX 5000 series

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	glibc 2.17
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz	2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	12 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Vulkan compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 2019.4.14f1^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Superliminal - last accessed on 2022-08-16
"General Arcade’s Software Engineer worked on GOG and EGS releases for two weeks, using Unity and C#."
↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2021-09-21
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-03-30
↑ Verified by User:AlexKVideos1 on 2020-12-25
↑ Ultrawide not supported 21:9 - last accessed on 2020-11-06
↑ YouTube - Superliminal - last accessed on 2020-03-31
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-04-06
Changed bindings in-game and checked in-game prompts.
↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-03-30
Tested using Razer Surround and Special K 0.10.x.
↑ Steam Community Discussion - Please fix your broken movement. - last accessed on 2020-04-02
↑ Steam Community Discussion - Jittery movement effects - last accessed on 2020-04-02
↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-04-02
Tested at 144FPS with v-sync off as issue reportedly occurred even without v-sync on.
↑ [1] - last accessed on 2020-04-06
↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-03-30
Found by looking at <path-to-game>\Superliminal_Data\Plugins

[3] Unity engine build: 2019.4.14f1^[2]

[General_Arcade-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Superliminal - last accessed on 2022-08-16
"General Arcade’s Software Engineer worked on GOG and EGS releases for two weeks, using Unity and C#."

[engineversion-2] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2021-09-21

[expack3-4] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-03-30

[5] Verified by User:AlexKVideos1 on 2020-12-25

[6] Ultrawide not supported 21:9 - last accessed on 2020-11-06

[7] YouTube - Superliminal - last accessed on 2020-03-31

[remap_prompts-8] 7.0 ^7.1 Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-04-06
Changed bindings in-game and checked in-game prompts.

[9] Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-03-30
Tested using Razer Surround and Special K 0.10.x.

[10] Steam Community Discussion - Please fix your broken movement. - last accessed on 2020-04-02

[11] Steam Community Discussion - Jittery movement effects - last accessed on 2020-04-02

[12] Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-04-02
Tested at 144FPS with v-sync off as issue reportedly occurred even without v-sync on.

[13] [1] - last accessed on 2020-04-06

[14] Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-03-30
Found by looking at <path-to-game>\Superliminal_Data\Plugins

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Developers

	Pillow Castle
macOS (OS X)	Ethan Lee
Linux	Ethan Lee
GOG.com	General Arcade^[1]
Epic Games Store	General Arcade^[1]
Engines
	Unity 2019^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	November 12, 2019
macOS (OS X)	November 5, 2020
Linux	November 5, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	74
OpenCritic	75
IGDB	78
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Puzzle