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The Painscreek Killings

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The Painscreek Killings
The Painscreek Killings cover
Developers
EQ Studios
Engines
Unity 5[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows September 27, 2017
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Adventure, Exploration
Art styles Realistic
Themes Detective/mystery, Contemporary
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The Painscreek Killings is a singleplayer first-person adventure and exploration game.

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Can be played without Steam running.[2]
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\EQ Studios\The Painscreek Killings
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\EQ Studios\The Painscreek Killings\SaveData\saveOptionData.txt
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/624270/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\EQ Studios\The Painscreek Killings\SaveData\saveData.txt
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/624270/pfx/[Note 2]
In-game photos are stored in the %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\EQ Studios\The Painscreek Killings\Resources\screenshots\ folder.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings
Video settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Hor+. FMVs are pillarboxed.[3]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Between 60 and 100.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Fullscreen is borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Input settings
Input settings

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
2.0 Stereo[4]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11 For some PCs -force-d3d9 can work, for others game will crash with dx9
Shader Model support 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2120 3.3 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 11 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 745
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 5.3.4[1]
  2. 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>/624270/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (624270) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Suicide_machine on 2020-09-18
  2. Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-08-10
  3. Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-08-10
    Tested at 3440x1440 custom resolution.
  4. Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-08-09
    Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter.