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The Unluckiest Man

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The Unluckiest Man
The Unluckiest Man cover
Developers
Darkania Works
Engines
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows October 27, 2022
Taxonomy
Monetization Freeware
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Adventure
Art styles Realistic
Themes Europe, Supernatural
The Unluckiest Man on HowLongToBeat
The Unluckiest Man on IGDB

The Unluckiest Man is a singleplayer first-person adventure game.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
Can be played without Steam running.[1]
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
Freeware Completely free.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Settings stored in binary GameSettings_<user-id>.sav file have higher priority than settings in text *.ini files in the WindowsNoEditor subfolder.
System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\TheUnluckiestMan\Saved\SaveGames\GameSettings_<user-id>.sav
%LOCALAPPDATA%\TheUnluckiestMan\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2140900/pfx/[Note 2]
The game does not feature a load/save system.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings
Display settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Gameplay is Vert-. FOV adjustment is very limited and does not help much. Forcing vertical FOV scaling does not work. Cutscenes are pillarboxed 21:9 on wider resolutions.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Horizontal from 75 to 100, default is 90.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Low, Medium, High, Epic
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 engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Gameplay settings
Gameplay settings

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Negative acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
X axis can also be inverted.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Camera Speed slider controls both mouse and controller sensitivity.
Controller Y-axis inversion
X axis can also be inverted.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
The game has no haptic even with Vibrations setting on.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound, Voice
Surround sound
6.1 Surround[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Romanian

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX, APEX
Audio OGG Vorbis

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
AMD Radeon R9 280
DirectX 9.0c compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.24.3.0[1]
  2. Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-11-29
  2. Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-11-29
    Tested in 7.1 using Special K. No audio output detected in the Central channel.