The Wolf Among Us

The Wolf Among Us

Developers
	Telltale Games
Engines
	Telltale Tool
Release dates
Windows	October 11, 2013
macOS (OS X)	October 15, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	80
OpenCritic	80
IGDB	80
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Cinematic camera, Third-person
Controls	Direct control, Point and select
Genres	Adventure, Quick time events
Art styles	Comic book
Themes	Supernatural, Detective/mystery
Series	The Wolf Among Us

The Wolf Among Us
The Wolf Among Us	2013
The Wolf Among Us 2	2023

General information

Telltale Community

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Complete Season. DRM-free when launched directly from executable.
GOG.com
Microsoft Store
Steam		Complete Season.

All versions except GOG.com, Steam, and Epic Games Store require a Telltale Games account.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\TheWolfAmongUs\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Telltale Games/TheWolfAmongUs/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/250320/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Telltale Games\TheWolfAmongUs\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Telltale Games/TheWolfAmongUs/
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/250320/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen		Use TellTale Widescreen Patcher.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Alternatively use Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA toggle only. See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		No frame rate or refresh rate cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

By default the game only has FXAA option for anti-aliasing.

MSAA and SGSSAA[citation needed]

Open The Wolf Among Us driver profile via Nvidia Profile Inspector. Change Antialiasing compatibility to 0x204002C1. Change Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting. Change Antialiasing - Setting to 4x [4x Multisampling] or 8xQ [8x Multisampling]. (Optional; enables SGSSAA) Change Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling to 4x Sparse Grid Supersampling or 8x Sparse Grid Supersampling (depending on the chosen multisampling setting). Apply changes. Notes This method only works on Nvidia graphics cards and on requires a 16:9 resolution. Keep in mind that both Antialiasing - Setting and Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling should always use the same number. SGSSAA might blur the entire screen (lowering texture quality). If you don't like the effect only use MSAA, which offers considerable object edge sharpening without any blurring, but does not sharpen shadows.[citation needed]

Ambient Occlusion

HBAO+ (Nvidia only)

Open the The Wolf Among Us Nvidia profile with Nvidia Profile Inspector. Change Ambient Occlusion compatibility value to 0x00000010. Change Ambient Occlusion setting to Quality. Change Ambient Occlusion usage to Enabled. Press "Apply Changes" in the top-right corner. Notes A new profile referencing fables.exe may need to be created if that is the filename used in the owned release. The stock Nvidia profile references thewolfamongus.exe. The GOG release is one which uses fables.exe. Bleeding can occur in the main menu, but will not occur elsewhere.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Invert Y-axis option inverts all camera mouse movement, might not be intuitive for all inverted users.
Controller
Controller support		Wireless controllers are not officially supported.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French				Retail version, download.
German				Retail version, download.
Italian				Fan translation, download.
Polish				Fan translation, download. [1]
Russian				Fan translation by «Tolma4 Team».
Spanish				Retail version, download.
Turkish				Fan translation, download.

VR support

3D modes	Native	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: The Wolf Among Us.
vorpX		G3D Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list.

Issues fixed

Crashes on launch (OS X)

The game crashes immediately on startup.

Ensure game path does not contain special characters
Make sure that The Wolf Among Us.app path does not contain the characters / " ! [ or \.

Game does not launch

Telltale Tool games have a problem with Windows 8 (and Windows 10), which makes the game unable to launch when a controller is plugged in. Although this issue has been fixed in Windows 8.1, a temporary solution is available for Windows 8 users.

Place a .dll file to the installation folder
Download dinput8.dll file from here. Place dinput8.dll in the installation folder. Notes Do not forget to delete dinput8.dll from the installation folder, after upgrading to Windows 8.1 to avoid future possible problems.

Game does not save

Problem is caused by non-English characters in save game path.

Rename save game path to English characters only

Text language fixed to system language

Only tested for GoG version

Add one of the following registry keys to get the desired text language

RegPath=HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Telltale Games/Fables.exe ValueName=Language ValueType=String Value=English RegPath=HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Telltale Games/Fables.exe ValueName=Language ValueType=String Value=German RegPath=HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Telltale Games/Fables.exe ValueName=Language ValueType=String Value=French RegPath=HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Telltale Games/Fables.exe ValueName=Language ValueType=String Value=Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz or equivalent	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.3 GHz or equivalent
System memory (RAM)	3 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Nvidia 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	1 GB of VRAM

Intel integrated cards are generally not recommended.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)	2.3 GHz Intel	Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Nvidia 512 MB of VRAM	1 GB of VRAM

Intel integrated cards are generally not recommended.