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What Remains of Edith Finch

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What Remains of Edith Finch
What Remains of Edith Finch cover
Developers
Giant Sparrow
Publishers
Annapurna Interactive
Engines
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows April 25, 2017
Reception
Metacritic 89
OpenCritic 89
IGDB 87
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives First-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Adventure, Exploration
Themes Contemporary, Detective/mystery
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General information

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GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from the executable with the -EpicPortal command line argument.[3]
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Microsoft Store
DRM-free after installation through Microsoft Store client (notes may include more details)
Purchase includes a digital copy on Xbox consoles; PC version does not support Xbox Live.
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions What Remains of Edith Finch has no microtransactions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\FinchGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\AnnapurnaInteractive.WhatRemainsofEdithFinch_c96c51jf6wkvm\LocalCache\Local\FinchGame\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/501300/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\FinchGame\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\AnnapurnaInteractive.WhatRemainsofEdithFinch_c96c51jf6wkvm\LocalCache\Local\FinchGame\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/501300/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Video settings
Video settings

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Non-16:9 resolutions have black bars (see the WSGF entry).
Multi-monitor
See the WSGF entry.
Ultra-widescreen
See the related WSGF thread or the WSGF entry.
4K Ultra HD
Maximum resolution affected by Windows High DPI Scaling, see fix below
Field of view (FOV)
See the WSGF topic.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Scales with the textures option.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Low, Medium, High, Ultra.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 120 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Chromatic aberration

Disable chromatic aberration[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following and save the file.
[/Script/Engine.RendererSettings]
r.SceneColorFringe.Max=0

FPS Cap

Override FPS Cap[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open Engine.ini.
  3. Add the following and save the file.
[/Script/SystemSettings]
t.MaxFPS=X
  1. Replace X with the value you want the FPS cap to be set at. Note: doesn't turn off the cap, just overrides the in game 120fps cap and sets it to whatever value you specify.

Correct resolution on Windows with High DPI Scaling

On Windows, when Display Scaling is enabled, the game is scaled by default, affecting maximum resolution (e.g. at 4k with 200% scale, the maximum resolution is 1080p)
Disable scaling for game executable[citation needed]
  1. Go into <path-to-game>\FinchGame\Binaries\Win64.
  2. Right click FinchGame.exe and select Properties.
  3. Click the Compatibility tab, and then click Change high DPI settings.
  4. Check the box to override high DPI scaling behaviour, making sure Application is selected in the dropdown.
  5. Press OK on both windows to save, and launch the game normally.

Input

Input settings
Input settings

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Sound effects, Dialog, Music.
Surround sound
7.0 Surround
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
See Mute on focus lost.

Mute on focus lost

Set mute in background[citation needed]
  1. Download Special K.
  2. Copy SpecialK64.dll to <path-to-game>\FinchGame\Binaries\Win64\.
  3. Rename SpecialK64.dll to dxgi.dll.
  4. Start the game and exit.
  5. Open dxgi.ini in the same folder.
  6. Change MuteInBackground=false to MuteInBackground=true under [Window.System].

Localizations

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

VR support

Issues unresolved

Achievements failing to unlock in Microsoft Store version

Multiple player reports indicate that none of the achievements of the PC version of the game can be unlocked despite being listed.[4]

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Vista SP2
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-2125 3.30 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 750
AMD Radeon HD 7790
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.10[1][2]
  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>/501300/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (501300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References