Beyond: Two Souls

Beyond: Two Souls

Developers
	Quantic Dream
Windows	Virtuos
Release dates
Windows	July 22, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	76
OpenCritic	71
IGDB	66
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives	Third-person, First-person, Cinematic camera
Genres	Adventure, Quick time events
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Sci-fi

Beyond: Two Souls is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person, first-person and cinematic camera adventure and quick time events game.

The game was first released on PC on July 22, 2019, containing every bonus of the PlayStation 4 version, including Advanced Experiments, Remixed (chronological) mode, and choice statistics.

General information

Official support page

Community subreddit

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Box version containing an artbook and stickers.
Epic Games Store		Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM removed on June 24, 2020.
GamersGate
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Demo

Demo versions providing access to two chapters of the game are available on Epic Games Store and Steam.

Essential improvements

Skip intro video

Remove the video files
Go to <path-to-game>\Videos\ENG\PC\ Delete or rename IW_LOGO_BEYOND_US.bik, IW_LOGO_BEYOND_EURO.bik and IW_LOGO_BEYOND_ASIA.bik. A game update may restore the files.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Quantic Dream\Beyond Two Souls\Save\Options\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/960990/pfx/

Configuration file is encrypted.

Save game data location

System	Location
Epic Games Launcher	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Quantic Dream\Beyond Two Souls\Save\
Steam	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Beyond Two Souls Steam\Save\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/960990/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

Video

Graphics settings.

Advanced graphics settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Use the related mod to remove the native letterboxing.
Multi-monitor		Vert- scaling. Use the related mod as a workaround.
Ultra-widescreen		21:9 resolutions are natively supported. For 32:9, see the related PCGW community solution.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA or SMAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		Limiter of 30 or 60 FPS.
120+ FPS		See High frame rate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

High frame rate

The game has no FPS limit at first launch. Accessing the in-game settings will create an options file at the configuration file(s) location, locking it to 60 FPS.

Both of the below fixes disables both of the in-game FPS limiter options' functionality.

The always-enabled Vsync will be unaffected by either fix.

Steam version executable needs to be unpacked with Steamless before applying either of the below fixes.

Use the Beyond: Two Souls FPS patcher
Allows limiting FPS to any value from none to 1000.

Manually modify the game executable to unlock FPS
Download HxD or any other hex editor. Launch it and use it to open <path-to-game>\BeyondTwoSouls.exe Search and replace 9A 99 05 42 with 00 00 00 00 as hex. Search and replace 9A 99 85 41 with 00 00 00 00 as hex. Save the file, overwriting the original.

Input

Controls settings.

Key bindings.

Gamepad controls.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Mouse buttons are not remappable.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		5-100 in increments of 5.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity		0-100 in increments of 5. Only applies to Aiden.
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		Gyro is supported.
DualShock button prompts
Light bar support		Blue in single player mode, untested in co-op
Connection modes	wired, wireless adapter

Generic/other controllers

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

Steam Input
Steam Input API support		Gyro is supported for Steam Controller and DualShock 4.
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

Audio

Sound settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Voices, FX, music.
Surround sound		5.1 option.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Language settings.

Epic Games Launcher options for the game. Audio languages other than English and Dutch may need to be downloaded separately through this menu.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese				The audio is part of the português additional language file.
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Co-op Turn-based.
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Beyond: Two Souls - 3D-Vision-Ready-Fix - Losti - V1.01.

Issues unresolved

Game crashing

The game may crash at various stages.

No stats for Dragon's Hideout

No players' paths statistics are shown at the end of the Dragon's Hideout chapter, accompanied by a message on the need to sign into PSN.

Issues fixed

Inability to save progress and settings

The game may fail to save progress and settings, creating no folders at the expected locations. Attempting to Continue from the main menu leads to crashing.

Disable Windows 10 1903 ransomware protection or add the game to exclusions

To exclude the game from ransomware protection: From the Windows 10 Settings app, click on Update & Security. On the sidebar, click on Windows Security. Click on Virus & threat protection. Under Ransomware protection, click on Manage Ransomware protection. Provided that Controlled folder access is enabled, click on Allow an app through Controlled folder access. Click on Add an allowed app, then Browse all apps, and select <path-to-game>\BeyondTwoSouls.exe

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	OpenAL
Interface	Omegame Menus Master
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4430 3 GHz AMD FX-6300 3.5 GHz	Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 3-1300X 3.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	49 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 390 4 GB of VRAM
Other	Requirements for 30 FPS at 720p	Requirements for 60 FPS at 1080p

A 64-bit operating system is required.

The game requires a CPU with SSE4.1 instructions.