Beyond a Steel Sky
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| Developers | |
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| Revolution Software | |
| Engines | |
| Unreal Engine 4 | |
| Release dates | |
| macOS (OS X) | June 26, 2020[1] |
| Windows | July 16, 2020 |
| Linux | July 16, 2020 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 70 |
| OpenCritic | 73 |
| IGDB | 76 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control, Menu-based, Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Cel-shaded, Comic book |
| Themes | Cyberpunk, Oceania |
| Series | Steel Sky |
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| Steel Sky | |
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| Beneath a Steel Sky | 1994 |
| Beyond a Steel Sky | 2020 |
Beyond a Steel Sky is a singleplayer third-person adventure game in the Steel Sky series.
General information
- Developer Discord server
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| GamersGate | |
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| Mac App Store | |
Included with Apple Arcade. | |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\BASS2\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\ |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Containers/BASS2/Data/Library/Preferences/BASS2/MacNoEditor/ |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/Epic/BASS2/Saved/Config/LinuxNoEditor/ |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\BASS2\Saved\SaveGames\ |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Containers/BASS2/Data/Library/Application Support/Epic/BASS2/Saved/SaveGames |
| Linux | $XDG_DATA_HOME/Epic/BASS2/Saved/SaveGames/ |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | Needs config file modification. | ||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | [2] | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | 80-110[3] | ||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Controlled by Textures setting; Low (disabled) to Epic (8x).[4] | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Low (disabled) to Epic (TAA).[5] See Anti-aliasing (AA) for further customization. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Togglable. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Can optionally set a frame rate limit of 30 FPS or 60 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.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
| Enable super-sampling through the config file[6] |
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[SystemSettings] r.ScreenPercentage=150
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Input
Gameplay settings.
Keybindings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Most keys cannot be remapped. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | Camera sensitivity only. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | Called Invert Camera Vertical. | |
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Controller sensitivity | Camera sensitivity only. | |
| Controller Y-axis inversion | Called Invert Camera Vertical. |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| DualShock 4 controllers | [7] | |
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| DualShock button prompts | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Connection modes | unknown | |
| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
| Steam Input | ||
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| Steam Input API support | ||
| Hook input (legacy mode) | ||
| Official controller preset(s) | ||
| Steam Controller button prompts | ||
| Cursor detection |
Audio
Audio settings
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Master, Dialogue, Music, Effects | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | Can be individually-set for gameplay and cinematic dialogue. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Cannot be enabled. | |
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language settings
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | American and British (UK) variants are selectable. | |||
| Arabic | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| French | ||||
| Canadian French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Turkish |
Issues unresolved
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 11 | |
| OpenGL | 4.3 | Default renderer on Linux build for Nvidia and Intel gpus pre-Patch #6; removed in Patch #6.[9] |
| Metal support | ||
| Vulkan | 1.0 | Default renderer on Linux build for AMD gpus pre-Patch #6; only renderer on Linux build since Patch #6.[9] |
| Shader Model support | 5 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
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| Windows | ||||
| macOS (OS X) | [8] | |||
| Linux |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i3-2100 3.1 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0 GHz |
Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 AMD Radeon HD 7770 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 280X 4 GB (Nvidia), 3 GB (AMD) of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| macOS (OS X) | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.15.0 | |
| Processor (CPU) | ||
| System memory (RAM) | ||
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 16.5 GB | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS, SteamOS | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-2400 AMD FX-8320 |
Intel Core i7-3770 AMD FX-8350 |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290 | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 480 6 GB of VRAM |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
References
- ↑ 'Beyond a Steel Sky' comes to Apple Arcade tomorrow | Engadget - last accessed on 2020-06-25
- ↑ YouTube - Rob Cram - Beyond A Steel Sky PC 4K - Welcome To Cyberpunk Union City - last accessed on 2020-07-11
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-10-02)
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-07-11
- Checked via console.
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-07-12
- Confirmed via console
- ↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2020-07-12
- ↑ Steam Community Discussion - KNOWN BUGS & LOYALTY DISCOUNT ISSUE - last accessed on 2020-07-23
- "While Xbox One & PS4 gamepads are behaving correctly, we can not stress this enough: There is no wilder west when it comes to input irregularities than gamepads!"
- ↑ 10 Native Apple M1 Mac Games #1 - last accessed on 1 January 2022
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Steam Community News - PATCH #6: Moving to the latest Unreal Engine - 40% OFF for the next 24 hours! - last accessed on 2021-05-03
- "But due to the new Unreal Engine version not supporting OpenGL anymore, this is a Vulkan only club now, including brand new support for Vulkan ES3.1 which runs way quicker on low spec machines and brings your Linux experience on par with Windows & Mac gamers!"