BPM: Bullets per Minute

BPM: Bullets per Minute

Developers
	Awe Interactive
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	September 15, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	73
OpenCritic	74
IGDB	74
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Music/rhythm, Roguelike, Shooter
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Fantasy

BPM: Bullets per Minute is a singleplayer first-person music/rhythm, roguelike and shooter game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Steam

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename movie files
Go to <path-to-game>\WindowsNoEditor\BPM\Content\Movies. Delete or rename AweIdent.mp4.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\BPM\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1286350/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\BPM\Saved\SaveGames
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1286350/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Vert- FOV and viewmodel scaling. See Ultra-widescreen for the available workarounds.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		40 to 145 in increments of 1. See Field of view (FOV) for higher values.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Exclusive fullscreen also supported.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Always at 8. See Anisotropic filtering (AF) for more.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA is used by default. FXAA can be forced instead. See Anti-aliasing (AA).
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Toggleable between 30, 60, 90, 120, 144, 200 and unlimited.
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.

Ultra-widescreen

Use the community patcher
Additionally increases the viewmodel FOV to partly compensate for the native scaling.

Increase in-game field of view
At 21:9 resolutions, use the in-game option to set the FOV to 116 and match the default 100 at 16:9.

Field of view (FOV)

Use the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Console Unlocker
Follow the instructions to enable the developer console in the game. Enter FOV X where X is the desired value. Requires to be run after each game launch.

Change FOV scaling to vertical FOV
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV

Anisotropic filtering (AF)

Custom anisotropic samples
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.MaxAnisotropy=16 Anisotropic filtering quality can be adjusted by changing the value between 0 and 16.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Disable TAA through a configuration file
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.PostProcessAAQuality=0 Notes Anti-aliasing quality can be adjusted by changing the value between 1 (low) and 6 (high).

Enable FXAA through a configuration file
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=1 Notes Enabling FXAA will disable TAA. Setting the value to 0 will disable anti-aliasing.

Chromatic aberration

Disable chromatic aberration
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.SceneColorFringeQuality=0

Depth of field

Disable depth of field
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Engine.ini. Add the following and save the file. [SystemSettings] r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0

Input

Input settings

Game settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Labeled Look Sensitivity, 0.5 to 5 in increments of 0.1. Y-axis and X-axis sensitivity can be adjusted individually.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Ability to choose from 6 presets.
Controller sensitivity		From 0% to 100%. Y-axis and X-axis sensitivity can be adjusted individually.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Labeled Invert Look.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Generic/other controllers

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

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  Rebind settings

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  Controller settings

Mouse smoothing

Change configuration file
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open Input.ini. Add the following and save the file. [/script/engine.inputsettings] bEnableMouseSmoothing=False

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, SFX, Menu music.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

General settings

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Korean				Available but not shown as supported.
Brazilian Portuguese				Mistakenly advertised as Portuguese.
Russian
Spanish
Japanese				Fan Translation, Download

The game has no audio nor subtitles.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	Vorbis

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4590	Intel Core i7
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	25 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 3 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.