Call of the Sea

Call of the Sea is a singleplayer first-person adventure game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Can be launched directly from the executable.^[3] Deluxe Edition also available.
GamersGate		Deluxe Edition also available.
		Deluxe Edition also available.
GOG.com		Deluxe Edition also available.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition also available.
Microsoft Store
Steam		Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)		Deluxe Edition also available.

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\COTS\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\RawFury.CallofTheSeaW10_9s0pnehqffj7t\LocalCache\Local\COTS\Saved\Config\WinGDK\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1042490/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\COTS\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\RawFury.CallofTheSeaW10_9s0pnehqffj7t\SystemAppData\wgs\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1042490/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud		976.56 KB available
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics settings

Accessibility settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Vert- scaling.^[4]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		80-100. See Field of view (FOV) for more.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Fullscreen is always borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		8x regardless of preset.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Scales with Global Quality option.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)		RT supported at least on Xbox Series X^[5], but no PC support as of now.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Field of view (FOV)

Use the Universal Unreal Engine 4 Console Unlocker^[6]

Follow the instructions to enable the developer console in the game.
Enter FOV 110 where 110 is the desired horizontal field of view value.

Entering FOV without a value will reset it.

A new chapter may reset the value.

Input

Control settings

Bindings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Controller and mouse/keyboard controls can be remapped.
Mouse acceleration		Negative acceleration regardless of Smooth Camera Rotation option in the Accessibility settings menu.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		Full native DS4 support with both wired and wireless.
DualShock button prompts		Displays XBOX controller prompts.
Light bar support
Connection modes	V2, USB, wired, Bluetooth

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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

Audio

Audio settings

Text Language settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Dialogue, Sound effects.
Surround sound		^[7]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-3220 AMD FX-6100	Intel Core i7-6700K AMD Ryzen 7 1700
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 AMD Radeon HD 7750 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.26.2.0^[1]^[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>/1042490/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1042490) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Call of the Sea on Steam - last accessed on 2020-05-19
"Explore a stunning tropical island (meticulously modeled in Unreal Engine 4)..."
↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-06-15
↑ Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2023-03-09
Ran the game for 5 minutes, each time offline and online on both EXE's provided, and EGS never opened.
↑ Support ultrawide? - last accessed on 2020-12-08
↑ Inside Xbox Series X Optimized: Call of the Sea - last accessed on [unknown]
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2021-03-14
↑ Verified by User:Rose on 2021-04-27
The game made use of the rear speakers for positional audio.

[3] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.26.2.0^[1]^[2]

[Proton_path_note-5] 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>/1042490/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1042490) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Call of the Sea on Steam - last accessed on 2020-05-19
"Explore a stunning tropical island (meticulously modeled in Unreal Engine 4)..."

[engineversion-2] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2022-06-15

[4] Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2023-03-09
Ran the game for 5 minutes, each time offline and online on both EXE's provided, and EGS never opened.

[6] Support ultrawide? - last accessed on 2020-12-08

[7] Inside Xbox Series X Optimized: Call of the Sea - last accessed on [unknown]

[8] Verified by User:Rose on 2021-03-14

[9] Verified by User:Rose on 2021-04-27
The game made use of the rear speakers for positional audio.

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Developers

	Out of the Blue
Publishers
	Raw Fury
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	December 8, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	78
OpenCritic	78
IGDB	73
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure
Themes	Detective/mystery, Interwar, Oceania, Lovecraftian