Park Beyond

Park Beyond

Developers
	Limbic Entertainment
Publishers
	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	June 15, 2023
Reception
Metacritic	66
OpenCritic	69
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC, One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	Cosmetic
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Building, Sandbox, Simulation, Strategy
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Amusement park

Park Beyond is a singleplayer bird's-eye view building, sandbox, simulation and strategy game. On August 16, 2023, the game received a modding integration via mod.io.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website		Impossified Edition available
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition also available
Steam		Deluxe Edition also available

Version differences

Deluxe/Visioneer Edition contains ZOMBEYOND Impossification Set, Annual Pass and Annual Pass Bonus Coaster Car Set.

Impossified Edition includes everything from the Deluxe/Visioneer Edition plus an Omnicart desk figurine, showman Phil-inspired collector's box, artbook, lanyard and staff badge, SteelBook of the blueprint of an impossified Ferris Wheel, physical and digital soundtrack, three 10x15 cm postcards, six stickers and Beyond Seas Set. Exclusive to the Bandai Namco Store.

Purchase through the Bandai Namco Store grants access to the exclusive English Garden Set.

Pre-purchase grants users the PAC-MAN Impossification Set.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Offers additional flat rides, decorative items, entertainers, etc. in DLC bundles.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	Coaster car skins.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
ZOMBEYOND Impossification Set	Contains a flat ride and its impossified version, a shop, three entertainers and more than 30 decorative items.
Annual Pass	Contains a flat ride and its impossified version, a shop, three entertainers and more than 30 decorative items.
Annual Pass Bonus Coaster Car Set	Contains five car skins.
Beyond Seas Set	Contains 10 pirate-inspired decorative items.
Beyond Extreme	Contains 2 new missions, 2 sandbox maps, 2 flat rides, a new track type, 250 scenery objects, 2 entertainers, 2 ride modules.
English Garden Set	Contains more than 30 classy and flowery decorative items. Exclusive to purchases through the Bandai Namco Store.
PAC-MAN Impossification Set	Contains two flat rides (and their impossifications), five entertainers, a hat shop, a shop impossification, a new car style and more than 30 PAC-MAN inspired decorative items. Free for users who pre-ordered the game.
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget - Theme World	Contains two flat rides (and their impossifications), 3 entertainers, a new track type, 2 sandbox maps, 280 scenery objects, 2 ride modules

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use the -skipStartupMovies command line argument

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1368130/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\ParkBeyond\Saved\SaveGames\Steam_<user-id>
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1368130/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Cutscenes are static aspect.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Up to 16x.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Forced TAA.
High-fidelity upscaling		FSR 2.2, TAAU
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Framerate cap slider in-game allows a maximum of 144 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)
Color blind mode		Offers modes for Deuteranope, Protanope, Tritanope

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

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		No slider for mouse sensitivity itself, but separate sliders for camera rotation and panning in all camera modes.
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
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate sliders for music, speech, visitors and staff, ambience, and user interface.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	Defaults to 11, 12 has minor rendering bugs.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i7-4790 AMD Ryzen 5 1500X	Intel Core i7-7700K AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
System memory (RAM)	12 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7850 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 AMD Radeon RX 480 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible

Minimum specifications are for 1080p at 30 FPS. Recommended specifications are for 1080p at 60 FPS. Requires 16 GB RAM, and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) or AMD R9 Fury for 4K at 30 FPS. Requires 16 GB RAM, and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super or AMD RX 6650 XT for 4K at 60 FPS.