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Spelunky

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This page is for the 2013 remake. For the original freeware game, see Spelunky Classic.

Spelunky
Spelunky cover
Developers
Mossmouth
Release dates
Windows August 8, 2013
Reception
Metacritic 90
OpenCritic 87
IGDB 91
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Platform, Roguelike
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Fantasy
Series Spelunky
Spelunky on HowLongToBeat
Spelunky on IGDB
Spelunky guide on StrategyWiki
Spelunky on MobyGames
Spelunky on Wikipedia
Spelunky
Spelunky Classic 2009
Spelunky 2013
Spelunky 2 2020

Spelunky is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view and scrolling action, platform and roguelike game in the Spelunky series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
v1.4
Windows
Steam
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v1.47
Windows

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions Game does not contain any microtransactions.

Version differences

Only the Steam version includes the Daily Challenge and Achievements.
The Steam version received a v1.47 update that added languages, a fullscreen borderless mode, and bugfixes. The GOG version has not received this patch.

Game data

Configuration file location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Data\config.txt[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/239350/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Data\spelunky_save.sav[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/239350/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings (v1.47)
Video settings (v1.47)

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
16:9 (narrower aspect ratios are letterboxed); see Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Aspect ratios wider than 16:9 are pillarboxed.
Ultra-widescreen
Aspect ratios wider than 16:9 are pillarboxed.
4K Ultra HD
Artwork scaled from 1280x720.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Only available in v1.47 (Steam version).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Widescreen resolution

Changing the resolution to something wider than 16:9 crops part of the image
Changing to resolutions not available from the menu[citation needed]
  1. Go to the configuration file location.
  2. Open config.txt.
  3. Change the lines Screen_Width and Screen_Height to match your desired resolution.

Input

Input settings
Input settings

Audio

General settings
General settings

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Only available in v1.47 (Steam version).
Traditional Chinese
Only available in v1.47 (Steam version).
Esperanto
Fan translation. Nexus Mods GitHub
French
German
Hungarian
Fan translation.
Italian
Japanese
Only available in v1.47 (Steam version).
Korean
Only available in v1.47 (Steam version).
Polish
Fan translation.
Portuguese
Only available in v1.47 (Steam version).
Russian
Only available in v1.47 (Steam version).
Russian
Fan translation
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Co-op, Versus
LAN play
Co-op, Versus
Use Frozlunky.
Online play
Co-op, Versus
Use Frozlunky.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB
Video card (GPU) 3D graphics card
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  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>/239350/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (239350) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References