The End Is Nigh

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched directly from executable.
Humble Store
Steam

All OS X and Linux versions require Steam DRM. A DRM-free release for Windows, macOS and Linux used to be available in the Humble Monthly Trove.^[3]

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.txt^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.local/share/The End is Nigh/settings.txt

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\saves\^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\583470\remote\

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Game renders in 16:9 aspect ratio only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		This game is mostly used material objects
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Up to 16x MSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On, unless drivers require it off
60 FPS
120+ FPS		FPS is effectively locked to 60, but the game will render duplicate frames at higher refresh rates, making it consume double the resources at 120hz or above without visible change from 60hz
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

In-game keyboard control settings.

In-game gamepad control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Can combine multiple actions to same key.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Can combine multiple actions to same button.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

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

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

In-game audio settings.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Attempt changing settings.txt so that antialias is set to 0.

Set mute in background^{[citation needed]}
Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Start the game and press `Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`← Backspace` to toggle Special K's Control Panel. Expand "Window Management" and "Input/Output Behavior". Enable "Mute Game" under "Background Behavior". Press `Ctrl`+`⇧ Shift`+`O` to toggle Special K's On-Screen Display.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3	Intel Core i7
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	Dedicated OpenGL 3.0 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.10.5	10.12
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3	Intel Core i7
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 320M OpenGL 2.1 compatible	Nvidia GeForce 750M

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3	Intel Core i7
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	Dedicated OpenGL 3.0 compatible

↑ ^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).