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Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

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Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones cover
Developers
Cultic Games
Publishers
2019-2022 1C Entertainment
2022-present Fulqrum Publishing
Mac App Store Shifty Eye Games
Engines
Unity 2017[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows September 26, 2019
macOS (OS X) September 26, 2019[2]
Linux September 26, 2019[2]
Reception
Metacritic 81
OpenCritic 78
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives Side view
Controls Point and select
Genres RPG
Art styles Stylized
Themes Europe, Industrial Age, Horror, Lovecraftian, Post-apocalyptic
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General information

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

Availability

A demo is available from Steam.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Settings.dat is not human-readable.
System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Cultic Games\STYGIAN\Settings.dat
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cultic Games\STYGIAN
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Cultic Games\STYGIAN\SavedGames
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Gameplay settings.
Gameplay settings.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Most gameplay and character creation screen is Hor+; otherwise pillarboxed.[4]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Called Fullscreen in-game.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Toggleable.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Uncapped framerate.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keybindings.
Keybindings.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, SFX
Surround sound
Stereo only.[5]
Subtitles
Videos only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Toggleable.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

In-game dialogue is text only.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Issues unresolved

The developers frequently recommend sending debugging information regarding issues they are aware of. Follow these instructions if you encounter such issues:
Send developer a debug log[6]
  1. While in-game, press ~.
  2. From the console which appears, type exportlog.
  3. Press Enter.
  4. If successful, the game will say the log has been successfully exported.
  5. Exit the game and go to the desktop.
  6. Find the folder containing the log (i.e. STYGIAN_LOGS_7232 1.10.2019 12.13).
  7. Compress the folder itself.
  8. Send the compressed log folder to culticgames@gmail.com.

Game softlocks during first companion fight

The game accepts no input during the first companion fight if you reject, then accept the offer to hire the game's first-available henchman.[7]
No known fix.

Game freezes during late-game fight

The game freezes when a specific late-game fight begins.[8]
The developers are working on fixing this issue.

Main menu does not load after using the Save & Exit option

The game can fail to load the main menu, preventing the user from exiting the game normally.[9]
The developers are working on fixing this issue.
Use Task Manager[10]
  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
  2. From the prompt which appears, select Task Manager.
  3. From the window which appears, select STYGIAN.EXE.
  4. Click the End Task button.
  5. Close the window.

Notes

These instructions only apply to Windows OSes.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Shader Model support 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
[11]
Linux
[12]

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 450 GTS
AMD Radeon HD 5750
DirectX 10 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.9
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel Iris Graphics
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 700 Series
AMD Radeon HD 7730
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2017.4.29f1[1]

References

  1. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-09-26
    Tested on press release version.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-09-26
  3. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-10-03
  4. Slava Pishchalnikov - tweet on 2019-09-26 at 15:20 - last accessed on 2019-09-26
  5. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-10-08
    Tested using Orban Loudness Meter.
  6. Steam Community Discussion - Exit Bug (reply #4) - last accessed on 2019-10-01
  7. Steam Community Discussion - Game messed up in combat - last accessed on 2019-09-26
  8. Steam Community Discussion - Later Game Crash Bug (Major Spoilers, so be warned) - last accessed on 2019-09-28
  9. Steam Community Discussion - Exit Bug - last accessed on 2019-10-01
  10. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-10-01
    Tested under Windows 10 v1903
  11. Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-09-26
    Tested using file Linux command.
  12. SteamDB - Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones Launch Options - last accessed on 2019-09-26