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SpaceChem

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SpaceChem
SpaceChem cover
Developers
Zachtronics
Engines
FontEngine
Release dates
Windows January 1, 2011
macOS (OS X) January 1, 2011
Linux January 1, 2011
Reception
Metacritic 84
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives Flip screen, Top-down view
Controls Point and select
Genres Puzzle
Themes Sci-fi
SpaceChem on HowLongToBeat
SpaceChem on IGDB
SpaceChem guide on StrategyWiki
SpaceChem on MobyGames
SpaceChem on Wikipedia

SpaceChem is a singleplayer flip screen and top-down view puzzle game.

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes the 63 Corvi DLC.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
itch.io
DRM-free
Includes Android version.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Available for free to public schools and school-like non-profit organizations.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
63 Corvi
Windows
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Zachtronics Industries\SpaceChem\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/.local/share/Zachtronics Industries/SpaceChem/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Zachtronics Industries/SpaceChem/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Zachtronics Industries\SpaceChem\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/.local/share/Zachtronics Industries/SpaceChem/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Zachtronics Industries/SpaceChem/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Stretched/pillarboxed 4:3 (set with Keep Aspect Ratio).
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Set with Quick Alt-Tab.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Capped at 62 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse, touch State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen optimised
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
No speech
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Hungarian
Fan translation.
Italian
Japanese
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Graphics Issues

On some systems, there is an issue where only part of the screen is visible.
Disable display scaling on high DPI settings[citation needed]
  1. Go to the installation folder.
  2. Right-click SpaceChem.exe, select Properties, and go to the Compatibility tab.
  3. Check Disable display scaling on high DPI settings, and click Apply.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam version is now 64-bit only, old 32-bit only version v1015 is still available in Properties - Betas.
Linux
Steam version is now 64-bit only, old 32-bit only version v1015 is still available in Properties - Betas.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB
Video card (GPU) Frame Buffer Supported
macOS (OS X)
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB
Video card (GPU) Frame Buffer Supported
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 10.04
Processor (CPU) 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB
Video card (GPU) Frame Buffer support recommended


References