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Super Meat Boy

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Super Meat Boy
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Developers
Team Meat
Release dates
Windows November 30, 2010
macOS (OS X) November 18, 2011
Linux December 13, 2011
Super Meat Boy on Wikipedia

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

Official Super Meat Boy Website
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums
Unofficial Wiki

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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GamersGate
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Humble Store
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Steam
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Game data

Configuration file and save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/40800/pfx/[Note 1]
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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In-game options menu.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Russian

Issues fixed

Crashing Steam version

If the game crashes on launch, right-click the game in your Steam Library, click on properties and then 'Set Launch options...', and type the following:

-windowed -<YOUR RESOLUTION> -lowdetail

or:

  • Navigate (on Windows) to C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\super meat boy.
  • Right click the game file and go to the compatibility tab.
  • Check "Run this program in compatibility mode for" and select from the drop box "Windows XP (Service Pack 3)
  • Check "Run this program as an administrator"
  • Click OK.

Command Line Options

Tommy Refines stated that the following command line parameters work.

  • The command line allows you to change detail, resolution, and windowed/fullscreen status. When setting multiple options they must be separated with a space.

Fullscreen / Windowed

  • -fullscreen Sets the game to run in full screen mode
  • -windowed Sets the game to run in windowed mode

Resolutions

These are the only supported resolutions from the command line:
  • -640x480
  • -800x600
  • -1024x768
  • -1280x720
  • -1920x1080

Detail Settings

This will help address lag issues if you are experiencing them.

  • -ultralowdetail - Runs the game at the lowest detail, parallax is taken out, particle effects are ignored, animals are missing, set pieces are gone, lighting is ignored, images are lowest possible resolution (made for integrated graphics though not officially supported)
  • -lowdetail - Runs the game with lowest resolution images, lighting is ignored, particle effects are ignored (use this if you are having lag on CHAD, Dr. Fetus, or levels where you die from moving platforms)
  • -meddetail - Runs the game with medium resolution images (mid range setting, run this if you are having slight lag)
  • -highdetail - Runs the game with highest resolution images (run this if you meet my minimum requirements listed above)

If you wanted to run in fullscreen at the highest resolution at the highest detail, your command line parameters should be:

  • -fullscreen -highdetail -1920x1080

If you have framerate issues, your command line parameters should be:

  • -windowed -lowdetail -640x480

Command Line Options

  • -fullscreen Sets the game to run in full screen mode
  • -windowed Sets the game to run in windowed mode
  • -640x480 Sets the game to run at 640x480
  • -800x600 Sets the game to run at 800x600
  • -1024x768 Sets the game to run at 1024x768
  • -1280x720 Sets the game to run at 1280x720
  • -1920x1080 Sets the game to run at 1920x1080
These are the only supported resolutions from the command line, more are available in game.
  • -ultralowdetail - Runs the game at the lowest detail, parallax is taken out, particle effects are ignored, animals are missing, set pieces are gone, lighting is ignored, images are lowest possible resolution (made for integrated graphics though not officially supported)
  • -lowdetail - Runs the game with lowest resolution images, lighting is ignored, particle effects are ignored (use this if you are having lag on CHAD, Dr. Fetus, or levels where you die from moving platforms)
  • -meddetail - Runs the game with medium resolution images (mid range setting, run this if you are having slight lag)
  • -highdetail - Runs the game with highest resolution images

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB
Video card (GPU) Shader model 2.0 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7.4
Processor (CPU) Intel
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB
Only compatible up to 10.9
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHZ or faster
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 300 MB

Notes

  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>/40800/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (40800) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References