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The Silver Case
The Silver Case	2016
The 25th Ward: The Silver Case	2018

General information

Visual Novel Database article

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Limited Edition. DRM-free.^[4]
GOG.com		The Deluxe Pack is also available.
Humble Store		The Deluxe Pack is also available.
Steam		The Deluxe Pack is also available.
Publisher website (unavailable)		The Deluxe Pack is also available.

A demo is available from GOG.com and Steam.

Save data may be transferred from the demo to the full game.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
The Extra Contents	Includes artbook, comic, and original soundtrack.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ActiveGamingMedia\TheSilverCase\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/ActiveGamingMedia/TheSilverCase

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\ActiveGamingMedia\TheSilverCase\save\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/ActiveGamingMedia/TheSilverCase/save

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings

Remaster settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		1366x768, 1600x900, 1768x992, 1920x1080, 2560x1440, 3840x2160.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable windowed mode and use the `-popupwindow` parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
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

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Original and `WASD` presets.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Name entry requires keyboard.
Controller remapping		The game uses `B` button for accept, `A` button for back.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio

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

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				English subtitles are present during some FMV cutscenes.
Japanese

Mute on focus lost

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.

Issues fixed

Linux: unable to load save and/or broken 3D

Set locale to C^[5]

Launch the game with the LANG=C environment variable set.

For the GOG version, this cane be done by:

Opening the file $XDG_DATA_HOME/applications/gog_com-The_Silver_Case_1.desktop
Changing the Exec= line to Exec=env LANG=C "<path-to-game>/start.sh"

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP SP2
Processor (CPU)	SSE2 instruction set support
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 3.0 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 1.4 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 5000

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu
Processor (CPU)	SSE2 instruction set support
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9 compatible Shader model 3.0 support

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 5.4.1p4^[1]

References

↑ Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-05-13
↑ 11/8 Update - Mac Support and Bug Fixes - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: The Silver Case - last accessed on 17 May 2023
↑ The Silver Case HD Remaster Linux Support Update! - last accessed on 17 May 2023
↑ The Silver Case (PC) – Limited Run Games - last accessed on 9 June 2023
↑ Linux issues: can't load a saved game and all 3d scenes are just a black box, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2021-10-29

[2] Unity engine build: 5.4.1p4^[1]

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-05-13

[3] 11/8 Update - Mac Support and Bug Fixes - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: The Silver Case - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[4] The Silver Case HD Remaster Linux Support Update! - last accessed on 17 May 2023

[5] The Silver Case (PC) – Limited Run Games - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[linux_lang_c-6] Linux issues: can't load a saved game and all 3d scenes are just a black box, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2021-10-29

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Developers

	Grasshopper Manufacture
English localization	Playism
Publishers
	Playism
	Grasshopper Manufacture
Engines
	Unity 5^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	October 7, 2016
macOS (OS X)	November 8, 2016^[2]
Linux	July 31, 2017^[3]
Reception
Metacritic	64
OpenCritic	70
IGDB	68
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Adventure, Visual novel
Themes	Detective/mystery, Japan
Series	The Silver Case