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Headlander

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Headlander
Headlander cover
Developers
Double Fine Productions
Publishers
Adult Swim Games
Engines
Buddha
Release dates
Windows July 25, 2016
macOS (OS X) November 18, 2016[1]
Reception
Metacritic 74
OpenCritic 76
IGDB 77
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Metroidvania, Platform
Art styles Stylized
Themes Sci-fi
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Headlander on IGDB
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Headlander on Wikipedia

General information

Double Fine Action Forums
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Microsoft Store (unavailable)
Microsoft Store
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Doublefine\Headlander\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/340000/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %APPDATA%\Doublefine\Headlander\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/340000/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Audio/video settings.
Audio/video settings.

Input

Keyboard settings.
Keyboard settings.
Gamepad settings.
Gamepad settings.
Gamepad controls.
Gamepad controls.

Audio

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

Mute on focus lost

Set mute in background[citation needed]
  1. Download Special K.
  2. Copy SpecialK64.dll to the installation folder.
  3. Rename to dxgi.dll.
  4. Run the game and exit.
  5. Edit dxgi.ini in the installation folder.
  6. Find [Window.System].
  7. Change MuteInBackground=false to MuteInBackground=true.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision
See Helix Mod: Headlander.

Issues unresolved

Save data can't be loaded

Error: "The save data is not compatible with this version of the game and will not be loaded"[3]
Corrupted or disappearing save data is a common issue.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Metal support
[11]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Dual-core 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti
AMD Radeon HD 7750
A 64-bit system is required.
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.12
Processor (CPU) Dual-core Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 650 Ti
AMD Radeon HD 7800 series
A 64-bit system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/340000/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (340000) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References