Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You
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| Developers | |
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| Osmotic Studios | |
| Publishers | |
| Surprise Attack | |
| Engines | |
| Unity 2018[Note 1] | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 27, 2016 |
| macOS (OS X) | December 16, 2016[2] |
| Linux | December 16, 2016[2] |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 77 |
| OpenCritic | 82 |
| IGDB | 86 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Perspectives | Text-based |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure, Simulation, Text adventure |
| Art styles | Stylized, Vector art |
| Themes | Contemporary |
| Series | Orwell |
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| Orwell | |
|---|---|
| Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You | 2016 |
| Orwell: Ignorance is Strength | 2018 |
Orwell: Keeping an Eye on You is a singleplayer text-based adventure, simulation and text adventure game in the Orwell series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Epic Games Store | |
Game can be run directly from the executable.[3] | |
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| GOG.com | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Humble Store | |
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| itch.io | |
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| Microsoft Store | |
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| Steam | |
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| Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | |
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Demo
- A demo is available from Steam:
steam://install/543080. It includes the full first episode of the game, which takes about 40 minutes to play through.[4]
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
Microtransactions
| Type | Notes |
|---|---|
| No microtransactions | None |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OsmoticStudios\Orwell\ |
| Microsoft Store | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/OsmoticStudios/Orwell/prefs |
- This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Orwell\profile*.osg |
| Microsoft Store | |
| Steam | <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\491950\remote\profile*.osg |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Linux | $HOME/My Games/Orwell/profile*.osg |
- This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| Origin | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud | ||
| Xbox Cloud |
Video
General settings
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | Background image fills the whole screen but gameplay area remains 16:9. | ||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Freely resizeable window. Game remembers size and position of the window unless fullscreen is activated. Switching to fullscreen resets that and resizes window to the desktop size. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | The fullscreen option in the menu functions as a borderless window. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Ray tracing (RT) | |||
- 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 | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | Cursor only. | |
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music and effects. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | All speech is text. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Indonesian | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 11 | |
| OpenGL |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | |||
| Linux |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9 compatible | |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.10.5 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 3.2 compatible | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| Linux | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.0 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 3.2 compatible | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2019-10-07
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Orwell now available on Mac and Linux! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Orwell
- ↑ Verified by User:Dribbleondo on 2023-08-10
- Game ran with no issues or prompts.
- ↑ Frequently Asked Questions :: Orwell Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2022-12-05