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Video Horror Society

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This product is no longer playable in any capacity. It is covered here for historical reference.https://twitter.com/VHSTheGame/status/1667286817845178370
Video Horror Society
Video Horror Society cover
Developers
Hellbent Games
Engines
Unreal Engine 4.27
Release dates
Windows Early access
Taxonomy
Monetization Free-to-play[1]
Modes Multiplayer
Genres Action
Themes Horror, Contemporary
Video Horror Society on HowLongToBeat
Video Horror Society on IGDB
Video Horror Society on MobyGames

Video Horror Society is a multiplayer action game.

General information

Official Discord server
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC true
Free-to-play Players can access a significant portion of the game content without paying.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
Cosmetic true
Currency true
Free-to-grind true

DLC and expansion packs

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/611360/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/611360/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Under audio there is "Mute Game If Unfocused" and "Mute Voice Chat If Unfocused". These can both be toggled on or off.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
5 Versus, Co-op
4v1.

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Dedicated was shut down and switched to Peer-to-peer shortly before the game was sunset
Self-hosting
There is work on making this possible, it can make it into the menu and you can play a game with bots but private lobbies with joining has not yet been figured out.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12 Can be toggled to use either DirectX 11 or DirectX 12 in the settings menu under the "Video" tab, "Rendering Mode".
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio OGG Vorbis, Wwise
Multiplayer Epic Online Services
Anti-cheat Easy Anti-Cheat

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i3-4170
AMD FX-8120
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 470
AMD Radeon HD 6850
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Other Broadband Internet connection
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Steam - VHS - last accessed on 2021-11-19
    "VHS is our first free to play multiplayer game."