Spirit of the North

Spirit of the North
Spirit of the North	2020
Spirit of the North 2	2024

Spirit of the North is a singleplayer third-person exploration, platform and puzzle game in the Spirit of the North series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when a shorcut is made to the executable in the root folder, with the `-EpicPortal` command appended to the target.
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	None

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Infused\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1213700/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Infused\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1213700/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

In-game General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Pillarboxed 16:9
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Scales with Graphics Quality. Can be set via "sg.AntiAliasingQuality=" in GameUserSettings.ini.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Change the value of `FrameRateLimit` in GameUserSettings.ini to the desired rate. Default value of `0.000000` sets 60 FPS cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Control Scheme for Keyboard.

Control Scheme for Xbox One Controller.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Camera Sensitivity option.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity		Camera Sensitivity option.
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		Keyboard and Mouse, Controller

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4460
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	4
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2.0^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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>/1213700/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1213700) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-12-06
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-12-13
Tested in 7.1 using Orban Loudness Meter.

Developers

	Infuse Studio
Publishers
	Merge Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	May 7, 2020
Reception
Metacritic	58
OpenCritic	63
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Exploration, Platform, Puzzle
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Europe, Supernatural
Series	Spirit of the North