Signalis

Signalis (stylized as SIGNALIS) is a real-time sci-fi Lovecraftian survival horror game developed by rose-engine and published by Humble Games and Playism.

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere
Steam		^[2]

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	Game does not contain microtransactions.

Game data

Replace * with 01, 02, 03, 04, or 05.

Data is stored per-profile.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Microsoft Store
Windows	<path-to-game>\SIGNALIS_Data\save\*\settings.ini^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1262350/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\HumbleBundle.SIGNALIS_q2mcdwmzx4qja\SystemAppData\wgs
Windows	<path-to-game>\SIGNALIS_Data\save\*\lstr.replika^{[Note 2]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1262350/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Upscaled from the base resolution of 640x360.^[3] Pixel-perfect, Stretch, and Letterbox scaling available.
Multi-monitor		Pillarboxed or stretched.
Ultra-widescreen		Use Signalis Fix.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Uncapped.^[4]
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.

Graphics settings.
Display settings.
Gameplay settings.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Default and Alternate control layouts.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		South, West, and East control layouts.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4, DualSense Native support for DualShock 4 and DualSense with version 1.2.1.^[5]
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Generic/other controllers

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

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)		The official preset is merely the Steam Input default controller preset.
Steam Controller button prompts
Cursor detection

Control settings.
Default keyboard and mouse controls.
Default controller mappings.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX, Radio.
Surround sound		^[6]
Subtitles		All character dialogue in-game and in cutscenes is text-only. Voiced dialogue is not subtitled.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		The game exclusively uses the original soundtrack.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Latin American Spanish
Russian

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD, Resonance Audio	^[7]
Input	Rewired	^[8]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2300 AMD FX-4350	Intel Core i5-3470 AMD FX-6300
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 AMD Radeon HD 6570 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unity engine build: 2020.3.36f1^[1]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 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>/1262350/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1262350) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-06-03
Unity version derived from data.unity3d as release version does not generate output log, and neither app.info nor boot.config contain the version number string.
↑ Verified by User:Taylor.mabby654 on 2024-03-12
Game won't start without the Steam client running.
↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-06-04
Tested by running game with 1x scaling in pixel perfect mode and using Photoshop CS5.5 to measure pixels.
↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-11-05
↑ Steam News - SIGNALIS - L* BETRIEBSYSTEM PATCH 1.2.1 - last accessed on 2024-01-01
↑ Verified by User:Kogran on 2023-06-22
It is stereo only when connected to 5.1 system.
↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-06-03
Game's Plugins/x86_64 contains resonanceaudio.dll
↑ Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-06-03
Game's Plugins/x86_64 contains Rewired_DirectInput.dll

[2] Unity engine build: 2020.3.36f1^[1]

[gamedir-4] 2.0 ^2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-5] 3.0 ^3.1 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>/1262350/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1262350) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[UnityVersion-1] Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-06-03
Unity version derived from data.unity3d as release version does not generate output log, and neither app.info nor boot.config contain the version number string.

[3] Verified by User:Taylor.mabby654 on 2024-03-12
Game won't start without the Steam client running.

[6] Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-06-04
Tested by running game with 1x scaling in pixel perfect mode and using Photoshop CS5.5 to measure pixels.

[7] Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-11-05

[8] Steam News - SIGNALIS - L* BETRIEBSYSTEM PATCH 1.2.1 - last accessed on 2024-01-01

[9] Verified by User:Kogran on 2023-06-22
It is stereo only when connected to 5.1 system.

[10] Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-06-03
Game's Plugins/x86_64 contains resonanceaudio.dll

[11] Verified by User:Expack3 on 2022-06-03
Game's Plugins/x86_64 contains Rewired_DirectInput.dll

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Developers

	rose-engine
Publishers
	Humble Games
	Playism
Engines
	Unity 2020^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	October 27, 2022
Reception
Metacritic	81
OpenCritic	82
IGDB	85
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Cinematic camera, First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Survival horror
Art styles	Pixel art, Stylized
Themes	Europe, Lovecraftian, Sci-fi