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The Medium

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The Medium
The Medium cover
Developers
Bloober Team
Engines
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows January 28, 2021
Reception
Metacritic 75
OpenCritic 75
IGDB 74
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Cinematic camera
Controls Direct control
Genres Adventure, Puzzle
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary, Eastern Europe, Horror, Supernatural
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General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Microsoft Store
Microsoft Store
Xbox Play Anywhere
Windows
Steam
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Retail (unavailable)
DRM details are not known
Scheduled for September 3, 2021.
Windows

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition includes a digital artbook and soundtrack.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Medium\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\3951BlooberTeamS.A.TheMedium_myqva651hxz16\LocalCache\Local\Medium\Saved\Config\WinGDK\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1293160/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\Medium\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\3951BlooberTeamS.A.TheMedium_myqva651hxz16\SystemAppData\wgs
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1293160/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

Transfer Microsoft Store saves to other platforms

Microsoft Store saves can be transferred over to other PC platforms by renaming the files accordingly. The opposite is currently not possible.[citation needed]
Rename save game files[3]
  1. Browse to the save folder of the Microsoft Store version
    • %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\3951BlooberTeamS.A.TheMedium_myqva651hxz16\SystemAppData\wgs
  2. Perform a search for * in the folder so that all files in all subfolders are visible in one view.
  3. Select all files 2 KB or larger and copy these.
    • All files including container in their name can be ignored.
  4. Paste the files in the target save folder
  5. Now go through the files one by one and do the following:
    1. Open the file in Notepad.
    2. On the 12th (or slightly below) line of the file, locate the /Script/ part and rename the file based on the specified type:
      • /Script/Medium.MediumSaveObject files should be renamed to SaveGameData_#.sav where # is a digit starting from 0.
      • /Script/Medium.MediumPlayerProfile should be renamed to PlayerProfile.sav
      • /Script/InputRebinding.InputRebindingSaveData should be renamed to InputRebinding.sav
      • /Script/Achievements.AchievementsSaveObject should be renamed to Achievements.sav
  6. Launch the game on the other platform and the transferred saves should not be recognized.

Video

Display settings
Display settings
Advanced display settings
Advanced display settings
Gameplay settings
Gameplay settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Use the related PCGW community tool.
Ultra-widescreen
Supported as of update 1.2.[4] Panini Projection option is available to reduce distortion for ultra-wide resolutions.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA, TXAA, and SSAA via the Resolution Scalability option up to 200%.
High-fidelity upscaling
DLSS 2.1, FSR 1.0
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Max FPS option can be set to 30 FPS, 60 FPS, or Unlimited.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)
Performance mode has ray traced reflections and ambient occlusion. Quality mode adds ray traced shadows.[5]
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings
Text settings
Text settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, Voice Over, and SFX
Surround sound
Subtitles
Can change text size, color, background and bold toggle.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Fan translation, download.
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Fan voice-over by Designer Team.
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11, 12 Selectable by using command line arguments -dx11 or -dx12.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio Wwise

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-6600
AMD Ryzen 5 2500X
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 55 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060
AMD Radeon R9 390X
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Game runs on Windows 8.1 despite what the system requirements say.


Notes

  1. Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.25.0.0[1][2]
  2. 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>/1293160/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1293160) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Inside Xbox event reveals wave of new Unreal Engine-powered games - last accessed on May 2023
  2. Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-09-26
  3. Verified by User:Aemony on 2021-02-05
  4. Patch 1.2 is live! - last accessed on 2021-03-11
  5. Wccftech - The Medium Interview – Bloober Team on Exclusivity, Ray Tracing Support - last accessed on 2021-01-06