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The Darkest Tales

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The Darkest Tales
The Darkest Tales cover
Developers
Trinity Team
Publishers
101XP
Engines
Unity 2019[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows October 13, 2022
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions Cosmetic
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view, Scrolling
Genres Action, Adventure, Platform
Themes Fantasy, Dark
The Darkest Tales on HowLongToBeat
The Darkest Tales on IGDB
The Darkest Tales on MobyGames

The Darkest Tales is a singleplayer side view and scrolling action, adventure and platform game.

General information

Official Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Publisher website
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Windows
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Steam
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Windows

Into the Nightmare

A free prologue containing first two chapters is available from GOG.com and Steam.

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

Type Notes
Cosmetic Extended Edition DLC contains one additional costume for the main character.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Extended Edition One cosmetic item for the game, wallpapers, and digital artbook with developer commentary.
Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\TrinityTeam\DarkestTales\OPTIONS.txt
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TrinityTeam\DarkestTales
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1307690/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\TrinityTeam\DarkestTales\GAMESTATE*.txt
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1307690/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

Video settings
Video settings
General settings
General settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Hor+[2]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Toggle with Alt+ Enter. Reverts back to fullscreen on game startup, changing resolution, or exiting to the main menu.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Fullscreen is always borderless.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Some level of AA is always enabled.
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ 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 controls
Keyboard controls
Gamepad controls
Gamepad controls

Audio

Audio settings
Audio settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound Effects, Music, Voiceover
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD
Input Rewired

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 10
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 11 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
DirectX 11 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2019.4.39f1[1]
  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>/1307690/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1307690) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-11-12
  2. Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-11-12
    Tested at 2560x1080, 3440x1400, and 3840x1080 custom resolutions.