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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams cover
Developers
Black Forest Games
Publishers
Black Forest Games
HandyGames
Engines
Vision
Release dates
Windows October 23, 2012
Reception
Metacritic 77
IGDB 79
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives Side view
Genres Platform
Series Giana Sisters
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams on HowLongToBeat
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams on IGDB
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams guide on StrategyWiki
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams on MobyGames
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams on Wikipedia
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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view platform game in the Giana Sisters series.

General information

Publisher Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Comes with a code to activate the game on Steam.
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Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Windows
GamersGate
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Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Also bundled together with Rise of the Owlverlord.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Also bundled together with Rise of the Owlverlord.
Windows
Humble Store
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Also bundled together with Rise of the Owlverlord.
Windows
Steam
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Also bundled together with Rise of the Owlverlord.
Windows
Amazon.com (unavailable)
DRM-free
Windows
Microsoft Store (unavailable)
Microsoft Store
Windows
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows
A demo is available from Steam.

Version differences

The Amazon Prime Gaming version does not include the game's launcher,[1] which contains some settings that are not available in-game. The launcher is available from PCGamingWiki.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Use replacement BFG Logo 1080p.wmv

Apply the Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams intro skip.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Giana Sisters - Twisted Dreams\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/223220/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Giana Sisters - Twisted Dreams\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/223220/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Origin
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher video settings.
Launcher video settings.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Use Widescreen Fixer with this plugin.
Ultra-widescreen
Use Widescreen Fixer with this plugin.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Can also toggle with Alt+ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
On/off toggle.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
See Run the game at screen refresh rate. Frame rate is capped at 124 FPS. Some gameplay elements are bugged at frame rates above 60 FPS.[2]
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Launcher control settings.
Launcher control settings.
In-game control settings.
In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Settings in launcher requires, game can be launched with controller.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
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
When turning Force Feedback on, the controller doesn't vibrate, but it will vibrate when Giana dies.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Launcher audio settings.
Launcher audio settings.
In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Versus
LAN play
Online play

VR support

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Fullscreen mode defaults to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.
Set screen refresh rate[3]
  1. Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
  2. Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
  3. Open <path-to-game>\dxgi.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\GSGameExe.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
    • DirectX 9 version uses <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or \GSGameExe_DX9.exe\SpecialK.ini.
  4. Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c, 11
Shader Model support 3, 5
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz
AMD Athlon II X2 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6800
ATI Radeon X1800 XT
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 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>/223220/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (223220) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References