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The Eyes of Ara

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The Eyes of Ara
The Eyes of Ara cover
Developers
100 Stones Interactive
Engines
Unity 2021[Note 1]
Former Unity 2017[Note 2]
Former Unity 5[Note 3]
Release dates
Windows July 19, 2016
macOS (OS X) July 19, 2016[citation needed]
Reception
OpenCritic 74
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Relaxed
Perspectives First-person
Controls Point and select
Genres Adventure, Puzzle
Art styles Realistic
Themes Contemporary, Europe, Medieval, Sci-fi
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General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
itch.io
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac App Store (unavailable)
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macOS (OS X)

Demo is available in Steam(install with steam://install/559700) and standalone for Windows and OS X.

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\100 Stones Interactive\The Eyes of Ara\
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\100 Stones Interactive\The Eyes of Ara\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/454250/pfx/[Note 4]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\100 Stones Interactive\The Eyes of Ara\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/454250/pfx/[Note 4]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Setup dialog accessed by adding -show-screen-selector command line argument.
Setup dialog accessed by adding -show-screen-selector command line argument.
Display settings.
Display settings.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.
Gameplay settings.
Gameplay settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Custom resolutions can be set via registry.[3]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Default mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
When VSync is disabled, FPS can be limited in the range 30-300 or left unlimited.
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 and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Camera Sensitivity in Gameplay menu adjusts camera movement speed. Input Sensitivity - speed at which objects are manipulated. Mouse speed itself is not adjusted.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Options to invert camera in Gameplay menu changes direction of camera movement relative to mouse. Mouse itself is not inverted.
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Sound FX
Surround sound
2.0 Stereo
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
There is no speech/subtitles in this game. Documents are in native language.

Localizations

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

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9, 11 Direct3D 9 is available only with previous_version beta branch.
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
After 1.5 update in January 2023 game has only 64-bit executable. Previous version available with previous_version beta branch is 32-bit only.
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP2
Processor (CPU) 2.40 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7 Lion
Processor (CPU) 2.40 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM
Shader model 3.0 support
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2021.3.5f1[1]
  2. Unity engine build: 2017.3.0f3[2]
  3. Unity engine build: 5.6.4f1
  4. 4.0 4.1 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>/454250/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (454250) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Mastan on 2023-01-14
  2. Verified by User:Mastan on 2019-12-15
  3. Imgur - last accessed on 28 May 2023