King's Bounty: Dark Side
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| Developers | |
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| 1C-SoftClub | |
| Publishers | |
| 2014-2018 | 1C Company |
| 2018-2022 | 1C Entertainment |
| 2022-present | Fulqrum Publishing |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | August 19, 2014 |
| macOS (OS X) | August 19, 2014 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 73 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Perspectives | Bird's-eye view |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | TBS |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | King's Bounty |
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King's Bounty: Dark Side is a singleplayer bird's-eye view TBS game in the King's Bounty series.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Publisher website | |
Premium Edition also available. | |
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| Epic Games Store | |
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| GamersGate | |
Premium Edition also available. | |
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Premium Edition also available. | |
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| GOG.com | |
Premium Edition also available. | |
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| Green Man Gaming | |
Premium Edition also available. | |
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| Humble Store | |
Premium Edition also available. | |
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| Steam | |
Premium Edition also available. | |
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| ZOOM Platform | |
Premium Edition. | |
Monetization
| Type | Notes |
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| Expansion pack | The DLC (edition upgrade) includes an item, two additional locations, a new unit and additional quests. |
| One-time game purchase | The game requires an upfront purchase to access. |
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
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| Premium Edition Upgrade | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Kings Bounty The Dark Side\config.ini |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289520/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Kings Bounty The Dark Side\$save\base\darkside\<user-id>\ |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/289520/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Epic Games Launcher | ||
| GOG Galaxy | ||
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Options Menu
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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| Widescreen resolution | Changing the resolution may change the aspect ratio to an incorrect setting until the game is restarted. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed
| Run in borderless window |
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Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | Music, sound | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | No speech. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Czech | Fan translation. link #1 | |||
| German | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | Fan translation by Clan Dlan, download. |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9.0c |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 2.6 GHz | 3 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 6600 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce 7950 GT 512 MB of VRAM |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
Notes
- ↑ 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>/289520/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (289520) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.