God of War Ragnarök

God of War
God of War	2022
God of War Ragnarök	2024

God of War Ragnarök is a singleplayer action game primary developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment via its PlayStation Publishing brand. It is part of the God of War series and a sequel to the 2018 game.

Originally released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on November 9, 2022, it was ported to PC by Jetpack Interactive and released on September 19, 2024. The PC version comes with the Valhalla DLC integrated in it.^[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
GamersGate		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Humble Store		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Steam		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.

All versions require a PlayStation Network account.

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

No microtransactions information; you can edit this page to add it.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Digital Deluxe Edition Upgrade

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.ini^{[Note 1]} %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\God of War Ragnarök\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2322010/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\God of War Ragnarök\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2322010/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics and Camera settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		21.9, 21.5:9 and supports 32:9 aspect ratio.^[2] Use RoseTheFlower's mod for 48:9 or wider.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Low, Medium, High and Ultra.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA, DLAA, FSR Native AA
High-fidelity upscaling		DLSS 3.7, FSR 3.1, XeSS 1.3 Supports FSR 3/DLSS Frame Generation.^[3]
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Fractional options available. 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		HDR Brightness, UI Brightness
Ray tracing (RT)		^{[Note 3]}

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Referred to as Mouse Horizontal/Vertical Speed.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Referred to as Invert Horizontal/Vertical Control.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4, DualSense, DualSense Edge Gyro Aiming is supported
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support		Wired only.
DualSense haptic feedback support		Wired only.
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Generic/other controllers		Supported via Steam Input API
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Simultaneous Input is disabled when Steam Input API is enabled

Steam Input
Steam Input API support		Certain features like Gyro Aiming does not work on Steam Deck and Steam Controllers.^[4]
Official controller preset(s)		DualSense, Xbox One
Steam Controller button prompts		Steam Deck prompts only

Gameplay settings
Remapping settings
Controller example

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Global, Dialogue, Music, SFX, Controller Speaker Volume sliders from 0 to 10.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Thai
Turkish

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4670K AMD Ryzen 3 1200	Intel Core i5-8600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	190 GB (SSD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 6 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super AMD Radeon RX 5700 8 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

A SSD is required.

Minimum system requirements are for 1080p 30 FPS at low settings. Recommended system requirements are for 1080p 60 FPS at medium settings. Additional requirements for 1440p and 4K are listed on the PlayStation blog post.

Notes

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2322010/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2322010) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ The game uses tracing of rays into a cubemap (with high quality lighting data baked into it) to determine the proper color of the reflection, but also trace into the geometry of the scene to determine cubemap placement. So, software raytracing is only used to improve coloring and placement of cubemaps. Not the actual reflected geometry itself or to build up the reflection itself. Software raytracing for other games often mean non-hardware accelerate ray tracing of things like reflections, which is not the case here.

References

↑ GoWR: Valhalla DLC comes with all versions of the game - Steam Community Forum - last accessed on 2024-05-31
↑ PlayStation Blog - God of War Ragnarök is coming to PC - last accessed on 2024-05-31
↑ AMD FSR 3.1 Now Available, FSR 3 Available and Upcoming in 60 Games - AMD Community Forum - last accessed on 2024-06-28
↑ Verified by User:Al2009man on 2024-09-20
With assistance from GloSSI creator Alia5 , it was tested by using both Steam Controller and Steam Deck by simply testing the in-game gyro feature sets.

[gamedir-2] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[Proton_path_note-3] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2322010/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (2322010) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2322010/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (2322010) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note-6] The game uses tracing of rays into a cubemap (with high quality lighting data baked into it) to determine the proper color of the reflection, but also trace into the geometry of the scene to determine cubemap placement. So, software raytracing is only used to improve coloring and placement of cubemaps. Not the actual reflected geometry itself or to build up the reflection itself. Software raytracing for other games often mean non-hardware accelerate ray tracing of things like reflections, which is not the case here.

[1] GoWR: Valhalla DLC comes with all versions of the game - Steam Community Forum - last accessed on 2024-05-31

[4] PlayStation Blog - God of War Ragnarök is coming to PC - last accessed on 2024-05-31

[5] AMD FSR 3.1 Now Available, FSR 3 Available and Upcoming in 60 Games - AMD Community Forum - last accessed on 2024-06-28

[7] Verified by User:Al2009man on 2024-09-20
With assistance from GloSSI creator Alia5 , it was tested by using both Steam Controller and Steam Deck by simply testing the in-game gyro feature sets.

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Developers

	Santa Monica Studio
	Bluepoint Games
	Valkyrie Entertainment
Windows	Jetpack Interactive
Publishers
	PlayStation Publishing
Release dates
Windows	September 19, 2024
Reception
OpenCritic	93
IGDB	96
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Metroidvania
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy
Series	God of War