Limbo

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Special Edition
Developer website
Humble Store
GOG.com
Mac App Store
Origin
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.txt^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Limbo/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/PlayDead/Limbo/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>^{[Note 1]} <path-to-game>\save_game\savegame.txt^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/Limbo/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/PlayDead/Limbo/
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/48000/remote/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.

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Widescreen resolution

The game is always letterboxed to 16:9 resolutions. Aspect ratio is hackable by replacing 39 8E E3 3F in Limbo.exe with the desired aspect ratio value according to here.

Game always uses desktop's resolution, but by default uses 1280x720 rendering resolution. It's possible to force higher rendering resolution, but game intentionally uses blurring and other image filtering methods combined with assets made for 720p resolution, thus impact on graphical quality is negligible.

Change the game resolution using the configuration file^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `settings.txt`. Find and change `backbufferheight = 720` to the desired vertical resolution.

Windowed

Switch to windowed mode using the configuration file^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `settings.txt`. Change the line `windowedmode = false` to `windowedmode = true`.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Force borderless fullscreen^{[citation needed]}

Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
Start the game and press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+← Backspace to toggle Special K's Control Panel.
Open the Display menu and select "Windowed Mode" and "Force Override".
Set Window Style to "Borderless" then "Borderless Fullscreen" and close the Control Panel.
Press Ctrl+⇧ Shift+O to toggle Special K's On-Screen Display.

Input settings

Control layout.

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Remapping

Remap the keys using the configuration file^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `settings.txt`. Change the `up`, `down`, `left`, `right`, `action`, and `jump` fields.

Haptic feedback

Disable vibration^{[citation needed]}
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open `settings.txt`. Change `vibration` field to false.

Audio settings

External language settings (GOG.com version).

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Localizations

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

VR support

3D modes	State	GG3D	Notes
Native 3D			Red-cyan anaglyph, activate with `⇧ Shift`+`3`+`D` and disable with `⇧ Shift`+`2`+`D`.
Nvidia 3D Vision

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^{[citation needed]}

Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
Start the game once and close it immediately to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\limbo.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0 under [Render.FrameRate].

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2.0	OS X/Linux only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Input	SDL2	Linux only. Handles input and windowing.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	150 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support

Integrated graphics and very low budget cards may not work.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)	Intel
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	150 MB
Video card (GPU)	256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.0 compatible Shader model 3.0 support

Integrated graphics and very low budget cards may not work.

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Linux
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	185 MB
Video card (GPU)	Shader model 3.0 support

Integrated graphics and very low budget cards may not work.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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).

References

[gamedir-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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).

[Note 1]

Developers

	Playdead
Linux	Ryan C. Gordon
Publishers
	Playdead
Release dates
Windows	August 2, 2011
macOS (OS X)	December 21, 2011
Linux	May 31, 2012