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Big Pharma

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Big Pharma
Big Pharma cover
Developers
Twice Circled
Publishers
Positech Games
Engines
Unity 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows August 27, 2015
macOS (OS X) August 27, 2015
Linux August 27, 2015
Reception
Metacritic 72
OpenCritic 64
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Genres Puzzle, Business, Simulation
Themes Healthcare
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Big Pharma on Wikipedia

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Marketing and Malpractice
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Big Pharma\Saves\global.data
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Big Pharma/Saves/global.data
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Big Pharma/Saves/global.data
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
An official clean global.data for troubleshooting is available here.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Big Pharma\Saves
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Big Pharma/Saves
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/Big Pharma/Saves

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud
Sync is not cross-platform.

Video

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.
In-game video settings.
In-game video settings.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

In-game input settings.
In-game input settings.

Audio

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

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Factory, GUI, Music, Announcer
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Polish
Spanish

Issues fixed

Black screen on game exit

Run the game in compatibility mode for Windows 7[3]

Random crashes

Disable processor overclocking software[3]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Switched from 32- to 64-bit with patch 1.08.12.[2][4]
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz dual-core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 600 series
DirectX 9.0c compatible
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.6.8
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 600 series
A 64-bit operating system is required.
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 17
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 600 series


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 4.7.1f1[1]

References

  1. Verified by User:Vetle on 2018-01-27
  2. 2.0 2.1 Big Pharma :: Patch v1.08.06 - last accessed on 2019-08-23
  3. 3.0 3.1 Big Pharma - Technical Support FAQ :: Big Pharma General Discussions
  4. Patch v1.08.12 - Steam Community :: Big Pharma :: Events - last accessed on 2019-10-12
    "Switch OSX version to 64bit-only rather than universal (32+64bit) to avoid warning on OSX Catalina."