Costume Quest

Costume Quest

Developers
	Double Fine Productions
macOS (OS X)	Edward Rudd
Linux	Edward Rudd
Engines
	Buddha
Release dates
Windows	October 15, 2011
macOS (OS X)	May 7, 2013
Linux	May 7, 2013

Costume Quest

Costume Quest	2011
Costume Quest 2	2014

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.

General information

Double Fine Action Forums - Costume Quest

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
itch.io
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Doublefine\CostumeQuest
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/doublefine/costumequest/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/costumequest/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Doublefine\CostumeQuest
macOS (OS X)	~/Library/Application Support/doublefine/costumequest/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/costumequest/
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/115100/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General settings.

Advanced video settings.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			No HUD when using multiple monitors, unplayable.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Toggle with Alt+↵ Enter or use -window parameter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use Borderless Gaming.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA. To enable SSAA use -ssaa2x or -ssaa4x parameter.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.

Input settings

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		DirectInput-only on Windows.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and sound effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Russian				Fan translation by ZoG Forum Team, download

Issues fixed

An official FAQ is available on the Double Fine Action Forums. It lists existing and known issues as well as potential fixes.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
OpenGL	2.1	macOS/OS X and Linux only.
Shader Model support	3
64-bit executable

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Interface	Scaleform

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	7
Processor (CPU)	1.4 GHz dual core	2.2 GHz dual core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon X1600 Intel HD 256 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GT 220 ATI Radeon 4550 Intel HD 3000

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Core i Series
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800GT ATI Radeon HD 2600 Intel HD 3000 256 MB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 285 ATI Radeon HD 4670 512 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz dual core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	700 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 2000 Intel HD 4000 256 MB of VRAM OpenGL 2.1 compatible