Deliver Us Mars

Deliver Us Universe
Deliver Us the Moon	2019
Deliver Us Mars	2023

Deliver Us Mars is a singleplayer third-person and first-person action, adventure, platform and puzzle game in the Deliver Us Universe series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

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

All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Version differences

The Deluxe Edition includes the game's soundtrack.

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	No microtransactions are present in the game.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename video file^[2]
Go to `<path-to-game>\DeliverUsMars\Content\Movies`. Delete or rename `DUM_Logos_Splash.bk2`.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\DeliverUsMars\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1345890/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\DeliverUsMars\Saved^{[Note 3]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1345890/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		See Ultra-widescreen.
Ultra-widescreen		Mixture of both Hor+ and Vert+ behaviors in gameplay and cutscenes. Pillarboxed FMVs. Use RoseTheFlower's solution to fix the vertical FOV overcorrection and reduced FOV in the main menu/cutscenes.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Separate sliders for both first- and third-person (75°-105°).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Uses desktop resolution only.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		4x (Low/Medium), 8x (High) and 16x (Epic) available.^[3]^[4] Combined under the Texture Quality setting.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, TAA (Low/High).
High-fidelity upscaling		TAAU, DLSS 2.5, FSR 2.1 DLSS Frame Generation also supported.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame-cap up to 360 FPS available.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		^[5]
Ray tracing (RT)		Translucency, Ambient Occlusion, Shadows and Reflections. Requires DX12 to be used.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Gameplay settings

Remapping

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Separate toggles for both "Cutting" and actual sensitivity for both axes.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Separate toggles for both first- and third-person cameras for both axes.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Sensitivity and axes invertion settings are shared between KB+M and controllers.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings

Language settings

Text and audio language can be selected independently.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for Music, Dialogue, Sound Effects, Ambience, Cinematic Music, Cinematic Dialogue and Cinematic Sounds Effects.
Surround sound		Up to 7.1. Cutscenes are 2.0 stereo.^[6]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	OGG Vorbis, FMOD Studio, XAudio

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10	11
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4590 AMD FX-8350	Intel Core i7-7700 AMD Ryzen 5 2600
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	14 GB
Video card (GPU)	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 390 DirectX 11 compatible	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 AMD RX 5600 XT DirectX 12 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2^[1]
↑ ^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>/1345890/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1345890) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ 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

↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2023-09-09
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2024-01-20
↑ Unreal Engine 4 Documentation - Scalability Reference - Textures - sg.TextureQuality - last accessed on 2023-09-07
↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2023-09-06
Tested using Universal UE4 Unlocker v. 4.6.4. Usage of the r.MaxAnisotropy console command and only changing the Texture Quality setting resulted in different value provided, but there was always some amount of anisotropic filtering reported.
↑ Deliver Us Mars UPDATE 2.0 FOR PC AND CONSOLES - last accessed on 2023-10-04
"NEW FEATURES
[PC-Only] Ray Tracing Translucency.
[PC-Only] HDR Support.
PRIMARY FIXES TO EXISTING FEATURES
[PC-Only] Nvidia DLSS 3.0 Update v2.2."
↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2023-02-03
Tested using Razer Surround 7.1 virtualisation and confirmed using Special K.

[2] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2^[1]

[Proton_path_note-4] 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>/1345890/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (1345890) 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>/1345890/.

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

[6] The app ID (1345890) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[gamedir-5] 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).

[1] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2023-09-09

[3] Verified by User:Mastan on 2024-01-20

[6] Unreal Engine 4 Documentation - Scalability Reference - Textures - sg.TextureQuality - last accessed on 2023-09-07

[7] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2023-09-06
Tested using Universal UE4 Unlocker v. 4.6.4. Usage of the r.MaxAnisotropy console command and only changing the Texture Quality setting resulted in different value provided, but there was always some amount of anisotropic filtering reported.

[8] Deliver Us Mars UPDATE 2.0 FOR PC AND CONSOLES - last accessed on 2023-10-04
"NEW FEATURES
[PC-Only] Ray Tracing Translucency.
[PC-Only] HDR Support.
PRIMARY FIXES TO EXISTING FEATURES
[PC-Only] Nvidia DLSS 3.0 Update v2.2."

[9] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2023-02-03
Tested using Razer Surround 7.1 virtualisation and confirmed using Special K.

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Developers

	KeokeN Interactive
Publishers
	Frontier Foundry
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	February 2, 2023
Reception
Metacritic	69
OpenCritic	68
IGDB	71
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person, First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure, Platform, Puzzle
Vehicles	Automobile, Off-roading
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi, Space
Series	Deliver Us Universe