Fear & Hunger

Fear & Hunger
Fear & Hunger	2018
Fear & Hunger 2: Termina	2022

Fear & Hunger is a singleplayer turn-based RPG with roguelike elements.

In its vanilla state, the game has severe glitches and performance issues which can result in the loss of significant progress. The community has developed various fixes to remedy these problems.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam
itch.io

Essential Improvements

Bug Fix Mod

Fixes many glitches and performance issues.

Has a "Censored" version to make the game compliant with YouTube and Twitch's terms of service (ToS).

Audio Fix

Reduces the volume of certain excessively loud sound effects. Video Demonstration

Upgrade Windows game's version of NW.js

Improves performance and allows the game to run in 64-bit on Windows.

Instructions^[1]
Download the latest Normal version of NW.js and extract it in <path-to-game>. Open `<path-to-game>\package.json` with a text editor. Write `Fear & Hunger` in the empty brackets in the second line. Save and close the file. Remove `Game.exe` from <path-to-game>. Rename `nw.exe` as `Game.exe` if you want to run it through Steam.

Upgrade Linux game's version of NW.js

Drastically improves performance on Linux.

Instructions^[2]
Download version `nwjs-v0.57.1-win-x64.zip`^[3] of NW.js (direct link) and extract it in <path-to-game>. Open `<path-to-game>\package.json` with a text editor. Write `Fear & Hunger` in the empty brackets in the second line. Save and close the file. Remove `Game.exe` from <path-to-game>. Rename `nw.exe` as `Game.exe` if you want to run it through Steam.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/common/Fear & Hunger/www/save/ <path-to-game>/www/save/^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1002300/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/common/Fear & Hunger/www/save/ <path-to-game>/www/save/^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1002300/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Settings Menu

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Press f4 to switch between fullscreen and windowed mode
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Always enabled.
60 FPS		Frame rate is capped at 60 FPS.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

Keyboard Settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
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

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Background Music, Background Sounds, Musical Effects, and Sound Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Polish				Fan translation; download.
Russian

Issues fixed

Garbled graphics

The game has compatibility issues with driver-level Anisotropic Filtering; the graphics might look "corrupted" on startup and while playing the game.

Disable forced Anisotropic Filtering in the driver

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows				See Essential improvements.
macOS (OS X)				See Essential improvements.
Linux				See Essential improvements.

Middleware

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

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	1 GB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 4.1 compatible DirectX 9.0 compatible

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1002300/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1002300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Hahayup on 2024-03-31
separated Windows & Linux instruction sets as Windows fix was not compatible on Linux. removed references to macOS as neither fixes work at all. removed references to running "natively" on macOS or Linux as these fixes would still have the game running through Wine/Proton
↑ Verified by User:Hahayup on 2024-03-31
tested version 0.57.1 fix on Steam Deck and fix was very successful, now getting ~60fps universally.
↑ Verified by User:Hahayup on 2024-03-31
proper fix version pulled from here

[gamedir-4] 1.0 ^1.1 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-5] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1002300/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1002300) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] Verified by User:Hahayup on 2024-03-31
separated Windows & Linux instruction sets as Windows fix was not compatible on Linux. removed references to macOS as neither fixes work at all. removed references to running "natively" on macOS or Linux as these fixes would still have the game running through Wine/Proton

[2] Verified by User:Hahayup on 2024-03-31
tested version 0.57.1 fix on Steam Deck and fix was very successful, now getting ~60fps universally.

[3] Verified by User:Hahayup on 2024-03-31
proper fix version pulled from here

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Developers

	Miro Haverinen
Publishers
	Happy Paintings
Engines
	RPG Maker MV
Release dates
Windows	December 11, 2018
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	JRPG, Roguelike
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Adult, Dark, Europe, Medieval
Series	Fear & Hunger