Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition

Hellblade
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice	2017
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition	2018
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II	2024

Warnings

This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Humble Widget. Bundled with Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.
GOG.com		Bundled with Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.
Humble Store		Bundled with Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.
Steam		Bundled with Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\HellbladeGame\Saved\Config_VR\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/747350/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\HellbladeGame\Saved\SaveGames_VR\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/747350/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Most cutscenes are shown in VR Theater mode - game fluidly crops image to the widescreen window surrounded by blackness.

General settings

Graphics settings

This game requires a virtual reality headset (see VR support for details).

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		No setting present.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Resolution scale 50-400%.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		No setting present.
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Ray tracing (RT)

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

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		Mouse is not used for camera movement.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Interact button cannot be rebound in the settings menu.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Keyboard/mouse settings
Controller settings

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Sound Effects, Voices, Menus
Surround sound		Binaural audio^[2]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Game enters menu and mutes sound during gameplay. Cutscenes and main menu continue playing sound/music while in background.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian				Fan voice-over by GamesVoice.
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish

VR support

VR settings

This game requires a virtual reality headset.

Headsets	State	Notes
SteamVR
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
Windows Mixed Reality
OSVR

Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse

Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Issues fixed

Unable to bind attacks to the left and right mouse buttons

Modify configuration file^[3]
Go to the Configuration_file(s)_location. Open the `GameUserSettings.ini` file with Notepad or other text editor. Using the Find function (`Ctrl`+`F`), search for `ActionName="LightAttack",Key=Left`. Replace `Key=Left` with the `Key=LeftMouseButton`. Using the Find function (`Ctrl`+`F`), search for `ActionName="HeavyAttack",Key=Right`. Replace `Key=Right` with the `Key=RightMouseButton`.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-3570K AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 AMD Radeon RX 580 DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.15.1.0^[1]
↑ ^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>/747350/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (747350) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-12-09
↑ Development Diary 15: Binaural Audio Test - last accessed on 2021-12-10
↑ Mouse buttons support? - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2021-12-10

[2] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.15.1.0^[1]

[Proton_path_note-3] 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>/747350/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (747350) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Mastan on 2021-12-09

[4] Development Diary 15: Binaural Audio Test - last accessed on 2021-12-10

[5] Mouse buttons support? - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice VR Edition Steam Discussions - last accessed on 2021-12-10

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Developers

	Ninja Theory
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	July 31, 2018
Reception
Metacritic	87
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Cinematic camera, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure, Hack and slash
Art styles	Realistic, Live action
Themes	Europe, Fantasy
Series	Hellblade