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Snowbreak: Containment Zone

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Snowbreak: Containment Zone
Snowbreak: Containment Zone cover
Developers
Amazing Seasun Games
Engines
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows December 25, 2023
Taxonomy
Microtransactions Currency, Free-to-grind
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives Third-person
Genres Action, Adventure, RPG
Art styles Anime
Themes Fantasy

Snowbreak: Containment Zone is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person action, adventure and RPG game.

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Official Website
Official Discord server

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows
Epic Games Store
Epic Games Launcher
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
Windows

Monetization

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

Microtransactions

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

Essential improvements

Skip Splash Screen

Add SplashScreen=false to Game.ini[2][3]
  1. Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Game\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
  2. Open Game.ini with a text editor.
  3. Add SplashScreen=false to the bottom of the config file.
  4. Save and close the file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Steam %LOCALAPPDATA%\Game\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Epic Games Launcher %LOCALAPPDATA%\Game\Saved\Config\
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2668080/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
The default FOV is 90°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Only Borderless Fullscreen available.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Off, FXAA and TAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
On and Off.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
You can choose from 60, 90 and 120. With Custom the max frame rate is 300.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Disable mouse acceleration

Add bEnableMouseSmoothing=False to Input.ini[4]
  1. Go to %LOCALAPPDATA%\Game\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
  2. Open Input.ini with a text editor.
  3. Add bEnableMouseSmoothing=False to the bottom of the config file.
  4. Save and close the file.

Audio

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

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Japanese
Simplified Chinese
Korean
Indonesian
Traditional Chinese
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Issues Unresolved

Shader compilation stutter

The game suffers from severe shader compilation related stutters during gameplay, this occurs whenever a new effect is displayed and thus whenever a new shader has to be compiled.[5]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 8.1 (64 bit)
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i5-2320/7th Gen Intel Core i5
AMD A4-6320
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 20 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
AMD Radeon HD 7750/5830
1 GB of VRAM
DirectX 11 compatible
Other Broadband Internet connection
A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

  1. Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.26.2.0 (as of patch 1.5.0.125)[1]
  2. Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Faust8 on 2024-02-19
  2. Verified by User:Faust8 on 2024-02-19
  3. Skip Splash Screen - last accessed on 2024-02-19
  4. mouse-sensitivity.com Snowbreak: Containment Zone - last accessed on 2024-02-20
  5. Verified by User:Faust8 on 2024-02-19
    Checked with RTSS.