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SteamWorld Heist

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SteamWorld Heist
SteamWorld Heist cover
Developers
Image & Form Games
Publishers
Image & Form Games
Mac App Store MacPlay
Release dates
Windows June 7, 2016
macOS (OS X) June 7, 2016
Linux June 7, 2016
Reception
Metacritic 81
OpenCritic 86
IGDB 88
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Series SteamWorld
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SteamWorld Heist on Wikipedia
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SteamWorld Build 2023

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
GamersGate
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Mac App Store
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macOS (OS X)
Steam
DRM-free after installation through Steam client (notes may include more details)
DRM-free when launched directly from executable.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Origin (unavailable)
Origin
Windows

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
The Outsider
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\SteamWorld Heist\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/SteamWorld Heist/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/SteamWorld Heist/
This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\SteamWorld Heist\
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/SteamWorld Heist/
Linux $XDG_DATA_HOME/SteamWorld Heist/
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Origin
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.
General settings.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Widescreen resolution

Game defaults fullscreen resolution to match desktop resolution and windowed to 960x540.
Set resolution manually[citation needed]
  1. Run and quit the game so that settings.xml is created.
  2. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  3. Edit settings.xml.
  4. Change existing values to:
<Setting Key="Screen.FullscreenSize" Value="desktop" /> <!-- Fullscreen resolution -->
<Setting Key="Screen.WindowSize" Value="960;540" /> <!-- Windowed resolution -->

desktop makes fullscreen resolution to match your desktop resolution, otherwise use X;Y e.g. 1920;1080

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Set borderless[citation needed]
  1. Run and quit the game so that settings.xml is created.
  2. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  3. Edit settings.xml.
  4. Change existing values to:
<Setting Key="Screen.Borderless" Value="1"/>
<Setting Key="Screen.WindowSize" Value="1920;1080"/> <!-- your resolution -->
<Setting Key="Screen.Fullscreen" Value="0"/>
<Setting Key="Screen.WindowResizable" Value="0"/>

High frame rate

Change FPS limit[1]
  1. Run and quit the game so that settings.xml is created.
  2. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  3. Edit settings.xml.
  4. Find <Setting Key="System.MaxFramesPerSecond" Value="289" />.
  5. Change 289 to desired frame rate limit.

Input

Key and button rebinding.
Key and button rebinding.
Direct aiming mode is only available to controller. Mouse cannot be used for aiming.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Two keys per action.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Cursor used for all mouse related actions.
Controller
Controller support
XInput and known DirectInput controllers.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Two buttons per action, navigate to menu with controller.
Controller sensitivity
Digital movement. Aim sensitivity is for speed which aim moves when button is pressed.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Button prompts
Automatic according to controller used.
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
On by default. See Haptic feedback.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Haptic feedback

Disable vibration[1]
  1. Run and quit the game so that settings.xml is created.
  2. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  3. Edit settings.xml.
  4. Change <Setting Key="Game.Rumble" Value="1" /> to <Setting Key="Game.Rumble" Value="0" /> to disable haptic feedback.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and sound
Surround sound
Subtitles
Majority of games dialogue is text only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language settings.
Language settings.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
DirectDraw
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio OpenAL
Input SDL2

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz, SSE2 support
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 320 MB
Video card (GPU) Framebuffer object support
Intel HD 4600
512 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.1 compatible
Sound (audio device) OpenAL compatible
Other You may need to update your graphics drivers for OpenGL 2.1 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz, SSE2 support
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 320 MB
Video card (GPU) Framebuffer object support
Intel HD 4600
512 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.1 compatible
Sound (audio device) OpenAL compatible
Other You may need to update your graphics drivers for OpenGL 2.1 support
Linux
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) SteamOS 2.0, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz, SSE2 support
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 320 MB
Video card (GPU) Framebuffer object support
Intel HD 4600
512 MB of VRAM
OpenGL 2.1 compatible
Sound (audio device) OpenAL compatible
Other You may need to update your graphics drivers for OpenGL 2.1 support


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2021-04-05