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Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

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Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales cover
Developers
CD Projekt Red
Publishers
CD Projekt
China GAEA
Engines
Unity 2018[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows October 23, 2018
Reception
Metacritic 85
OpenCritic 85
IGDB 86
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Point and select
Genres RPG, CCG, Strategy
Art styles Stylized
Themes Fantasy
Series The Witcher
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Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales on Wikipedia
The Witcher
The Witcher 2007
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings 2011
The Witcher Adventure Game 2014
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2015
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game 2018
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales 2018
Gwent: Rogue Mage 2022
The Witcher: Remake TBA

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is a singleplayer bird's-eye view RPG, CCG and strategy game in the The Witcher series.

General information

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

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Publisher website
Always online (requires a constant internet connection to play)
China only.
Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
Humble Store
GOG.com key
Windows
Steam
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Windows
China version require GAEA Account and a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Version differences

All versions include the following bonus content: Soundtrack, GWENT: Art of The Witcher Card Game artbook, concept art, graphic novel "Fox Children".
The GOG.com version includes bonus content for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. Players can also unlock an additional 20 cards during gameplay.
The Steam version includes a copy of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Delete or rename the video files[2]
  1. Go to <path-to-game>\Thronebreaker_Data\StreamingAssets\videos\campaign.
  2. Delete or rename nr000_cs1_game_intro and tb_intro_logo_en_us.

Game data

In-game gameplay settings.
In-game gameplay settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CDProjektRED\Thronebreaker\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/973760/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\CDProjektRED\Thronebreaker\SaveData\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/973760/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game display settings.
In-game display settings.
In-game graphics settings.
In-game graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Anamorphic 16:9.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Default fullscreen is borderless windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Togglable between Enabled and Disabled.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
No acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity
Uses system cursor sensitivity.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Filtering cards by name requires keyboard. Attributes of spawned cards that are about to be played can only be seen by hovering the mouse over them.
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
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes Wired, Wireless (DualShock 4 USB Wireless Adapter)
V2 tested. Bluetooth has incorrectly bound buttons and axises.
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, sound effects and voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Subtitle and audio language can be set separately.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Can be disabled or only mute music and voice on focus lost.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

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

Issues fixed

Native resolution not available

On some aspect ratios (e.g. 16:10) the native desktop resolution may not be available in-game which results in blurry visuals.
Use borderless fullscreen windowed tools[2]
  1. Download a borderless fullscreen windowed tool like SRWE.
  2. Start the game and disable fullscreen mode.
  3. Switch to the tool and adjust the window size to the desktops fullscreen resolution.

Notes

Forcing a resolution must be done inside the main menu before loading a save game.
The cards in the main menu may still look blurry. This is fixed after the first loading screen.

Issues unresolved

Stuttering on enemies turn

During an enemies turn the framerate may drop until a card has been played.[2][3]

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Celeron G1820
AMD A4-7300
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 15 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 730
AMD Radeon R7 240
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2018.2.1f1[1]
  2. 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>/973760/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (973760) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Verified by User:Aemony on 2019-05-30
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Verified by User:Waschbär on 2020-01-12
  3. Fps drop and lag :: Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales General Discussions - last accessed on 2020-01-12