Stacking

Stacking

Developers
	Double Fine Productions
Windows	Other Ocean Interactive
Windows	Junglevision Software
macOS (OS X)	Edward Rudd
Linux	Edward Rudd
Engines
	Buddha
Release dates
Windows	March 6, 2012
macOS (OS X)	May 7, 2013
Linux	May 7, 2013
Reception
Metacritic	80
IGDB	84
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Adventure
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Industrial Age

Warnings

The macOS (OS X) release of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

Double Fine Action Forums - Stacking

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Amazon.com
GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
itch.io
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Doublefine\Stacking\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/doublefine/stacking/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/stacking/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Doublefine\Stacking\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/doublefine/stacking/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/doublefine/stacking/
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/115110/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

In-game settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			No HUD when using multiple monitors, unplayable.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Can only be set while in game.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for SSAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS		Animations are locked at 30 FPS.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Only FXAA can be enabled from the in-game menu.

Enabling SSAA[citation needed]
Set the launch parameters to either -ssaa2x or -ssaa4x.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		DirectInput-only on Windows.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion		Both axes can be inverted, but only when pausing the game, not from the main menu.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)
Additional button prompts		Only on settings.

Additional information
Button Prompts
Controller hotplugging		Only XInput controllers.
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music and SFX.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian				Fan translation by «ZoG Forum Team»
Spanish

Issues fixed

An official FAQ is available on the Double Fine Action Forums. It lists existing and known issues as well as potential fixes.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c
OpenGL		OS X and Linux only.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Interface	Scaleform GFx

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3		7
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz dual core		Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 AMD Radeon 3850 Intel HD 2000 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible		Nvidia GeForce 220 AMD Radeon 4550 Intel HD 3000 512 MB of VRAM

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.6.8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo		Intel Core i Series
System memory (RAM)	2 GB		4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1.6 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD 3000 ATI Radeon HD 2600 Nvidia GeForce 8800GT 256 MB of VRAM		ATI Radeon HD 4670 Nvidia GeForce 285 512 MB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor (CPU)	1.8 GHz dual core
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	1.6 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon HD 2000 Intel HD 4000 256 MB of VRAM