Steel Strider

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website		Digital re-release of the Japanese version on DLsite.
Steam		English version.
Humble Store (unavailable)		English version.

The DRM-free version of the English release is no longer sold.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\option^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game>/option

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\option\sav^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game>/option/sav

The sav folder is missing in the Linux DRM-free version, it needs to be created by the user in order to be able to save games.

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Supports only 640x480 and 1024x768 resolutions, with the latter upscaling the game with bilinear filtering in windowed mode. The Aspect-Ratio option is intended for playing in fullscreen if the video card's scaling mode is stretched.^[1]
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 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.

Mouse settings.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		Fully supported in the English version. Limited support in the Japanese version.^[1]
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)		DirectInput controllers are supported in the Japanese version.
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Only supported in the English version.
Japanese				Some of the menu text is in English.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9	^[2]

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	2000	XP, 7, 8
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	100 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce series AMD (ATI) Radeon series

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	100 MB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce series AMD (ATI) Radeon series

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).