The Detail

The Detail

Developers
	Rival Games
Engines
	Unity 5
Release dates
Windows	October 28, 2014
macOS (OS X)	October 28, 2014
Linux	October 28, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	71
OpenCritic	68
IGDB	71
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Visual novel
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Contemporary, Detective/mystery, North America

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

Official forums

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate		Episode 1 only.
Steam		Full season bundle is also available.
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)		Full season.
Humble Store (unavailable)		Full season.
Mac App Store (unavailable)		Full season.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Episode 2 - From The Ashes
Episode 3 - Devil in The Detail

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Rival Games\The Detail
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/unity3d/Rival Games/The Detail/prefs

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\My Games\Rival Games\The Detail\Saves\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	<path-to-game>/The Detail_Data/Saves/

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

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Works on Windows, does not work on Linux.

Video

In-game graphics and audio settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Static aspect 16:9.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Pillarboxed 16:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable Fullscreen from in-game graphics settings.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On if video quality is set to maximum. Off otherwise.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Equals refresh rate if video quality is set to maximum. Capped at 60 FPS otherwise.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

In-game controls and gameplay settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Needs to be activated in the settings.
Full controller support
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 support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Does not harmonise well.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master only. Game audio consists of only music.
Surround sound
Subtitles		All speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Pauses and mutes on focus lost.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues fixed

Slow mouse cursor on linux

Use the -HardwareCursor command line argument

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9
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

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 2.0 support

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 2.0 support

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 10.10
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 2.0 support