Transistor

Transistor

Developers
	Supergiant Games
macOS (OS X)	Ethan Lee
Linux	Ethan Lee
Engines
	MonoGame
	FNA
Release dates
Windows	May 20, 2014
macOS (OS X)	October 30, 2014
Linux	October 30, 2014
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	85
IGDB	85
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time, Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Isometric
Genres	RPG
Themes	Cyberpunk

Transistor is a singleplayer bird's-eye view and isometric RPG game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Technical Support FAQ

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Can be run DRM-free when launched directly from the executable with -AUTH_LOGIN=unused command line argument.
GOG.com
itch.io
Steam		Does not require the Steam client to run.
Mac App Store (unavailable)

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Saved Games\Transistor\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Transistor/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Transistor/
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/237930/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Saved Games\Transistor\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Transistor/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/Transistor/
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/237930/

Save game cloud syncing

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

Video

General settings.

Resolution options.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Native support until 1920x1080. See the WSGF entry.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			Use the related PCGW community tool as a workaround.
4K Ultra HD			See the WSGF entry.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Launch with /noborder.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		Capped 60fps
120+ FPS		Launch with /nofixedstep. Some glitches such as getting stuck to wall with Jaunt() skill.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard, mouse, and touch	State	Notes
Remapping		Mouse 4 is used to undo, but can't be rebound or disabled.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen support		Windows 8 and later only.
Controller
Controller support		XInput and DirectInput.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		Under Windows all XInput devices have to be unplugged to use DualShock 4.
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support		Linux only. See DualShock 4 light bar support.
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)
Additional button prompts

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

DualShock 4 light bar support

Transistor for Linux supports the DualShock 4 light bar. The light bar will sync with the transistor's speech. To access this feature, refer to the FNA user documentation.

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX and voice.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Localization settings.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan translation; download.
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Launch with /lang=ja.
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Russian				Fan voiceover by GamesVoice; download.
Spanish

Issues fixed

The Transistor Technical Support FAQ includes fixes for a few issues with the game.

Many crashes can be fixed by updating your display drivers, make sure to do so if other solutions don't work.

On Linux issue with FMOD Studio may also lead to crashes on startup if it selects wrong audio interface. See OS X/Linux audio missing

Game won't start or crashes on launch

Verify your game cache[citation needed]

Find the game in your library, right-click it, go to Properties > Local Files. Click on Verify Integrity of Game Cache... After it finishes, click OK and launch the game. Notes Game files may have been corrupted when downloading or through other means, causing the game to crash. If this is the case, this should fix the issue. Versions of the game released prior to October 2016 may not start correctly on Windows due to an `UnsupportedGLVersionException` error (as reported by Windows Event Log). The developer fixed this issue in later versions of the game

Other crash/stability issues

System.DllNotFoundException: libfmodstudio.so.4
This issue occurs on newer glibc versions due to a behavior change in how dynamic libraries are loaded (dlopen). Find Transistor in your Steam Library Right-click the game's title Select Properties Select Set Launch Options... Input GLIBC_TUNABLES=glibc.rtld.execstack=2 %command% or prepend to the existing command. Press OK Launch the game

Disable the Steam Overlay[citation needed]
In some cases, this may be caused by the Steam Overlay. Disabling it may fix the issues. Find the effected game in your Steam Library Right-click the game name Select Properties Uncheck the "Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game" box in the "General" tab Press OK Launch the game

AllowPackageSwap
This can, in some cases, fix issues for users experiencing crashes in Performance Tests. Find Transistor in your Steam Library Right-click the game's title Select Properties Select Set Launch Options... Input /AllowPackageSwap=false Press OK Launch the game

Garbled text

OnlyFancyText
Find Transistor in your Steam Library Right-click the game's title Select Properties Select Set Launch Options... Input /OnlyFancyText=true Press OK Launch the game

OS X/Linux audio missing

The FMOD Studio runtime may not pick the right audio device for sound playback.

Change used audio device[citation needed]
Go to the configuration file location. Open FMODDriver.txt and enter the index of the sound card you wish to use. This is generally a single digit - the list of sound cards and their respective index is printed to the terminal at the start of the application.

ABXY-Button handheld input issue

delete a line in profile.xml

Probably related to the touch capability of handheld devices like the Steam Deck or the ROG Ally, a line is added in the profile.xml by the game. This deactivates the ABXY-Buttons preventing the game from being played with the handheld device. Find the profile.xml on your device (see "configuration file location" above) Open the file with an editor Select and delete <UseTouch>true</UseTouch> Save the file Launch the game Repeat in case of accidental interaction with the touch interface while playing the game

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	3.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	FMOD
Input	SDL2
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Dual core, 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD 3000 AMD Radeon HD 5450 Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT 1 GB of VRAM

Windows XP and Vista are not officially supported but the developer has updated the game to work better with these versions.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.7
Processor (CPU)	Dual core, 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	1 GB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	glibc 2.15+
Processor (CPU)	Dual core, 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	1 GB of VRAM OpenGL 3.0 compatible (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)