Trauma

Trauma is a singleplayer flip screen hidden object game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Only released in Germany as Special Edition.
Official website		Fully playable browser version, ability to pay more directly to developer.
GamersGate
Steam		Can be played without Steam.^[2]
Humble Store (unavailable)		^[3]
Mac App Store (unavailable)

Version differences

At least Steam version includes trauma.html and trauma.swf which should be playable with every OS using browser. However, as Linux isn't supported, game has to be downloaded with either Windows or OS X version of Steam and copied over to Linux.

Special Edition

German retail release which includes the base game with German voice track, MP3 soundtrack, a Steam key, digital photo gallery, making-of booklet, and signed Polaroid-style photographs.^[4]

The photo gallery is not installed by the setup program and must be launched or copied from the disc.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\trauma_system.xml^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/98100/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Macromedia\Flash Player\#SharedObjects\<user-id>\localhost\trauma.sol
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/98100/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

If you play the website version substitute localhost with the appropriate folder.

(Windows) Saves are stored in the Flash cache so will be removed by tools such as CCleaner; disable Flash file deletion to avoid this.^[5] It's also advised to manually backup save file.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Most assets are done for 700x525 resolution.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Pillarboxed 4:3.
Multi-monitor		Pillarboxed 4:3.
Ultra-widescreen		Pillarboxed 4:3.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed	`Esc` for windowed, `Alt`+`F` for fullscreen.
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Input

Keyboard, mouse, and touch	State	Notes
Remapping		Completely mouse driven game.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen support
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for master, music, voice and sound volumes are available.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
German				Audio only available in Special Edition.
Japanese				From configuration file, change `<japanese>false</japanese>` to `true`.
Polish
Spanish				Fan translation by Clan Dlan, download.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

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

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	200 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 5.0 compatible

The developer suggests trying the game on the official website to check if your machine meets the requirements.^[6]

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.5.8, 10.6.3
Processor (CPU)	2.0 GHz Dual Core
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	200 MB

The developer suggests trying the game on the official website to check if your machine meets the requirements.^[6]

Linux
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)

The developer suggests trying the game on the official website to check if your machine meets the requirements.^[6]

Notes

↑ 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).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (98100) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Trauma - Headup Games - last accessed on 2025-09-06
↑ Tested by Marioysikax
↑ The Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle - last accessed on 2025-09-06
↑ Game Design Scrapbook - TRAUMA Special Edition Unboxing - last accessed on 2025-09-06
↑ Lost all progress?!?!?! - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 TRAUMA: Buy TRAUMA

[gamedir-5] 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).

[Proton_path_note-6] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (98100) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (98100) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Trauma - Headup Games - last accessed on 2025-09-06

[2] Tested by Marioysikax

[3] The Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle - last accessed on 2025-09-06

[4] Game Design Scrapbook - TRAUMA Special Edition Unboxing - last accessed on 2025-09-06

[7] Lost all progress?!?!?! - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

[official_website-8] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 TRAUMA: Buy TRAUMA

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Developers

	Krystian Majewski
Publishers
Germany	Headup Games^[1]
Engines
	Flash
Release dates
Windows	August 8, 2011
macOS (OS X)	August 8, 2011
Linux	August 8, 2011
Reception
Metacritic	62
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Relaxed
Perspectives	Flip screen
Controls	Point and select, Menu-based
Genres	Hidden object
Art styles	FMV
Themes	Contemporary, Europe