Two Worlds

Two Worlds
Two Worlds	2007
Two Worlds II	2010
Two Worlds II Castle Defense	2011
Two Worlds II HD: Call of the Tenebrae	2017
Two Worlds III	TBA

Two Worlds is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person and third-person RPG and ARPG game in the Two Worlds series.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Official site for the series

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		DRM: Reality Pump activation.
GamersGate		Game of the Year Edition
GOG.com		Epic Edition. Serial key for multiplayer shown in the game's library entry.
Green Man Gaming		Epic Edition
Humble Store		Epic Edition
Steam		Epic Edition
ZOOM Platform		Epic Edition

Version differences

The Game of the Year Edition includes the base game and the Tainted Blood DLC.

The Epic Edition is a complete edition with both DLC add-ons (Tainted Blood and Curse of Souls).

Versions other than GOG.com, Steam and ZOOM Platform use Reality Pump DRM.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Tainted Blood
Curse of Souls

Essential improvements

Patches

The latest retail patch is Patch 1.7b, which fixes various issues and adds new co-op quests. Digital distribution versions already include this patch.

Two Worlds Control Panel

Two Worlds Control Panel can be used to make various tweaks and improvements, including enabling high-detail shadows and XInput controller support (see Controller support). It can also install/uninstall mods using its integrated mod manager.

Skip intro videos

Toggle intro videos with Two Worlds Control Panel (recommended)^{[citation needed]}
Install and run Two Worlds Control Panel. Go to Tweaks, then click Disable Intros.

Toggle intro videos in the registry^{[citation needed]}
Go to `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Reality Pump\TwoWorlds\Interface` Change `ShowIntro` from `1` to `0`.

Multiple character profiles

Re-enable support for multiple character profiles (Windows Vista and later)^[2]

When Two Worlds is installed on Windows Vista and later a registry setting is set that prevents it from showing the window for separate character profiles. Fixing this setting re-enables this window, allowing you to keep saves for multiple characters conveniently separated.

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Reality Pump\TwoWorlds\FileSystem.
Open EnableGamesForWindows
Change the value from 1 to 0
Click OK.
Move your existing saves (if any) to the new location; see save game data location.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Reality Pump\TwoWorlds\ <path-to-game>\Parameters\AutoexecGame.con^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)
Linux

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

Note: <path-to-game>\Parameters\AutoexecGame.con should be created manually. It supports various tweaks, such as engine settings and etc.
Some examples (same commands can be used from inside the game console):

Parameter	Value	Notes
Display.Show	1	Show stats HUD (default: 0)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Two Worlds Saves\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	<path-to-game>/game/game/Game/Two Worlds Saves

Saves for Windows XP (or multiple character profiles) are in %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Two Worlds Saves\Players

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		High Draw Distance settings will cause some visible terrain gaps.^[3]
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Use Two Worlds Control Panel ("Tuning" button)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See Borderless fullscreen windowed.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	None, 1x, 2x, 4x or 8x.
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS	No frame rate or refresh rate cap.^[4]
High dynamic range display (HDR)	Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Borderless fullscreen windowed

Force borderless fullscreen^[5]
Download and run DxWnd. Click on Edit, then Add. Set the path to `<path-to-game>\TwoWorlds.exe` or `TwoWorlds_RADEON.exe` if using an AMD card. Set the preferred coordinates, size, and monitor if needed. Specify the DirectX version if it's not automatically detected. Click OK, then File and Save.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		Toggle Hardware Cursor in Settings, Interface.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput controllers only; see Controller support.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		See Controller support.
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

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

Controller support

Enable support for Xbox 360 Controllers^{[citation needed]}

Do one of the following:

Install and run the Two Worlds Control Panel, then go to Tweaks and choose Enable Xbox Gamepad.
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Reality Pump\TwoWorlds\Interface, then change EnablePad from 0 to 1.

Notes

You can still choose the mouse option and/or play without an Xbox 360 Controller present with this feature enabled so there is no need to disable it afterwards.

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Generic (master), Music, Sound FX, Unit Speeches and Environment.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Online features require registering an account in-game with the product key.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
LAN play
Online play		Requires DirectPlay.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		G3D User created game profile, see important hints in the vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

Ageia PhysX refuses to install

The Ageia PhysX bundled with the game refuses to install if a newer PhysX version is present.

Skip Ageia PhysX installation^{[citation needed]}
Install Two Worlds without Ageia PhysX (if you haven't already); cancel and close Ageia PhysX when it appears. Install the NVIDIA PhysX Legacy System Software.

Game crashes on launch (no error message)

Install NVIDIA PhysX Legacy System Software^{[citation needed]}
Install the NVIDIA PhysX Legacy System Software. Relaunch the game.

Game crashes on launch ("X3DAudio1_1.dll not found" error)

Install latest DirectX files^{[citation needed]}
Download and install the DirectX End-User Runtimes.

Game crashes when creating/joining a game

Install DirectPlay^[6]

No cutscenes are playing

Remove any installed codec packs^{[citation needed]}
Uninstall or disable any codec packs installed on your PC. This problem may be caused by the K-Lite Codec Pack.

Crash on linux due to incompatible bundled wine

Use wine provided by your distribution

Download https://drive.google.com/open?id=1UdNKgDnr9c38b8QHWYIDV3fCwU1HOq4S.
Go to <path-to-game>
Rename RunGame to RunGame.backup and paste downloaded file here.
Make RunGame executable.
Run Game, it should now use Wine provided by the used distro.

Notes

Fix works best on a new installation of the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

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

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX	Requires the NVIDIA PhysX Legacy System Software.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium IV 2 GHz	Intel Pentium IV 3 GHz (supports multi-core)
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	5 GB	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX/6/7/8 ATI Radeon X700 or 9800 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 2.0b support	Nvidia GeForce 7 ATI Radeon X1300 Pro 256 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c 16-bit compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	El Capitan
Processor (CPU)	Intel Mac Core Core CPU	Intel Mac Quad Core CPU
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	6 GB	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX 6, 7 and 8 series AMD/ATI Radeon X-series Shader model 2.0b support	Shader model 3.0 support
Sound (audio device)	Soundcard	5.1
Other	Keyboard, Mouse, Broadband Internet Connection	Keyboard, Mouse, Broadband Internet Connection

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS or SteamOS	Ubuntu 15.10 or SteamOS
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core CPU 2.0 GHz	Intel/AMD Multicore CPU
System memory (RAM)	1 GB	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	6 GB	7 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce FX 6, 7 and 8 series, AMD/ATI Radeon X-series Shader model 2.0b support	Shader model 3.0 support
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible	5.1
Other	Keyboard, Mouse, Broadband Internet Connection	Keyboard, Mouse, Broadband Internet Connection

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).

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Update for Windows, Mac and Linux versions available! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Two Worlds: Epic Edition
↑ Vista users beware - INSIDE Two Worlds - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Two Worlds | WSGF - last accessed on 2025-09-14
↑ New 120Hz Games Report - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Verified by User:Zach Fett on 2023-02-03
↑ Crashing when creating/joining a game - last accessed on May 2023

[gamedir-3] 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).

[Steam_update-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Update for Windows, Mac and Linux versions available! - Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Two Worlds: Epic Edition

[2] Vista users beware - INSIDE Two Worlds - last accessed on May 2023

[4] Two Worlds | WSGF - last accessed on 2025-09-14

[5] New 120Hz Games Report - last accessed on May 2023

[Zach_Fett-6] Verified by User:Zach Fett on 2023-02-03

[7] Crashing when creating/joining a game - last accessed on May 2023

[1]

[2]

[Note 1]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

Developers

	Reality Pump Studios
Publishers
	TopWare Interactive
Retail (USA)	SouthPeak Interactive
Retail (Russia)	Akella
Release dates
Windows	May 9, 2007
macOS (OS X)	May 25, 2016^[1]
Linux (Wine)	May 25, 2016^[1]
Reception
Metacritic	65
IGDB	67
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person, Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	RPG, ARPG
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Two Worlds