Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium

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Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium

Developers
	Sunborn Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Publishers
Mainland China	Sunborn Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Worldwide	Darkwinter Software Limited
Worldwide	HAOPLAY
Engines
	Unity
Release dates
Windows	December 21, 2023
Taxonomy
Monetization	Free-to-play, Subscription
Microtransactions	Boost, Cosmetic, Currency, Free-to-grind, Infinite spend, Loot box, Time-limited
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Point and select
Genres	Strategy, Visual novel
Art styles	Anime, Realistic
Themes	Post-apocalyptic, Sci-fi
Series	Girls' Frontline

Girls' Frontline
Codename: Bakery Girl	2013
Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium	2023
Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery	2024
Girls' Frontline	2025

Warnings

This game requires a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium is a singleplayer and multiplayer strategy and visual novel game in the Girls' Frontline series with gameplay inspired by X-COM series.

The game was released in Mainland China on December 21, 2023, with a worldwide release by Sunborn on December 3, 2024 and HAOPLAY in some countries on December 5, 2024. The delayed release was done to ensure server stability. As such, the HaoPlay server is behind the Sunborn server.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Official website		Worldwide (Sunborn/Darkwinter) server
Official website		Worldwide (HaoPlay) server
Official website		Chinese server
Steam		Worldwide (Sunborn/Darkwinter) server
Steam		Worldwide (HaoPlay) server

All versions require a constant internet connection for all game modes.

Worldwide servers' country limitations only apply to downloading the game from Steam or mobile storefronts. If alternative means to acquire the client are used, the player will be able to play on either global server freely.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Free-to-play	Game is free-to-play with microtransactions. Free rewards allow comfortable play and collecting without spending.
Subscription	Players can purchase a subscription called the Monthly Incremental Contract, which grants 90 Credit Tokens upon purchase, doubles the first two Standardizing Sync rewards a day, and increases the per-stage Rewind uses to 6 (from 3). There is also a Monthly Crystal Contract subscription, which grants 300 Credit Tokens upon purchase and 80 Collapse Pieces for every paid day the player logs in for. Additionally, there is also a Battle Pass with a free and paid tier.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Boost	Game features a Stamina system, used for grinding and regular story stages, with limited amounts per day. Can be extended using expendable items called Access Keys or by using Collapse Pieces, which can be acquired via microtransactions.
Cosmetic	Outfits for playable characters and skins for guns can be purchased with real money directly or with Credit Tokens.
Currency	Real money is used to purchase Credit Tokens, which can be converted to Collapse Pieces at a 1-to-1 rate or used to purchase item different items and bundles in the in-game shop. Collapse Pieces are used to purchase Access Permissions, which are then used to purchase gacha rolls, which is the only way to obtain the vast majority of characters in the game.
Free-to-grind	Players can earn Collapse Pieces through completing story content, events, daily comissions and side content, among other methods. Players also directly earn Access Permissions (pulling material) through ascending characters and progressing on the free battle pass.
Infinite spend	Credit Tokens can be purchased infinitely.
Loot box	New characters and weapons can be obtained through a gacha system using Access Permissions which can be purchased with Collapse Pieces.
Time-limited	Limited-time gacha "banners" rotate every three weeks, offering the choice of 2 banner-exclusive Elite characters alongside two rate-boosted Standard characters. Banner-exclusive Elite characters repeat every few months. New Standard characters are initially exclusive to the limited-time banners, then become available in the permanent gacha banner in the following version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3347400/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/3347400/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics Settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		HDR experience can be improved using: RenoDX
Ray tracing (RT)
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

Keyboard and mouse rebinding settings

Other settings

Keyboard, mouse, and touch	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Camera Invertion setting in Other settings. Only applicable to rotating the field camera in combat.
Touchscreen support
Controller
Controller support
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

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Digital movement support		Several actions require mouse input - selecting and starting a stage, clicking on units on the stage. All buttons are bound to KB, otherwise.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio Settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate sliders for Music, SFX, Voice and Video. Can be set from 0 to 100.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Japanese
Korean
Portuguese				Only on the Sunborn/Darkwinter server.
Brazilian Portuguese				Only on the HaoPlay server.
Latin American Spanish
Thai

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play
Asynchronous multiplayer		Players can attack each-other in an asynchronous PvP mode.
Crossplay		Supported platforms: Android, iOS

Issues unresolved

Game randomly doesn't launch on Linux

Pressing Start sometimes does not launch the game on Linux.

Add UMU_ID=0 %command% to launch options
Only works for Steam versions. Launching the standalone launcher from Steam will still have the same issue even with the launch option.

No video playback on Linux

Use GE-Proton

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Criware

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7 SP1		10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 8th Gen
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	35 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 AMD Radeon HD 7790 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.