God of War Ragnarök

God of War
God of War	2022
God of War Ragnarök	2024

God of War Ragnarök is a singleplayer action game primary developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment via its PlayStation Publishing brand. It is part of the God of War series and a sequel to the 2018 game.

Originally released on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on November 9, 2022, it was ported to PC by Jetpack Interactive and released on September 19, 2024. The PC version comes with the Valhalla DLC integrated in it.^[1]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
GamersGate		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Humble Store		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Steam		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.

The PlayStation Network account requirement was removed on January 30, 2025.

Version differences

The Digital Deluxe Edition includes the base game, the Darkdale Armor, the Darkdale Attire, the Darkdale Axe Grip, the Darkdale Blades Handles, the Dark Horse digital artbook, and the official digital soundtrack.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	Requires an upfront purchase.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Digital Deluxe Edition Upgrade	Included in the Digital Deluxe Edition.
Risen Snow Armor	Pre-order only.
Risen Snow Tunic	Pre-order only.

Essential Improvements

Skip intro videos

Skip Studio intros^[2]

Go to <path-to-game>\exec\cinematics
Delete or rename pss_studios.bk2, pss_studios_4k_30.bk2, and pss_studios_30.bk2

Note that one intro will remain.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\settings.ini^{[Note 1]} %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\God of War Ragnarök\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2322010/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\God of War Ragnarök\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2322010/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics and Camera settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use RoseTheFlower's mod for 48:9 or wider.
Ultra-widescreen		Supports 21.9, 21.5:9, and 32:9.^[3] Use RoseTheFlower's mod for 48:9 or wider.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Default FOV is 73. Use Ragnarok Camera Tweaks.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Low, Medium, High and Ultra.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA, DLAA, FSR Native AA, XeSS Native AA. See Anti-aliasing (AA) to disable anti-aliasing.
High-fidelity upscaling		TAAU, DLSS 3.7, FSR 3.1, XeSS 1.3 Supports FSR 3/DLSS Frame Generation.^[4]
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Fractional options available. 1/2, 1/3 and 1/4.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		HDR experience can be improved using: RenoDX HDR Brightness, UI Brightness. RenoDX greatly improves existing implementation.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Disable TAA and post-processing
Download Windows Game Patches. Copy the contents of `!ASI_Loader_x64` and `GoWR.NoTAA` to `<path-to-game>`. Rename `dinput8.dll` to `winmm.dll`. Run the game to create `GoWR.NoTAA.ini`, which can be used to disable TAA, static vignette, and depth of field.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity		Referred to as Mouse Horizontal/Vertical Speed.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Referred to as Invert Horizontal/Vertical Control.
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

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4, DualSense, DualSense Edge
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support		Camera
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support		Wired only.
DualSense haptic feedback support		Wired only.
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)		Nintendo Switch and Generic Controllers are supported via Steam Input API.
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
HD haptic feedback		DualSense, DualSense Edge DualSense: Wired only.
Digital movement support
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Simultaneous Input is disabled when Steam Input API is enabled

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Steam Input prompt modes		In-Game Button Icons
Steam Deck button prompts
Steam Controller (1st gen) button prompts
Motion sensors support		Built-in Gyro Aiming is not supported via Steam Input mode.^[5]
Official controller preset(s)		DualSense, Xbox One

Gameplay settings
Remapping settings
Controller example

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Global, Dialogue, Music, SFX, Controller Speaker Volume sliders from 0 to 10.
Surround sound		Dolby Atmos supported.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Greek
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Thai
Turkish

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Native 3D		Sequential-View Rendering Use NoMoreFlat paid mod with VRto3D. Use SBS or TAB by default.^[6] For Interleaved or Anaglyph use with ReShade shader 3DToElse.^[7] For Frame Sequential use with WibbleWobble.^[8] For Eye-Tracked Lightfield displays use with 3D Game Bridge GUI.^[9] Or, if you have Lenovo 3D hardware, use Lenovo 3D Studio Game Centre for SBS and Eye-Tracked Lightfield output.
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Native 3D for Frame Sequential or Interleaved.

Issues fixed

Game only outputs surround sound

Turn off Windows Sonic for Headphones^[10]
Go to Start > Settings > System > Sound. Select a playback device under Output devices. In device Properties, set Spatial sound to Off.

Vsync setting shows wrong values

In-game Vsync might display odd values such as 74.971 Hz, 24 Hz, 12 Hz, etc.

Force Vsync externally

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended	High	Ultra
Target	1080p, Low @ 30 FPS	1080p, Medium @ 60 FPS	1440p, High @ 60 FPS	4K, Ultra @ 60 FPS
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4670K AMD Ryzen 3 1200	Intel Core i5-8600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600	Intel Core i7-7700K AMD Ryzen 7 2700X	Intel Core i5-11600K AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	190 GB (SSD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 6 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super AMD Radeon RX 5700 8 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 AMD Radeon RX 6800	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

A 64-bit operating system is required.

A CPU with AVX2 is needed. Requirement can be lowered to just F16C with a fix.

Additional requirements for other presets are listed on the PlayStation blog post.

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.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2322010/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (2322010) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ GoWR: Valhalla DLC comes with all versions of the game - Steam Community Forum - last accessed on 2024-05-31
↑ Verified by User:Mine18 on 2024-09-20
Fix told to me by another user through discord.
↑ PlayStation Blog - God of War Ragnarök is coming to PC - last accessed on 2024-05-31
↑ AMD FSR 3.1 Now Available, FSR 3 Available and Upcoming in 60 Games - AMD Community Forum - last accessed on 2024-06-28
↑ Verified by User:Al2009man on 2024-09-20
With assistance from GloSSI creator Alia5, it was tested by using both Steam Controller and Steam Deck by simply testing the in-game gyro feature sets.
↑ Base Installation - VRto3D GitHub
↑ Interlaced, Checkerboard, and Anaglyph Installation - VRto3D GitHub
↑ Frame Sequential Installation - VRto3D GitHub - last accessed on 2026-01-14
↑ SR (Simulated Reality) Displays - VRto3D GitHub - last accessed on 2026-01-14
↑ Verified by User:Keith on 2024-11-24

[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).

[Proton_path_note-4] 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.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2322010/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (2322010) 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] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/2322010/.

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

[6] The app ID (2322010) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

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

[1] GoWR: Valhalla DLC comes with all versions of the game - Steam Community Forum - last accessed on 2024-05-31

[2] Verified by User:Mine18 on 2024-09-20
Fix told to me by another user through discord.

[5] PlayStation Blog - God of War Ragnarök is coming to PC - last accessed on 2024-05-31

[6] AMD FSR 3.1 Now Available, FSR 3 Available and Upcoming in 60 Games - AMD Community Forum - last accessed on 2024-06-28

[7] Verified by User:Al2009man on 2024-09-20
With assistance from GloSSI creator Alia5, it was tested by using both Steam Controller and Steam Deck by simply testing the in-game gyro feature sets.

[VRto3DBase-8] Base Installation - VRto3D GitHub

[VRto3DInterAna-9] Interlaced, Checkerboard, and Anaglyph Installation - VRto3D GitHub

[10] Frame Sequential Installation - VRto3D GitHub - last accessed on 2026-01-14

[11] SR (Simulated Reality) Displays - VRto3D GitHub - last accessed on 2026-01-14

[12] Verified by User:Keith on 2024-11-24

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Developers

	Santa Monica Studio
	Bluepoint Games
	Valkyrie Entertainment
Windows	Jetpack Interactive
Publishers
	PlayStation Publishing
Release dates
Windows	September 19, 2024
Reception
Metacritic	90
OpenCritic	92
IGDB	95
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Metroidvania
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Fantasy
Series	God of War