Hypnospace Outlaw

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
GOG.com
Humble Store
itch.io
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere.
Steam		Requires the Steam client to be running.^[2]

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Tendershoot\HypnOS\GlobalSettings.sav
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.local/Tendershoot/HypnOS/GlobalSettings.gsav

This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Portable Mode redirects the configuration files to <path-to-game>\saves.

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Tendershoot\HypnOS\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Tendershoot/HypnOS
Linux	$HOME/.local/Tendershoot/HypnOS/Enforcer*.sav

Portable Mode redirects the save games to <path-to-game>\saves.

Display settings.

Miscellaneous settings.

Advanced settings (listed in-game as BIOS/BIOS settings).

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Integer scaled from 480x270; will pillarbox any widescreen resolution beyond 16:9.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Pillarboxed to 16:9.
4K Ultra HD		Integer scaled from 480x270.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Game will surround game screen with a black border if window size is not set in-game.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Largely unnoticeable during gameplay.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Keymappings.

Controller settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Cannot rebind window resize and borderless window toggle keys.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Touchscreen support		^[3]
Controller
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

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)		Some buttons may not match the layout.
Additional button prompts

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

The game can utilize one of the OS' text-to-speech (TTS) voices.

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, Sound
Surround sound		Stereo only.^[4]
Subtitles		Hypii speech only. Defaults to Hypii notifications only.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Only when minimized.
Royalty free audio

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Ogg Vorbis
Cutscenes	WebM	Its custom header variant, HTV, is used for downloadable video files within the game

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU)	1.4 GHz or faster
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	500 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 10 compatible	1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

↑ Hypnospace Outlaw - Wikipedia - last accessed on 2019-12-27
↑ Verified by User:Jwillikers on 2025-09-03
Confirmed that HypnOS.exe requires Steam to be running when launched directly through the game folder, regardless of whether a steam_appid.txt file was present in <path-to-game>.
↑ Steam Community Discussion - no touch support - last accessed on 2019-06-01
↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-08-14
Tested with Orban Loudness Meter and a Soulion Tracer 30, which reports as a 7.1 audio device using virtual surround sound mode.

Developers

	Tendershoot
	Michael Lasch
	ThatWhichIs Media
Publishers
	No More Robots
Engines
	Construct 2^[1]
Release dates
Windows	March 12, 2019
macOS (OS X)	March 12, 2019
Linux	March 12, 2019
Reception
Metacritic	83
OpenCritic	83
IGDB	84
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling
Controls	Menu-based
Genres	Adventure, Open world
Art styles	Digitized, Live action, Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Sci-fi