Strania - The Stella Machina -
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| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 24, 2015 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Real-time |
| Perspectives | Third-person, Top-down view |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Action, Arcade, Shooter |
| Vehicles | Robot |
| Art styles | Anime |
| Themes | Sci-fi |
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Strania - The Stella Machina - is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person and top-down view action, arcade and shooter game.
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Steam | |
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- Does not include the additional changes and improvements added to Strania -The Stella Machina- EX, released on the exA-Arcadia arcade platform in 2020 and through a more accessible but stripped-down version on Nintendo Switch on January 25, 2025.[1][2]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\strania.ini[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/407380/pfx/[Note 2] |
- Deleting this file will break the game.[3]
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\game.ini[Note 1] |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/407380/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud |
Video
Video settings.
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Non-16:9 resolutions are letterboxed, and in-game the player is limited to a 4:3 playing field while the pillarboxes gauges score. Internal resolution appears to be locked to 720p.[4] | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | See Increase rendering resolution | ||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Run the game at your display's native resolution and use Borderless Gaming.[3] | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | See Increase rendering resolution. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | Off by default. Must be enabled by editing strania.ini (see Configuration file(s) location). |
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| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | Capped at 60 FPS.[5] | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Input
Controller.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | Added in v1.02. No native in-game option to rebind keys, instead keys are remapped via editing strania.ini (see Configuration file(s) location). |
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| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse acceleration | Mouse is not used at all. | |
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Keyboard and mouse prompts | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | DirectInput and XInput are supported. | |
| Controller remapping | For non-XInput controllers, the Confirm and Cancel buttons are tied to Button 1 and 2, respectively, which cannot be changed. Movement is also bound to D-pad and left analog stick and cannot be changed.[3] | |
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
|---|---|---|
| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger support |
| DirectInput-compatible controllers |
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| PlayStation controllers | Recognized as a generic DirectInput controller by the game.[3] | |
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| PlayStation button prompts | ||
| Motion sensors support | ||
| Light bar support | ||
| Adaptive trigger support | ||
| DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
| Connection modes | V2 tested.[3] | |
| Nintendo controllers |
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| Other controller(s) | ||
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| Additional button prompts |
| Additional information | ||
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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | XInput only.[6] | |
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | BGM, SE. | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | No speech. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 2 | Co-op |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | ||||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | Vista | 7, 8, 10 | ||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 | Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 500 MB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 7900GS ATI Radeon X1600Pro DirectX 9.0c compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 | ||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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%\VirtualStoreon 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>/407380/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (407380) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ STRANIA EX - exA-Arcadia - last accessed on 2025-02-10
- ↑ The classic robot action-shooting game "Strania -The Stella Machina- EX" will be released on the Nintendo Switch™! - last accessed on 2025-02-10
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-07-01
- ↑ Game resolution is locked (720p) - Steam Community Discussions - last accessed on 2021-07-01
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-07-01
- Tested with Steam's FPS counter with Vsync disabled.
- ↑ Verified by User:AmethystViper on 2021-07-01
- DualShock 4 controllers without third-party XInput wrappers did not vibrate during gameplay.