Swords of Xeen


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Might and Magic Book One: The Secret of the Inner Sanctum	1986
Might and Magic II: Gates to Another World	1988
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra	1991
Might and Magic: Clouds of Xeen	1992
Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen	1993
Might and Magic: World of Xeen	1994
Swords of Xeen	1995
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Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven	1998
Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor	1999
Crusaders of Might and Magic	1999
Arcomage	1999
Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer	2000
Legends of Might and Magic	2001
Might and Magic IX	2002
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic	2006
Might & Magic: Duel of Champions	2013
Might & Magic X - Legacy	2014
Might & Magic Showdown	Cancelled
Might & Magic: Chess Royale	2020
Might & Magic: Fates TCG	2026

Swords of Xeen is a singleplayer first-person RPG game in the Might and Magic series.

Swords of Xeen started out as a modification for Might and Magic: Darkside of Xeen, and later got authorized by New World Computing. It was included in several official compilations of Might and Magic games as an extra, including the Might and Magic VI: Limited Edition on GOG.com.

General information

Can be played on ScummVM.^[1]

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Included in various collections (never sold separately). Use DOSBox.
GOG.com		Bundled with games 1-6. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[3]

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\XEEN.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SWRD**.SAV
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Most dialogue is text-only; voiced NPC phrases have no subtitles.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Spanish				Fan translation by Clan Dlan (author: L@Zar0), download.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).