Never Alone

Never Alone (Kisima Inŋitchuŋa)

Developers
	Upper One Games
	E-Line Media
Engines
	Unity 2020
Release dates
Windows	November 18, 2014
macOS (OS X)	February 26, 2015
Linux	December 22, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	72
OpenCritic	71
IGDB	71
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Puzzle
Vehicles	Naval/watercraft
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Arctic
Series	Never Alone

Never Alone
Never Alone	2014
Never Alone 2	TBA

Never Alone is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view puzzle game in the Never Alone series. It is also known as Kisima Inŋitchuŋa.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		DRM-free when launched from the executable.
GOG.com		Arctic Collection
Humble Store		Arctic Collection also available.
Mac App Store
Steam		Arctic Collection also available.
Amazon.com (unavailable)

Version differences

The Arctic Collection contains the game's soundtrack and Foxtales DLC.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Foxtales

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\E-Line Media\Never Alone\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.config/unity3d/E-Line Media/Never Alone/prefs

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\E_Line Media\Never Alone\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$HOME/.config/unity3d/E_Line Media/Never Alone/scprofile.dat
Steam	<Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/295790/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Video settings.

Advanced video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			Use this mod.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Can also toggle with Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Enable windowed mode and use the -popupwindow parameter (or see the glossary page).
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		On or off toggle.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		On or off toggle.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Full and half.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
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.

Post-process effects

Peixoto's patch disables depth of field and the shader that blurs the edges of the screen.

Input

Input settings.

Advanced input settings.

Keyboard rebinding.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput and DirectInput, designed for XInput controllers.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		File to rebind controllers was removed with an update. Renders most DirectInput controllers unuseable.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		Uses non-standard bindings
PlayStation button prompts		Use this mod.
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Effects, music, storyteller and cultural insights.
Surround sound		Only Stereo.
Subtitles		Togglable for storyteller and cultural insights.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Only during gameplay.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language settings.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				The cultural insight FMVs use English audio. The story is narrated in Inupiaq.
Simplified Chinese
Czech				Fan - #1
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Inupiaq
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Co-op
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 2.8 GHz		Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.8 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB		4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GT 240 AMD Radeon HD 6570 DirectX 10.1 compatible		Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMD Radeon HD 7790
Controller	Controller for local co-op

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.8.5		10.10.2
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5 1.7 GHz		Intel Core i5 2.7 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB		4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Intel HD Graphics 4000		Intel Iris Pro
Controller	Controller for local co-op

Linux
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04		Current version of SteamOS
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 2.8 GHz		Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.8 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB		4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	3 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 440 GT AMD Radeon HD 6570		Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMD Radeon HD 7790
Controller	Controller for local co-op

A 64-bit operating system is required.