Shadows over Loathing
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Asymmetric | |
| Engines | |
| Unity | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | November 11, 2022 |
| macOS (OS X) | November 11, 2022 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 82 |
| OpenCritic | 81 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Pacing | Turn-based |
| Genres | RPG, Adventure |
| Art styles | Cartoon |
| Themes | Lovecraftian, Interwar, Comedy |
| Series | Kingdom of Loathing |
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| Kingdom of Loathing | |
|---|---|
| West of Loathing | 2017 |
| Shadows over Loathing | 2022 |
Shadows over Loathing is a singleplayer RPG and adventure game in the Kingdom of Loathing series.
General information
Availability
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Asymmetric Games, LLC\Shadows Over Loathing\ %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Asymmetric Games, LLC\Shadows Over Loathing\permaflags.json |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1939160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Asymmetric Games, LLC\Shadows Over Loathing\save-*.json |
| macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/com.AsymmetricGamesLLC.ShadowsOverLoathing/save-*.json |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1939160/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Steam Cloud | 953.67 MiB available. |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
| 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.
Input
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
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| PlayStation controllers |
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| Nintendo controllers |
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| Other controller(s) |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Input prompt override | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Master, music, sound effects | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | No speech. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Other information
API
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audio | FMOD, Resonance Audio |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 7 SP1 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo 3.3 GHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 4 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible Shader model 4.0 support | 1 GB of VRAM | ||
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
| macOS (OS X) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.13 | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo 3.3 GHz | ||
| System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB | ||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 4 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible Shader model 4.0 support | 1 GB of VRAM | ||
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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>/1939160/. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1939160) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Jwillikers on 2025-10-06
- Confirmed that
Shadows Over Loathing\Shadows Over Loathing.exerequires Steam to be running when launched directly through the game folder, regardless of whether asteam_appid.txtfile or theShadows Over Loathing_Data\Plugins\x86_64\steam_api64.dlllibrary was present in<path-to-game>\Shadows Over Loathing.
- Confirmed that