Simon the Sorcerer 4: Chaos Happens
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| Developers | |
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| Silver Style Entertainment | |
| Publishers | |
| RTL Enterprises | |
| Playlogic Entertainment | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 23, 2007 |
| Reception | |
| IGDB | 20 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Perspectives | Cinematic camera |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure, Puzzle |
| Art styles | Pre-rendered graphics, Realistic |
| Themes | Fantasy |
| Series | Simon the Sorcerer |
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Warnings
- StarForce DRM may not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected releases).
Simon the Sorcerer 4: Chaos Happens is a singleplayer cinematic camera adventure and puzzle game in the Simon the Sorcerer series.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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| Retail | |
TAGES and Solidshield DRM. StarForce 5.0 DRM[Note 1] - Russian release |
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| GOG.com (unavailable) | |
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| GamersGate (unavailable) | |
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- StarForce DRM for this game may not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected releases).
Essential improvements
Patches
- Version 1.1 (2007) seems to have been released for the German version only, available from Patches-Scrolls.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | C:\Program Files\Simon the Sorcerer - Chaos happens\ |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy |
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) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
| Color blind mode | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
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 |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| Czech | Retail only (Score 204) | |||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Russian | Was released as Simon the Sorcerer: Заколдованный мир |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 9 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
System requirements
| Windows | ||||
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| Minimum | ||||
| Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |||
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium-4 2 GHz | |||
| System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |||
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) | 4 GB | |||
| Video card (GPU) | GeForce 3 (MX series not supported) 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
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Notes
References
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ GamersGate - last accessed on 2025-08-06
- ↑ GamersGate - last accessed on 2025-08-03
- ↑ Gamesplanet - last accessed on 2025-08-06