Back 4 Blood

Back 4 Blood is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person shooter game.

General information

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
GamersGate		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere. Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Steam		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.

Internet connection requirement was removed on December 16, 2021.

Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on May 15, 2024.^[3]

Monetization

In the PvE mode, only the host is required to purchase additional content for everyone else to be able to play it.^[4] In the PvP mode, all players can earn new characters and cards without paying for additional content, through progression.^[5]

Type	Notes
DLC	Expansions include characters, skins and activities.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Originally, cosmetic microtransactions have been planned after the game's launch^[6], however as of March 1st, 2022, microtransactions are no longer planned to be implemented in any capacity^[7].

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Tunnels of Terror
Children of the Worm
River of Blood

Game data

General settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Back4Blood\Steam\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\924970\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\WarnerBros.Interactive.e172091a-6630-4ff3-959f-830_ktmk1xygcecda\LocalCache\Local\Back4Blood\WinGDK\Saved\Config\WinGDK\
Epic Games Launcher	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Back4Blood\Epic\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/924970/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Back4Blood\Steam\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\924970\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\WarnerBros.Interactive.e172091a-6630-4ff3-959f-830_ktmk1xygcecda\SystemAppData\wgs\
Epic Games Launcher	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Back4Blood\Epic\Saved\SaveGames\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/924970/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ gameplay with a 16:9 constrained HUD. FMVs are anamorphic 16:9.^[8]
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)	Horizontal FOV adjustable with a slider from 60-120°. Vertical FOV adjustable with a slider from 60-80°. Axis of FOV can be selected with the FOV Constraint toggle.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	No exclusive fullscreen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)	No option in-game.
Anti-aliasing (AA)	FXAA, TAA.
High-fidelity upscaling	DLSS 2.4, FSR 1
Vertical sync (Vsync)	If disabled, FPS cap can be enabled (ranges from 24 to 360 FPS).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	Up to 5000 nits, contrast and saturation sliders. HDR is currently broken in DX11 mode, worked fine in DX12.^[9]
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode	Protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia options available.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration		As "Mouse Smoothing". Off by default.
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Off by default.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Only 4 presets available: Default, Southpaw, Legacy, Legacy Southpaw.
Controller sensitivity		Sliders for both axis' sensitivity and their deadzones available.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Invertion of both Y- and X- axis is possible. Off by default.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers		^[10]
Xbox button prompts		Uses Xbox Series controller prompts and layout graphics.
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4, DualSense
PlayStation button prompts
Motion sensors support
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Keyboard and mouse settings.
Controller settings.

Audio

Sound settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		"Master", "SFX", "Dialogue" and "Music" sliders.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions		"Conversations", "Ambient" and "Full Captions" options available.
Mute on focus lost		Toggle, next to "Sound Plays in Background."
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play	8	Co-op, Versus Co-op mode is 4 players only.^[10]
Asynchronous multiplayer
Crossplay	Supported platforms: Xbox Series, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

Issues unresolved

Crashing and/or freezing in Offline mode

This issue is not dependent on the graphics API used.^[11]

Stutter every 15 seconds caused by large Steam friend list

Not connected to latency, present even offline.

Workaround: Temporarily block all (or most of) your Steam friends (they will remain in the blocked category to unblock later). The less friends you have - the less frames are lost every 15 seconds.^[12]^[13]

Motion Blur doesn't stay off

Motion Blur re-enables after each map load, even though the setting will still say it's off.^[14]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX
Audio	OGG Vorbis, Vivox	Vivox is used for cross-platform voice chat functionality.
Input	libScePad
Multiplayer	Epic Online Services, Steamworks	Epic Online Services are used to provide cross-play.
Anti-cheat	Easy Anti-Cheat	^[15]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-6600 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz	Intel Core i5-8400 2.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 3.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	12 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	40 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti AMD Radeon RX 570 DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon RX 590
Other	Broadband Internet connection

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.25^[1]^[2]
↑ ^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>/924970/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (924970) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Back 4 Blood Announce FAQ - last accessed on 2020-12-19
↑ Verified by User:PuyiHakim on 2023-06-05
↑ Back 4 Blood MAY 15 UPDATE · SteamDB - last accessed on 2024-05-15
↑ HOW WE’LL KEEP THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER - last accessed on 2022-03-29
"IN PVE, IF ANYONE IN YOUR PARTY OWNS A PAID CONTENT DROP, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY THAT CONTENT WITH THEM – INCLUDING MAPS, GAMEPLAY AND CAMPAIGN. No separation. No exclusion. No split."
↑ HOW WE’LL KEEP THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER - last accessed on 2022-03-29
"IN PVP, EVERYONE WHO BOUGHT BACK 4 BLOOD CAN GET ACCESS TO ALL ADDITIONAL PVP CONTENT, EVEN WITHOUT PURCHASING CONTENT DROPS. PLAYERS WHO DON’T BUY THE CONTENT DROPS CAN EARN NEW PLAYABLE CHARACTERS AND RIDDEN IN PVP, FOR FREE, THROUGH PROGRESSION. ADDITIONALLY, ALL PVP PLAYERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME CARDS AT THE START OF EACH MATCH, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THOSE PLAYERS HAVE PURCHASED CONTENT DROPS OR NOT."
↑ Turtle Rock Studios Discord - last accessed on 2022-03-29
"Will there be micro transactions or DLC content? Microtransactions will be purely cosmetic and will come post-launch. Yes, there will be DLC content, but there will be no separation, exclusion or splitting up a party. This means that in PvE, if your party leader owns a paid content drop, everyone will be able to play that content with them (maps, gameplay, and campaign)."
↑ Tunnels of Terror Expansion Coming April 12 - last accessed on 2022-03-29
"Additionally, there will be no microtransactions of any kind, cosmetic or otherwise, added to the game as part of this expansion or any future content update."
↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-03-29
↑ Verified by User:Aaronth07 on 2021-08-06
In the beta, HDR looks extremely washed out, raised blacks and shadows, nothing reaches peak brightness. Contrast and saturation sliders did nothing. No engine.ini file is available to attempt a fix
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Frequently Asked Questions - last accessed on 2020-12-19
↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-04-14
As of April 2022, the issue is always reproduceable and happens on both DX11 and DX12 modes.
↑ Steam Community Discussion - last accessed on May 2023
↑ Bug Report on official site
↑ Verified by User:Zach Fett on 2024-11-27
↑ Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2021-08-05
Tested with the open beta of the game. Upon starting the game, the Easy Anti-Cheat splash screen appears.

[3] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.25^[1]^[2]

[Proton_path_note-9] 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>/924970/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (924970) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/924970/.

[5] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[6] The app ID (924970) may differ in some cases.

[7] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[8] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Back 4 Blood Announce FAQ - last accessed on 2020-12-19

[PuyiHakim-2] Verified by User:PuyiHakim on 2023-06-05

[4] Back 4 Blood MAY 15 UPDATE · SteamDB - last accessed on 2024-05-15

[5] HOW WE’LL KEEP THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER - last accessed on 2022-03-29
"IN PVE, IF ANYONE IN YOUR PARTY OWNS A PAID CONTENT DROP, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY THAT CONTENT WITH THEM – INCLUDING MAPS, GAMEPLAY AND CAMPAIGN. No separation. No exclusion. No split."

[6] HOW WE’LL KEEP THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER - last accessed on 2022-03-29
"IN PVP, EVERYONE WHO BOUGHT BACK 4 BLOOD CAN GET ACCESS TO ALL ADDITIONAL PVP CONTENT, EVEN WITHOUT PURCHASING CONTENT DROPS. PLAYERS WHO DON’T BUY THE CONTENT DROPS CAN EARN NEW PLAYABLE CHARACTERS AND RIDDEN IN PVP, FOR FREE, THROUGH PROGRESSION. ADDITIONALLY, ALL PVP PLAYERS HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME CARDS AT THE START OF EACH MATCH, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THOSE PLAYERS HAVE PURCHASED CONTENT DROPS OR NOT."

[7] Turtle Rock Studios Discord - last accessed on 2022-03-29
"Will there be micro transactions or DLC content? Microtransactions will be purely cosmetic and will come post-launch. Yes, there will be DLC content, but there will be no separation, exclusion or splitting up a party. This means that in PvE, if your party leader owns a paid content drop, everyone will be able to play that content with them (maps, gameplay, and campaign)."

[8] Tunnels of Terror Expansion Coming April 12 - last accessed on 2022-03-29
"Additionally, there will be no microtransactions of any kind, cosmetic or otherwise, added to the game as part of this expansion or any future content update."

[10] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-03-29

[11] Verified by User:Aaronth07 on 2021-08-06
In the beta, HDR looks extremely washed out, raised blacks and shadows, nothing reaches peak brightness. Contrast and saturation sliders did nothing. No engine.ini file is available to attempt a fix

[faq-12] 10.0 ^10.1 Frequently Asked Questions - last accessed on 2020-12-19

[13] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2022-04-14
As of April 2022, the issue is always reproduceable and happens on both DX11 and DX12 modes.

[14] Steam Community Discussion - last accessed on May 2023

[KnownIssues-15] Bug Report on official site

[16] Verified by User:Zach Fett on 2024-11-27

[17] Verified by User:SargeCassidy on 2021-08-05
Tested with the open beta of the game. Upon starting the game, the Easy Anti-Cheat splash screen appears.

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Developers

	Turtle Rock Studios
Publishers
	Warner Bros. Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
Release dates
Windows	October 12, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	77
OpenCritic	76
IGDB	79
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Shooter
Art styles	Stylized
Themes	Horror, North America, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies