SuperTux

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SuperTux

Developers
	SuperTux Development Team
Release dates
Windows	May 11, 2004
macOS (OS X)	May 11, 2004
Linux	May 11, 2004
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Antarctica, Fantasy
Series	Tux

Tux
Pingus	1998
Tux Racer (series)
Tux Typing	2000
Tux, of Math Command	2001
SuperTux	2004
SuperTuxKart	2006
SuperTux Advance	2022
Tux!	2022

SuperTux is a singleplayer scrolling and side view platform game in the Tux series.

The game is free software and the source code is freely available. It supports a lot of languages, even some that are not listed here.

General information

Source code

Official Forums

Official Discord server

Steam Discussion Forums

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Developer website
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\SuperTux\supertux2\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/SuperTux/
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/supertux2/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\SuperTux\supertux2\
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/supertux2/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Settings menu.

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)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS		Game is capped at 67 FPS.
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
Touchscreen support		Not present in any PC versions.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Does not work in Level Editor.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)

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

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		"Pause on focus lost" option is available.
General MIDI audio		Older versions use MOD files.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Afrikaans				Some options are still in English.
Albanian				Some options are still in English.
Arabic				Some options are still in English Letters are disconnected.
Basque				Some options are still in English.
Belarusian				Some options are still in English.
Bulgarian
Breton				Some options are still in English.
Simplified Chinese				Some options are still in English.
Traditional Chinese				Some options are still in English.
Catalan				Some options are still in English.
Croatian				Some options are still in English.
Czech
Danish				Some options are still in English.
Dutch				Some options are still in English.
Esperanto
Estonian				Some options are still in English.
Finnish
French
Galician				Some options are still in English.
German
Greek				Some options are still in English.
Hebrew				Some options are still in English.
Hungarian				Some options are still in English.
Italian				Some options are still in English.
Japanese				Some options are still in English.
Korean				Some options are still in English.
Latin				Some options are still in English.
Lithuanian				Some options are still in English.
Malay				Some options are still in English.
Polish
Portuguese				Some options are still in English.
Brazilian Portuguese
Romanian				Some options are still in English.
Russian
Serbian				Some options are still in English.
Slovak				Some options are still in English.
Slovenian				Some options are still in English.
Spanish
Swedish				Some options are still in English.
Turkish				Some options are still in English.
Ukrainian				Some options are still in English.
Vietnamese				Some options are still in English.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
OpenGL	3.3

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)						PowerPC support was removed sometime after 0.1.3. It is unknown when the stable releases were changed from 32-bit to 64-bit. ARM builds are offered by Homebrew.
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	OpenAL
Input	SDL

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP		7
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	250 MB		4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	250 MB
Video card (GPU)			OpenGL 3.3 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.15
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	250 MB		4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	250 MB
Video card (GPU)			OpenGL 3.3 compatible

Linux
	Minimum		Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Any, Linux or BSD
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)	250 MB		4 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	250 MB
Video card (GPU)			OpenGL 3.3 compatible