The Surge

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App ID	378540
App Type	Game
Developer	Deck13
Publisher	Focus Entertainment
Franchise	Focus Entertainment
Supported Systems	Windows
Last Changenumber	28972643
Last Record Update	14 May 2025 – 03:27:38 UTC ()
Release Date	15 May 2017 – 22:00:00 UTC ()

😏 73.68%

11k reviews

In-Game

Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.

Additional Information

Developer

Deck13

metacritic_name

The Surge

controller_support

full

metacritic_score

metacritic_fullurl

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-surge?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f

community_visible_stats

Yes

DLCAvailableOnStore

Yes

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Focus Entertainment

eulas

0 ↴
id	378540_eula_0
name	The Surge EULA
url	http://store.steampowered.com//eula/378540_eula_0

Store Release Date

15 May 2017 – 22:00:00 UTC ()

osarch

community_hub_visible

Yes

Social Media

https://discord.gg/focusentmt
https://www.facebook.com/FocusEntertainmentOfficial
https://www.twitch.tv/focusentmt
https://x.com/Focus_Entmt
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaLdl0827np4QVPESo794og

Primary Genre

RPG (3)

Store Genres

Action (1), RPG (3)

Steam Release Date

15 May 2017 – 22:00:00 UTC ()

Store Asset Modification Time

29 September 2021 – 21:22:23 UTC () (1632950543)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	52.93156534201276
height_pct	53.28554401198992

review_score

review_percentage

Detected Technologies (?)

FMOD SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_Ansel SDK, NVIDIA_CUDA SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, PathEngine SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on Deck, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
category: Playable
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 3 February 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 3300002

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	0
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	1
non_deck_display_glyphs	0
small_text	1
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

controllertagwizard

Yes

First seen on SteamDB

8 June 2015 – 12:08:17 UTC (), in changelist #1099664

Content Descriptors (Including DLC)

Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

11 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles	Achievements
English	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes		Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes		Yes	Yes
Polish	Yes		Yes	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes		Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes		Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes		Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes		Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes		Yes	Yes

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

DualShock Controllers (USB Only)

Assets

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clienticon

adc811582772a6febfd64822d0dc0c5d613cbccb

clienttga

15392e4ad05c4905659e61684089f3fd6b6e55ab

icon

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logo

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logo_small

a0b1411d212a56437354409176090f71b2dfdd68_thumb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
image/english	logo.png
image2x/english	logo_2x.png
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct	52.93156534201276
logo_position/height_pct	53.28554401198992

Assets

main_capsule	capsule_616x353.jpg
small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
page_background	page_bg_generated_v6b.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	244bf4443ab17c0b7cda6fd63bc9bc0291942635.jpg
page_background_path	app/378540
raw_page_background	page_bg_raw.jpg
timestamp	2 October 2024 – 10:28:31 UTC

Trailers

256685235 ↴
trailer_name	The Surge - Accolade Trailer
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256685235/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256685235/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256685235/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256685235/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	378540/103251/5b33ba5cc4d4dccb8ae03602f1660d556a8d98cc/1750520989/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	378540/103251/5b33ba5cc4d4dccb8ae03602f1660d556a8d98cc/1750520989/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256685235/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256685235/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	103251
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1495189187
256684897 ↴
trailer_name	The Surge - Launch Trailer
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	256684897/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	256684897/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	256684897/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	256684897/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	378540/102527/c262716648b53ead4c4c84638685b2c504a652ef/1750520984/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	378540/102527/c262716648b53ead4c4c84638685b2c504a652ef/1750520984/microtrailer.mp4
screenshot_medium	256684897/movie.293x165.jpg
screenshot_full	256684897/movie_full.jpg
trailer_base_id	102527
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1494932018

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
228984	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2012 Redist	No size
228990	Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist	No size
378541	The Surge Base Content Packages	11.89 GiB	4.19 GiB
378542	The Surge Executables	59.52 MiB	23.24 MiB
378543	The Surge Patch Content Packages + TOCs	9.83 GiB	3.06 GiB
378544	The Surge Audio + Video	1.53 GiB	1.52 GiB
378545	The Surge Data Bin	31.37 MiB	22.30 MiB
378547	FrenchThe Surge Language - french	288 B	144 B
378548	GermanThe Surge Language - german	288 B	144 B
378549	ItalianThe Surge Language - italian	290 B	144 B
555302	PolishThe Surge Language - polish	289 B	144 B
555303	RussianThe Surge Language - russian	290 B	144 B
555304	Spanish - SpainThe Surge Language - spanish	297 B	144 B
555305	Portuguese - BrazilThe Surge Language - brazilian_portugese	303 B	160 B
555301	KoreanThe Surge Language - korean	3.14 MiB	2.29 MiB
555306	Simplified ChineseThe Surge Language - schinese	290 B	144 B
378546	EnglishThe Surge Language - english	290 B	144 B
555307	JapaneseThe Surge Language - japanese	291 B	144 B
841250	UnusedDLC 841250DLC	No size

Total size on disk is 23.35 GiB and total download size is 8.82 GiB.

Total size on disk is 23.34 GiB and total download size is 8.82 GiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

Branches

Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		3300002	27 November 2018 – 09:26:04 UTC

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Name	Value
baselanguages
privatebranches	1

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