The Last of Us Part I

The Last of Us Part I

Developers
	Naughty Dog
Windows	Iron Galaxy Studios
Publishers
	PlayStation PC
Engines
	Naughty Dog Game Engine
Release dates
Windows	March 28, 2023
Reception
Metacritic	58
OpenCritic	82
IGDB	78
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Shooter, Survival
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Post-apocalyptic, Zombies

The Last of Us Part I is a remake of the PlayStation 3 game from 2013. The original game was developed by Naughty Dog and published by PlayStation PC. This is the first game in the Last of Us series to be released on PC and the second game developed by Naughty Dog to be released on PC, following Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection. The PC version features extensive improvements over the PlayStation 5 release, such as increased resolution, native ultra-wide-screen support, hardware-specific upscaling options (for Nvidia and AMD GPUs respectively), and more.

The PlayStation 5 version was released on September 2, 2022, and the PC port was released on March 28, 2023. While the PC port was lauded for its extensive settings, the game launched to an overall negative reception due to several technical issues, such as extended shader compilation times, unexpected crashes, degraded performance and stability while compiling shaders in the background, mouse and camera stuttering, and the game being limited to utilizing relatively low CPU power.

Several patches have been released post-launch aimed at addressing the issues: in addition to improving overall performance and fixing bugs, the patches have improved stability during the shader compilation process, fixed several crashes, reduced shader compilation time, shortened loading times, and improved the overall user-experience for the Steam Deck.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

PC Support Page

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
GamersGate		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Humble Store		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Steam		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.

Version differences

The Last of Us Part 1 includes the base game and the Left Behind prequel chapter.

Digital Deluxe Edition: contains everything from The Last of Us Part 1. Everything else that is included are all early unlocks that can also be unlocked through in-game progress: Increased Crafting Speed Skill, Increased Healing Speed Skill, 9mm Reload Speed Increase Upgrade, Rifle Clip Capacity Increase Upgrade, Explosive Arrows Gameplay Modifier, Photo-mode Dither Punk filter, Speedrun Mode and six weapon skins (Black Gold 9mm Pistol, Silver Filigree 9mm Pistol, Rubber Tactical Shotgun, Sculpted Oak Shotgun, Arctic White Bow and Carbon Black Bow).

Pre-purchase grants access to bonus supplements and bonus weapon parts that could also be gained through in-game progress. These bonusses can be toggled off when starting a new game.

Platform Bonus: on Steam, receive Left 4 Dead and Portal in-game t-shirt cosmetics for Ellie and, on Epic, receive Alan Wake t-shirt cosmetic for Ellie after beating the main story.

Monetization

Type	Notes
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	Digital Deluxe upgrade contains early access to various skins for weapons.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\The Last of Us Part I\users\<user-id>\screeninfo.cfg
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1888930/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\The Last of Us Part I\users\<user-id>\savedata\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1888930/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Display options

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Use Flawless Widescreen's wall culling fix.
Ultra-widescreen		21:9 and 32:9 supported. Pillarboxes can be disabled, but game suggests this can cause various visual bugs, like clipping issues.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Slider from -10 to +10 or use Flawless Widescreen.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		1x, 2x, 4x, 8x and 16x options available. No option available to fully disable it.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA or DLAA with no option to disable. See Anti-aliasing (AA) for a workaround. SSAA up to 200% available through the Render Scale slider (with increments of 20%).
High-fidelity upscaling		FSR 3.0, DLSS 3.1 The game launched with FSR 2.2 and DLSS 3.1. On March 19, 2024, the game was updated to version 1.1.3, upgrading it to FSR 3.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		On/Off toggle.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Optional framerate cap from 30 to 250 and Unlocked, with increments of 10.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		HDR needs to be enabled in Windows in order to be able to enable HDR in-game, otherwise the message "This display does not support HDR" will show and the option will remain locked.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode		Protanopia, Deuteranopia and Tritanopia HUD colorblind modes supported with adjustable HUD Background darkness and HUD Color.

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  Graphics options

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  Accessibility - Magnification and Visual Aids options

Limit VRAM usage for weaker GPUs

Adjust VRAM through the developer debug menu[citation needed]
This solution needs to be applied every time the game is launched and lowering the allocated memory too much will result in textures not loading, use it only as a last resort. Unlock and open the developer debug menu. Go to Rendering > Stats... > Texture Streaming... in the developer debug menu. Lower the Texture Memory Size value at will.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Modify the game's executable to disable TAA

If using the Steam version, Steamless might have to be used first to unpack the executable. This will also disable the sharpening filter that is bundled with the TAA. Open the game's executable, <path-to-game>\tlou-i.exe (AVX2) or <path-to-game>\tlou-i-l.exe (non-AVX2), in a HEX editor (e.g. HxD). Find 84 C0 74 08 41 8A C7 EB 05 HEX code. Replace it with 84 C0 90 90 32 C0 90 EB 05. Find 44 0F B6 F8 C5 C8 57 F6 84 C0 HEX code. Replace it with 45 33 FF 90 C5 C8 57 F6 84 C0. Save the changes.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Default, Right Hand Only, Left Hand Only, Numpad, Arrow Keys, ESDF, Dvorak and Azerty keybinding presets are available. Additionally 3 custom schemes can be saved.
Mouse acceleration		Raw Mouse Input setting can be enabled to disable mouse acceleration.
Mouse sensitivity		Look, Aiming and Sniping sensitivity can be separately adjusted for both axes.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Look and Aiming camera can be separately inverted for both axes.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Default, Right Hand Only and Left Hand Only specific controller presets are available. Controller Orientation can be set to Default, Left, Right and Upside Down. Left Stick and Right Stick option can be set to Default, Flipped While Aiming or Flipped Always. Additionally 3 custom remap schemes can be saved.
Controller sensitivity		Look, Aiming and Sniping sensitivity can be separately adjusted for both axes.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Look and Aiming camera can be separately inverted for both axes.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4, DualSense, DualSense Edge Gyro functionality of PlayStation controllers are also supported. For DualSense Edge, they'd have to use the built-in profiles for remapping the back buttons.
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support		Wired and Wireless only.
DualSense haptic feedback support		Wired connection only.
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth)

Generic/other controllers		Xbox Adaptive Controller, Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, and Steam Controller are supported by the game with separate control customizations.
Button prompts		An option to override button prompt style, can be found via Options > HUD

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Wired DualSense connection only.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Controller or Keyboard+Mouse prompts can be locked under [Input Icon Mode] via Options > HUD

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)		Certain controller features like Motion Sensor are also supported across all Controller Types.
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts		Steam Controller and Steam Deck button prompts are supported.
Cursor detection

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  Controls options

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  Controls customization options

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  Haptics options

Audio

Audio options

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate Effects, Dialogue, Music, Cinematics, Accessibility Audio Cues, Screen Reader and Cinematic Descriptions volume sliders are available.
Surround sound		3D Spatial Audio option available. Dolby Atmos supported. Output Device Type and Dynamic Range can be separately adjusted. Mono Audio toggle available.
Subtitles		Separate Size, Background, Names, Name Colours, Direction and Color options available.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		On/Off toggle named Pause on Focus Lost.
Royalty free audio

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  Accessibility - Audio Volumes options

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  Subtitle options

Language options

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Finnish
French
German
Greek				Voice acting was recorded specifically for this version, as it was not present in the original.
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese				Audio is region locked to Japanese storefronts.
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish
Swedish
Thai				Screen Reader option is not available.
Turkish				Voice acting was recorded specifically for this version, as it was not present in the original.

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
vorpX		Z3D Officially supported game

Other Virtual Reality

Enable VR

Install Reshade with full Add-On Support, inclusive the complete Effect Package Depth3D BlueSkyDefender In the ingame Reshade menu activate SuperDepth3D_VR, follow instructions (Home-Key on keyboard for Menu) Download Generic_Depth_Mod.Addon64, copy it next to your Game.exe In the ingame Reshade menu install generic_depth_mod.addon64 (Add-On Tab) Launch Side by Side 3D on your 3D Compatible TV/Monitor + 3D Glasses or Install Vorpx Desktop Viewer or Depth3D VR Companion App

Issues unresolved

Crashes, poor performance and "Please wait" screens during gameplay

People report a large amount of crashes every few minutes of gameplay and poor performance, especially when playing the game without letting the shader compilation process finish.

The game possibly also suffers from a memory leak, possibly causing crashes and "Please wait" screens over time when the game runs out of system RAM.

Wait at the game's main menu for shader compilation to finish
The above issues might still happen, but seemingly to a lesser extent.

Nvidia RTX 30 series GPUs: update to Nvidia GPU driver version 531.58 or higher

Very CPU-limited during gameplay

While the game utilizes CPU-multithreading excellently, the game seems to max out most cores on especially mid-range hardware while background-loading data during gameplay. This then causes the game to become very CPU-limited. This is likely caused by the game streaming in and decompressing data at the same time during gameplay in a less CPU-friendly way. After some time when standing still, when the background-loading is done, performance will return to normal. Update 1.0.2.0 improved texture streaming behavior to reduce CPU usage, likely reducing the severity of this issue to some extent.

Issues fixed

Font and button prompt issues

Button prompts and text flickering or displaying an incorrect or broken character.

Right click on the game in Steam, select Properties>Controller, and select Disable Steam Input

Proton: "Out of date driver" message and limited VRAM on AMD hardware

Add WINEDLLOVERRIDES="amd_ags_x64.dll=b" %command% as a command line arguments
This may cause color artifacts on the curtains on the main menu, but rendering during gameplay behaves fine. Doesn't seem to work for all users to fix the VRAM amount displayed at the graphics menu.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Cutscenes	Bink Video	v2021.08.1

Accessing developer debug menu

Unlock the debug menu through modded executable

This mod replaces the main executable of the game with a variant that has a certain internal value changed to unlock the internal developer debug menu that is still available in the executable's code. Copy tlou-d.exe from the downloaded and extracted The Last of Us Part 1 1.0.1.7 Extended Debug Menu to <path-to-game>. Launch the game through (tlou-d.exe). Press Ctrl+~ (English US keyboard layout) to access the debug menu. To change any value, hold the left mouse button and press a to decrease and d to increase.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10 (build 1909)
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i7-4770K AMD Ryzen 5 1500X	Intel Core i7-8700 AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
System memory (RAM)	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 GB (SSD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon 470 4 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Minimum system requirements are for 720p, Low settings at 30 FPS. Recommended system requirements are for 1080p, High settings at 60 FPS. Performance (1440p, High settings at 60 FPS) and Ultra (4K, Ultra settings at 60 FPS) system requirements are also available.