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Deus Ex: Human Revolution

PC Deus Ex: Human Revolution running on PC through native. Free and complete.

How this port works

This is a native port: the game was rebuilt to run as a real PC program with no emulator in the loop. That usually means better performance, arbitrary resolution and mod support — and it is why these run well on modest hardware.

Decompilation of Deus Ex: Human Revolution

How to install

  1. 01This is an engine reconstructed by decompilation, not a packaged port: there is no prebuilt release, you build it, and the result is a 32-bit binary.
  2. 02The accepted copy is your own PC install of Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut. In its folder you will find BIGFILE.000, BIGFILE.001, BIGFILE.002 and so on, plus DXHRDC.exe.
  3. 03The game data goes in through an environment variable: set BIGFILE to the path of your BIGFILE.000 and run the binary. In Visual Studio that goes in the project properties.
  4. 04If you installed the game through Steam on Windows or Wine, the files are detected automatically and the variable is not needed.
  5. 05To build on Linux (a 32-bit Linux binary), the build uses DirectX 11 through dxvk-native, and CMake downloads and builds its sources for you: clone, make a native_build folder, configure with -DNATIVE_BUILD=ON and run make.
  6. 06To build a 32-bit Windows binary on Linux you need the Windows SDK; the project points to the xwin tool to download it on non-Windows systems, and the build expects it in a folder named winsdk beside the checkout.
  7. 07On Windows with Visual Studio 2019, open the local folder: it detects CMakeLists.txt and sets the build up. Pick x86, not x64.
  8. 08A provenance note, stated by the project: this is not a matching decompilation, and some of the integrated information comes from a debug info leak for Tomb Raider (2013), which uses a similar engine — not from a source leak of this game.

These projects ship no game data. Supply your own copy.

Frequently asked

Do I need the original game to play Deus Ex: Human Revolution on PC?

No. Deus Ex: Human Revolution is free and complete: download the release and run it, with no ROM, dump or commercial game copy.

What does "native" mean?

This is a native port: the game was rebuilt to run as a real PC program with no emulator in the loop. That usually means better performance, arbitrary resolution and mod support — and it is why these run well on modest hardware.

Will Deus Ex: Human Revolution run on a low-end PC?

Native ports and recompilations skip CPU emulation entirely, so they are usually far lighter than an emulator for the same console. With no published measurement for this project, though, any estimate would be guesswork — test it on your own machine.

Which systems does it support?

The current release ships builds for Windows. The game originally shipped on PC.

Is it legal to use?

The project is public and open source, maintained by rrika, and contains nothing from the commercial game. Responsibility for the game copy you use is yours — which is why the developers require you to supply your own.

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