The Evil Within PC cheats with console commands

How to unlock 'God Mode,' infinite ammo, and more

By
Matt Liebl
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Bethesda has published a list of instructions explaining how The Evil Within PC players can access the game's debug console commands to unlock a number of features and cheats, including "God Mode," infinite ammo, and the ability to increase the frames per second beyond the default 30 FPS.

Before proceeding, it should first be noted that using the debug console commands is unsupported by Bethesda which means if you encounter any problems their customer service team will not be able to help you out. With that in mind, here's how to access the debug command line and the list of associated commands to enable "cheats" for The Evil Within.

  1. In Steam, right click on The Evil Within and select "properties" then under the General tab, hit "set launch options."
  2. Put this in to unlock the console: +com_allowconsole 1
  3. Once the game has launched, hit the Insert key to bring down the developer console.

Once you've done this, you can enter the following commands:

  • R_swapinterval <NUMBER>

    • Sets the FPS lock. Note that the numbers below are negative.
    • -2: This is the default, set to 30 FPS. This is the officially supported frame rate
    • -1: This sets the FPS limit to 60. Fully playable, although there may be quirks (we’re going to fix these).
    • 0: This fully unlocks the FPS. We do not recommend playing above 60. We will not fix any issues above 60.
  • God

    • God mode. You are effectively invincible, and certain enemy kill moves will not be used against you (Laura, for example, will not jump on you)
  • Noclip

    • Allows you to walk through walls
  • G_infiniteammo

    • Unlimited ammo (provided you have at least 1 bullet when you enable this)
  • G_stoptime 1

    • Stops time. Note there is a bug right now where using this command causes a UI element to appear on screen. We’re looking to fix that in the near future.
    • Re enable time with g_stoptime 0
  • Toggledebugcamera

    • Separates the camera from Sebastian so you can freely move around the
  • R_forceaspectratio <NUMBER>

    • Sets the aspect ratio. Default is 2.5, which is our official aspect ratio.
    • 0 is full screen, but not ideal. 1.8 or 2 is probably most comfortable for those who don’t want bars.
  • Com_showFPS

    • Turns on id’s native FPS counter
  • Startslowmotion2

    • Slows down time
  • Stopslowmotion

    • Disables slow motion

Sadly, these commands are only available on the PC version of The Evil Within.

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