In my previous post, I only responded to the theory that Larian is not listening and will not improve the game in consequence.
But there is one point with which I can sympathize with the OP : when you have the minimal specs but a game is nonetheless unplayable and Steam's refund policy is an insult / bad joke.
I remember ARK Survival in Early Access (2015) was too laggy to play for me even on the lowest settings, but I tried troubleshooting it... I past the 4 hours that was allowed back then. Never touched that game ever again. Now I know about Steam's not-really-a-refund policy and remember bitterly (never again!). I "study" a game a lot before buying it.
Steam now only allows 2 hours to troubleshoot and test. In practice, one must consider that Steam does NOT really have a refund policy. That said, I would have trusted the minimal specs stated by Larian, so you can ask Larian for a refund no matter Steam's shitty policy.
( When games use launchers on Steam... the download and install time is counted in the 2 hours !!! I will stop my rant, but I hate that aspect of Steam )
EDIT - ADDENDUM : if, though, you did not try switching to DX11 instead of Vulkan, than I have no sympathy for you at all.
Last edited by Baraz; 15/11/20 05:51 PM.
