This game looks really good, but sadly it's just unplayable on mid PCs. The GPU consumption is just extreme :/
Got to dig a bit to get this to be playable. Make sure you can see hidden items in File Explorer, then go to:
C:\Users\YourAccount\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\frieda\Frieda_1.2\Frieda\Saved\Config\Windows
Copy the file GameUserSettings.ini to the Desktop. Rename this to something like GameUserSettings-OrigBak.ini. Place this back in the folder I pointed out here.
Open the original GameUserSettings.ini file with Notepad or other light text editor. This is where you can change the graphics settings for Frieda. This is my version of the file. I changed everything in [ScalabilityGroups], and set all Resolutions to 1280x720. I capped frame rate to 30 fps.
I'm running a laptop from 2018 that has a 8th Gen Intel i7-8750H CPU, Nvidia GTX 1050 GPU w 4 GB VRAM, m.2 SSD and 32 GB System RAM. It's on Windows 11 25H2. I have the latest drivers loaded for the 1050 (on security updates now since last Nov 2025).
Everything runs smoothly for me. Good luck!
[ScalabilityGroups]
sg.ResolutionQuality=80
sg.ViewDistanceQuality=1
sg.AntiAliasingQuality=1
sg.ShadowQuality=1
sg.GlobalIlluminationQuality=1
sg.ReflectionQuality=1
sg.PostProcessQuality=1
sg.TextureQuality=1
sg.EffectsQuality=1
sg.FoliageQuality=1
sg.ShadingQuality=1
[/Script/Engine.GameUserSettings]
bUseVSync=False
bUseDynamicResolution=False
ResolutionSizeX=1280
ResolutionSizeY=720
LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeX=1280
LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeY=720
WindowPosX=-1
WindowPosY=-1
FullscreenMode=1
LastConfirmedFullscreenMode=1
PreferredFullscreenMode=1
Version=5
AudioQualityLevel=0
LastConfirmedAudioQualityLevel=0
FrameRateLimit=30.000000
DesiredScreenWidth=1280
bUseDesiredScreenHeight=False
DesiredScreenHeight=720
LastUserConfirmedDesiredScreenWidth=1280
LastUserConfirmedDesiredScreenHeight=720
LastRecommendedScreenWidth=-1.000000
LastRecommendedScreenHeight=-1.000000
LastCPUBenchmarkResult=-1.000000
LastGPUBenchmarkResult=-1.000000
LastGPUBenchmarkMultiplier=1.000000
bUseHDRDisplayOutput=False
HDRDisplayOutputNits=1000