God of War

God of War Profanity Filter

Supported Steam app-version 01.35 (build-id 79291)

Last Verified July 4, 2026

No game files included. The download is a small app that re-creates the edits on your own installed copy — nothing from the game ships inside it.

For personal use only on your own legitimately purchased game files. Full legal notice ↓

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Steam Deck Verified. A native Steam Deck installer ships as a separate file on the same NexusMods page (the “-linux.zip” download) — it runs in Desktop Mode and patches your installed copy directly. The Steam Deck steps are in the installation guide.

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English on-screen text: up to 141 censored strings in the game's text file — subtitles, item descriptions, and UI labels. Flagged words are replaced in place with same-length asterisks (e.g. the F-word becomes "****"); sentence structure, punctuation, and layout are unchanged.
English voice-over: up to 383 voice lines silenced across loose combat barks, streamed story dialogue, and character/enemy dialogue banks. Only the profane word in each line is muted; the rest of the line and the performance play back normally.
Choose what gets filtered: at install time you pick any mix of four categories — Strong, Medium, Mild, and Religious Oaths (god, hell, damn, and christ used as exclamations) — so the counts above are maximums, not fixed totals.
Mythology-aware: God of War's own in-world lore — the Norse pantheon, the Nine Realms, character and place names — is recognized and left alone. Only real-world-style profanity and blasphemy are censored, never the game's own world-building language.

The story, world, performances, and gameplay are exactly as Santa Monica Studio shipped them — only the flagged English words change. English only; other languages are left alone. Music, ambient sound, and non-dialogue audio are untouched. Saves, achievements, and progress are unaffected. No Sony or Santa Monica game files are included in the download; the installer re-creates the edits directly on your own installed copy.

Installation Guide

On Windows (PC)

Make sure God of War is closed before running the filter (and let Steam finish any pending update).
Download the patch using the button above (a free NexusMods account is required) and run god-of-war-profanity-filter.exe.
If Windows SmartScreen appears, click "More info" then "Run anyway." The .exe is unsigned (unsigned open-source apps routinely trigger this warning); no personal data is collected, and the app only reads and writes your own game files.
Click "Apply filter." Pick which categories to filter — Strong, Medium, Mild, Religious Oaths, any mix. The app locates your Steam install automatically, verifies it matches the tested build, backs up your original files, then applies the chosen text and audio edits.
Launch God of War through Steam as normal.
To revert: open the app again and click "Restore backup" — this puts your original, unmodified files back exactly as they were before the filter ran.

On Steam Deck

Switch to Desktop Mode (hold the power button, then "Switch to Desktop") and close God of War.
Download the "-linux.zip" (Steam Deck / Linux) file from the NexusMods page above, copy it to the Deck, and extract it (in Dolphin: right-click → "Extract Archive Here").
Run "god-of-war-profanity-filter". It is already marked executable inside the zip, so it launches directly — no need to set permissions or run chmod.
Pick which categories to filter — Strong, Medium, Mild, Religious Oaths, any mix. The app auto-detects your Steam install (internal storage or SD card); if it cannot, click "Browse..." and select your God of War folder. Your original files are backed up first, then the text and audio edits apply.
Switch back to Game Mode and launch God of War as normal — it runs under Proton, and the filter is applied to the game files on disk, so it is active immediately.

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