The Evil Within
21:9
Fix Required
32:9
Fix Required
Gameplay Scaling
Fixed FOV crop
HUD
Centered
Centered HUD
Mod available
Cutscenes
16:9 pillarboxed
Menus
16:9
FOV
Narrow
Black Bars
Full-time
Flawless Widescreen
Required
Community Fix
Available
Online Safety
Unknown
Overview
The Evil Within ships with a forced 2.50:1 cinematic letterbox that can be disabled in options, but native ultrawide is still not supported by the engine: at 21:9/32:9 the game is pillarboxed with black bars and a narrow, non-corrected FOV. PCGamingWiki and the Flawless Widescreen repo (module present, last changelog update 2015-03-08) both confirm Flawless Widescreen is the primary working fix, with the community SUWSF GitHub patch and a separate PCGW FOV-changer tool as alternatives (SUWSF specifically claims to remove cutscene black bars, though I could not independently verify current maintenance of that GitHub release).
Compatibility details
21:9 SupportFix Required
32:9 SupportFix Required
Gameplay ScalingFixed FOV crop
HUD BehaviorCentered
Centered HUDMod available
Cutscene Support16:9 pillarboxed
Menu Support16:9
FOVNarrow
Black BarsFull-time
StretchingNone observed
Fixes
Recommended fix
Flawless Widescreen - The Evil Within module
UltraWideCheck links to third-party mods and tools but does not host or distribute mod files.
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SUWSF-Patches (The Evil Within Super Ultra-WideScreen Fix)Listed by PCGamingWiki as correcting aspect ratio and removing cutscene black bars; could not independently confirm this GitHub release is still actively maintained.
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The Evil Within Ultrawide Fix / FOV Changer (Game Pass)Alternative for Game Pass/Microsoft Store version specifically.
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Patch history & verification
Initial verificationSep 22, 2026
Confirmed via PCGamingWiki Video section that ultrawide is listed only as 'hackable' with pillarboxing, and confirmed Flawless Widescreen has an active 'The Evil Within' module entry in fws_repo.xml (changelog entries from 2014-2015). Confirmed the SUWSF GitHub release URL is referenced by PCGamingWiki but could not confirm its current update cadence, so it is listed as an alternative rather than primary fix.