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Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst

Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.

Mostly Positive · 78%2020

US Steam price, checked 5 h ago

The verdict

A beautiful first-person parkour game with great movement but weak story and combat. Since EA shut the servers down it can hang on an infinite loading screen, so skip it if you want it to just work.

Great for

Parkour fans who grab it on deep sale and don't mind a quick offline-mode fix

Main risk

Infinite loading screen after the intro because servers are off, needing workarounds

What changed in the last 30 days

Many recent negative reviews, mostly from buyers during the 95% sale, report an infinite loading screen after the intro because EA's servers are off. Fairly confident this drives the drop.

214 recent reviews

What players love

Smooth, satisfying parkour movement

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews

“The movement system is smooth, the sense of speed is fantastic, and chaining together wall runs, slides, jumps, and vaults feels incredibly satisfying once you master the mechanics.”

Steam review · 9.7 h played  ↗

What players complain about

Forced EA app/launcher and DRM

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“HOWEVER, the fact that this requires a separate game launcher to start, EA Games, has caused nothing but problems.”

Steam review · 32 h played  ↗

System requirements

Steam Deck: Playable
OSWindows 7 64-Bit (use the latest Service Pack)
ProcessorIntel i3-3250 / AMD FX-6350. (Note: Mirror's Edge Catalyst requires at least 4 logical cores to run)
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce® GTX 650 Ti 2GB or better / AMD Radeon™ R9 270x or better
Storage25 GB available space

Analyzed Oct 16, 2026  ·  300 reviews

150 positive, 150 negative

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