One of the best stealth games ever
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Still the best stealth game to date, pretty crazy considering its been 2 decades.”
Steam review · 43.8 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Ubisoft Montreal2009Stealth · Shooter · Action
$9.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A landmark stealth game with brilliant light-and-sound mechanics and level design. The Steam port is rough, so skip it if you won't tweak fixes or want working online play.
Great for
Stealth fans who like patient, methodical play and don't mind installing community fixes
Main risk
The PC port crashes or has broken night vision, widescreen and controller support without fixes
What players love
Multiple approaches and great level design
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I really enjoyed the sandbox style levels in this game and wish we could see more of this today.”
Steam review · 13.6 h played ↗
Deep light and sound stealth mechanics
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“there's so much detail in that everything you do matters as the environment reacts to you.”
Steam review · 39 h played ↗
Excellent co-op and fan-made versus
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“Also one of the most underrated co-op games of all time.”
Steam review · 88.8 h played ↗
Great Sam Fisher, voice acting and humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“especially when Sam interrorgates people there's almost always a funny threat or hilarious replies from the person you grabbed.”
Steam review · 39 h played ↗
Amon Tobin soundtrack and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“The soundtrack is immaculate and greatly supplements the atmosphere.”
Steam review · 25.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes and won't launch on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“crashes if you try to do anything cant change settings cant start a new game it just crashes”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Clunky controls and poor controller support
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Worst controls of any game I have ever played in my entire life. To put it in perspective, in order to move faster/slower you have to use the scroll wheel.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
Poor PC port needing mods and fixes
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the fact that I have to WORK to make this work on my PC after purchasing it from STEAM is a joke.”
Steam review · 15.2 h played ↗
Broken night vision and shaders
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“more often than not the night vision doesn't work at all and just washes the screen out.”
Steam review · 206.6 h played ↗
Aged badly with no real tutorial
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“no instructions, goofy controls, and have to WATCH in-game video tutorials to learn anything.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Multiplayer and co-op servers are dead
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“I was forced to buy this so I can play coop, but turns out they removed the online service.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported4 GB
Minimum
ProcessorIntel Pentium III or AMD Athlon, 1.4 GHz (Pentium IV or Athlon 2.2 GHz recommended)
Graphics64 MB DirectX 9.0c compliant graphics card (128 MB recommended)
Storage4 GB available hard disk space
ProcessorIntel Pentium III or AMD Athlon, 1.4 GHz (Pentium IV or Athlon 2.2 GHz recommended)
Graphics64 MB DirectX 9.0c compliant graphics card (128 MB recommended)
Storage4 GB available hard disk space
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