Stunning graphics and detail
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The game looks so good that I showed some screenshots to friends who had never heard of it, and they thought I was showing them a movie.”
Steam review · 11.9 h played ↗
The Callisto Protocol™
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 66%Mixed · 66%Striking Distance Studios2022Horror · Survival Horror · Third-Person Shooter
$59.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous, atmospheric Dead Space-style sci-fi horror with repetitive melee combat and a save-loss bug. Skip it if you want a true Dead Space successor.
Great for
Dead Space fans wanting a short, linear, gory sci-fi horror with top-tier visuals, bought on sale
Main risk
Repetitive dodge-and-swing melee combat, plus saves that can vanish
What players love
Better than its reputation, worth it on sale
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“I think it gets more hate than it deserves.”
Steam review · 37.2 h played ↗
Satisfying dodge-and-melee combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“I actually enjoyed the melee-focused combat system and the way you have to mix dodging, blocking, firearms, and the GRP mechanic to deal with different situations.”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
Engaging story and strong voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Outstanding storyline, and characters, I hope that I could see some more of this in the near future.”
Steam review · 15.5 h played ↗
Oppressive atmosphere and sound design
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Black Iron Prison feels dirty, brutal and claustrophobic”
Steam review · 37.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, clunky melee combat
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“weak punch, strong punch, left or right evade, repeat. There is no depth, no evolution”
Steam review · 11.2 h played ↗
Weak, derivative story and Dead Space copy
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“It copied A LOT from dead space which I find quite unfortunate and the story is very predictable as well.”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗
Crashes, stutter and poor optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I crashed no more than 20 times during my 11 hours of play time”
Steam review · 11.1 h played ↗
Saves disappear or are corrupted
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“I just rebooted the game and lost 6 hours of progress because my saves vanished”
Steam review · 7.5 h played ↗
Repeated bosses and ammo-gated boss fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“who's the ♥♥♥♥ idea was to make a whole game around melee combat and boom, 4 minibosses which you can't hit melee”
Steam review · 13.1 h played ↗
Constant vent-crawling and squeezing
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“It wouldn't even be that bad if it weren't for the constant vent-crawling sections.”
Steam review · 12.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support75 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10/11
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 2600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 580
Storage75 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10/11
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i7-8700 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 or AMD Radeon™ RX 5700
Storage75 GB available space
OSWindows 10/11
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 2600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 580
Storage75 GB available space
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