Crysis Remastered

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Mostly Positive · 78%Mostly Positive · 78%2021

$29.99

US Steam price, checked 6 h ago

The verdict

A short, still-gorgeous jungle sandbox shooter with a great Nanosuit, but dumb AI, a weak alien second half and many progression-breaking bugs. Skip it if you want polish or modern gunplay.

Great for

Nostalgic fans and newcomers who like stealth/sandbox shooters and can buy it cheap on sale

Main risk

Game-breaking bugs and crashes, especially in the last levels, can force restarts or block finishing

What changed in the last 30 days

54 recent reviews

Recent reviews are 84% positive versus 77% overall, but many recent positives still mention end-game bugs and crashes, so the cause is unclear.

54 recent reviews

What players love

Still-gorgeous graphics

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“and thanks to the remaster, maxed-out graphics with ray tracing look stunning”
Steam review · translated · 7.2 h played ↗

“Crysis Remastered graphic is still beautifull for todays standard.”
Steam review · 10.4 h played ↗

“On a capable PC running everything on max settings, the game looks clean and impressive without feeling artificially inflated.”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗

Nostalgic classic worth playing, ideally on sale

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“It took me back into 2007: same game, nicer graphics and i love it!”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗

“Still fun to this day.”
Steam review · 29.2 h played ↗

Freedom of approach with the Nanosuit

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews

“You can carefully and methodically pick off enemies from the bushes using cloak and a silencer.”
Steam review · translated · 21.6 h played ↗

“The open-ended combat is still the best part of the game. There are many ways to approach encounters and it feels rewarding when your plan works.”
Steam review · 11 h played ↗

“you can turn on the armor mode and storm the enemies or lie in the bushes with a sniper rifle and kill everyone from a distance.”
Steam review · 13.6 h played ↗

Physics and destruction

Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews

“you can break cover, fell trees and use the environment in combat.”
Steam review · translated · 16.9 h played ↗

Short, tight campaign

Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews

“No tedious side quests or filler content just a tight 8–10 hour campaign.”
Steam review · 8.3 h played ↗

Epic finale and shift to aliens

Mentioned in ~1 in 50 positive reviews

“The carrier finale with the TAC-gun is pure delight and epic.”
Steam review · translated · 16.8 h played ↗

What players complain about

Game-breaking bugs and softlocks

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“a critical bug in the final level where the monster on the carrier just doesn't spawn, making progress impossible”
Steam review · translated · 9.2 h played ↗

“The game bugged out on the last mission and I was only able to finish it using console commands and Gemini for help!”
Steam review · 9.9 h played ↗

“In the mission where you pull Elena from the downed VTOL the game just breaks”
Steam review · translated · 4.8 h played ↗

Dated, stiff shooting and gameplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“the shooting is just unpleasant; you can't tell whether you hit or not”
Steam review · translated · 1.7 h played ↗

“The shooting, the nanosuit and gameplay in general are extremely stiff.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗

Poor performance and crashes

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“The game kept crashing every moment, forcing me to restart the PC.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗

“my new PC turned into a furnace even at the very lowest settings”
Steam review · translated · 7.8 h played ↗

“crashing every hour or so”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗

Dumb yet all-seeing enemy AI, bad stealth

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Enemies spot the character from an excessively long distance and can hit them from just as far.”
Steam review · 14.6 h played ↗

“The Koreans see you through grass, rocks, trees, houses, the universe from any distance, even with their backs turned.”
Steam review · translated · 8.2 h played ↗

Lazy remaster, worse than the original

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Instead it got a poorly performing, phoned in remaster that in some ways looks worse than the original game.”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗

“The original is better in everything.”
Steam review · translated · 0.9 h played ↗

Weak second half with aliens and bosses

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“The first half is a great stealth sandbox; the second half is alien nonsense.”
Steam review · translated · 14.2 h played ↗

“You can't understand anything, just wander dark corridors looking for the exit.”
Steam review · translated · 4.3 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Playable

Minimum

OSWindows 10 64 bit

ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-3450 / AMD Ryzen 3

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI /AMD Radeon 470

Storage20 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10 64-Bit latest update

ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-7600k or higher / AMD Ryzen 5 or higher

Memory12 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 TI / AMD Radeon Vega 56

Storage20 GB available space

OSWindows 10 64 bit

ProcessorIntel(R) Core(TM) i5-3450 / AMD Ryzen 3

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 TI /AMD Radeon 470

Storage20 GB available space

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