Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
A classic sci-fi survival horror with superb atmosphere, sound and limb-cutting combat, but the PC port is broken on modern hardware and needs community fixes. Skip it if you won't tinker, or play the remake instead.
Great for
Survival horror fans who love atmosphere and don't mind installing community fixes
Main risk
The PC port crashes, softlocks or has awful mouse control unless you apply third-party fixes
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“the actively hostile atmosphere in it. The game feels uninviting and as if everything on Ishimura, including the ship Ishimura herself, wants you to die.”
Steam review · 19.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“In 2026 it's still a fantastic game, and it runs great and looks gorgeous on a modern PC with a widescreen.”
Steam review · 10.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Fantastic gameplay, fascinating story, mysteries upon mysteries, and so many unexpected twists.”
Steam review · 19.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I personally love it more than the remake. I think the monster design is scarier and the story is told better in this version.”
Steam review · 8.1 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“fighting the necromorphs is always intense whilst being immensely satisfying to blow off their limbs and throw it back at them”
Steam review · 17.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“The variety of weapons as well as how much they can be upgraded makes you really consider what you want in your loadout and where you want all your power nodes to go.”
Steam review · 13.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Don't let the positive reviews fool you, this port is jank af.”
Steam review · 3.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I would describe the mouse movement as trying to aim with your wrong hand and the dpi on your mouse changing every few seconds level of control.”
Steam review · 14.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“As soon as you get the phasma gun, you are suck in that room and can't get out even though the door is wide open.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The game will not run. As soon as the loading screen turns white the game crashes to my Steam library.”
Steam review · 60.2 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Its horror, extreme in its attempts to appeal to the player, almost never lands”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“If you want to play the game at anything above 30 fps it will not work right. Ragdolls will freak out and glitch across the room like crazy”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
From the Steam store page
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+ Huge Workshop wallpaper library
− Crashes, bugs and resource hogging
analyzed 1 d ago
+ Photorealistic graphics and immersion
− Matchmaking, party play and P2P servers broken
analyzed 1 d ago
+ Great graphics and atmosphere
− Enigma DRM hurts performance
analyzed 2 d ago
+ Fun co-op with friends
− Repetitive, grindy gameplay loop
analyzed 2 h ago
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