Atmospheric steampunk world and art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“No other game can truly replicate Dishonored's atmosphere.”
Steam review · 54.5 h played ↗
Dishonored
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 98%Arkane Studios2012Stealth · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A timeless steampunk stealth immersive sim with brilliant level design, atmosphere and freedom. Skip it if you dislike stealth or hate being nudged toward non-lethal play.
Great for
Fans of stealth and immersive sims who like replaying missions with different approaches
Main risk
The chaos system pushes non-lethal stealth, so fans of carnage or non-stealth players feel punished
What players love
Brilliant level design and player freedom
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“it still holds up in level design, freedom of gameplay for how to tackle the missions and, mostly, atmosphere”
Steam review · 206.6 h played ↗
Choices and chaos system shape the ending
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“If you go full murderhobo, the chaos you create leads to more enemies, tighter security, and a generally harsher atmosphere as the story progresses.”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
Ages well and great value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“picking up the base game for around €2.50 on sale is an absolute steal”
Steam review · 27 h played ↗
High replay value
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Amazing game with incredible replay value!”
Steam review · 141.9 h played ↗
Fun powers like Blink and fluid movement
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Blink is one of the cleanest gameplay ideas ever made.”
Steam review · 21.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Chaos system punishes lethal play
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“"Let's give the players a bunch of cool powers and then punish them for using them."”
Steam review · 6.4 h played ↗
Stealth is tedious or AI is inconsistent
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Guards can see you if even an inch of you is sticking out of cover”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
Crashes and won't run on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Golden Cat mission crash should disallow the selling of this game.”
Steam review · 30.6 h played ↗
Bland, cliched story
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“the story is incredibly bland with an annoyingly abrupt ending”
Steam review · 10.8 h played ↗
Ugly art style and character models
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“the graphics however are so ugly to me im sorry but i hate the art style all the characters look weird”
Steam review · 6.4 h played ↗
Dunwall City Trials DLC frustrating
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Dunwall City Trials are so bad, that I can't recommend it”
Steam review · 111.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified9 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista / Windows 7
Processor3.0 GHz dual core or better
Memory3 GB system RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9 compatible with 512 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850)
Storage9 GB
Recommended
OSWindows Vista / Windows 7 (enhanced for 64-bit OS)
Processor2.4 GHz quad core or better (enhanced for multi-core processors)
Memory4 GB system RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9 compatible with 768 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850)
Storage9 GB
OSWindows Vista / Windows 7
Processor3.0 GHz dual core or better
Memory3 GB system RAM
GraphicsDirectX 9 compatible with 512 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850)
Storage9 GB
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