Outstanding story and lore
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“What really shines in this game, and all of the titles part of the Nosgoth franchise, is the impressive world-building and storytelling.”
Steam review · 27.9 h played ↗
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 74%Mostly Positive · 74%Crystal Dynamics1999Adventure · Action · Puzzle
The verdict
A landmark gothic action-adventure with superb story, voice acting and atmosphere, but the PC port is broken and needs fan patches. Skip it if you want plug-and-play.
Great for
Lore-loving fans of gothic stories who don't mind patching and dated 1999 controls
Main risk
The port crashes or won't launch on modern Windows without fan patches
What players love
Top-notch voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The voice acting is also easily the best out of any single game I've played.”
Steam review · 27.9 h played ↗
Dark gothic atmosphere and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The atmosphere! The story! The music! God, the music!”
Steam review · 19.9 h played ↗
Works on Steam Deck and with community patches
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“This game works out of the box on Steam Deck.”
Steam review · 23.1 h played ↗
Clever puzzles and exploration
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“What matters is that this game has the best puzzles ever.”
Steam review · 29 h played ↗
Seamless world and realm-shifting
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Yes, you can play this game from start until the final boss without a single loading screen.”
Steam review · 21.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes or won't launch on modern Windows
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Can't recommend this game as it crashes on start up no matter what settings i choose.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Poor or missing controller and mouse support
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Movement is only possible in 8 directions and with digital input. It's like playing with the keyboard itself.”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Needs fan mods to be playable
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Doesn't run on any modern machines without a load of ridiculous modding”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗
Audio glitches and worse port than Dreamcast
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the sound has too many issues and makes it unplayable”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
Bad camera and clunky platforming
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“it's a 3D metrovania where you can't look up.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Tedious block puzzles and weak combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“BLOCK PUZZLES MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF BLOCK PUZZLES”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
Processor1.8 GHz Processor
Memory512 MB RAM
Graphics3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7
Storage2 GB HD space
OSWindows XP / Windows Vista / Windows 7
Processor1.8 GHz Processor
Memory512 MB RAM
Graphics3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7
Storage2 GB HD space
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