Strong story and likeable characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“But Lost Planet 3 distinguishes itself with characters who are anything but stock, written and voice-acted with skill and flair.”
Steam review · 12.6 h played ↗
LOST PLANET® 3
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 65%Mixed · 65%Spark Unlimited2013Third-Person Shooter · Shooter · Action
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A slow, story-driven Dead Space-style shooter with a grounded hero and great atmosphere, hurt by a clunky mech and poor PC controls. Skip it if you want fast Lost Planet 1/2 action.
Great for
Story-focused players who like 360-era third-person shooters, Dead Space vibes and snowy sci-fi, ideally on a deep sale
Main risk
Expecting a Lost Planet 1/2 sequel and getting a slow, repetitive game with awkward keyboard controls and bugs
What players love
Gorgeous frozen-planet atmosphere and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The game has great atmosphere. The snowy storms, the heavy winds, the abandoned bases overran by Akrid.”
Steam review · 13 h played ↗
Great music, voice acting and custom playlist
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“If you want, you can set your own playlist on the rig, it's easy.”
Steam review · 10.7 h played ↗
Underrated if you ignore the series name
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“I feel like if this game was not named Lost Planet...people would have liked it more”
Steam review · 6.9 h played ↗
Cheap on sale and good value
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“I just scored Lost Planet 3 for $2. You cannot beat a game of this caliber for that price”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Generic, boring gameplay and weak story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Lame, slow, generic TPS.”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗
Not a real Lost Planet, a Dead Space clone
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“It's pretty much just a Lost Planet game in name only.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Slow, repetitive fetch quests and backtracking
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“you spend most of your time just walking from A to B to C to B to A to B.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Terrible PC keyboard controls and wrong prompts
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“You can rebind them but, for some inane reason, [b]you can't bind keys that are already bound to something else![/b]”
Steam review · 13.9 h played ↗
Slow, clunky rig and boss fights with many QTEs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“AWFUL bossfights with it, which consist of waiting for the enemy to attack then counter then wait again. But don't worry they added in AWFUL QTE's”
Steam review · 13.1 h played ↗
Progress-blocking bugs and sign-in kicks
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“A bugged boss 4 hours in makes the game unbeatable..”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support16 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP
ProcessorDual core CPU 2.5 GHz
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 or better, ATI Radeon™ HD 4770 or better
Storage16 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 / Windows 11
ProcessorQuad core 2.7 GHz or better / Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-8350K, AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460 or better / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Storage16 GB available space
OSWindows XP
ProcessorDual core CPU 2.5 GHz
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 or better, ATI Radeon™ HD 4770 or better
Storage16 GB available space
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