Best-in-class stealth sandbox freedom
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The freedom to approach missions however you want never gets old.”
Steam review · 282.4 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%KONAMI2015Stealth · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A sandbox stealth masterpiece with unmatched mission freedom, but the story is unfinished and the second half repeats missions. Recent Denuvo and region-ban complaints; skip if you want a complete plot or mods.
Great for
Stealth fans who want open-ended, creative mission approaches and base building, and accept an incomplete story
Main risk
Repetitive, grindy second half and unfinished story; Denuvo update hurt performance and mods
What players love
Story feels unfinished but gameplay compensates
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the ending MAY be unfinished but the gameplay is so immaculate imma just let it slide”
Steam review · 51.6 h played ↗
High replayability and lots to do
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“The replayable missions, side ops and FOBs give a lot of replayability and infinite things to do.”
Steam review · 363.8 h played ↗
Addictive Mother Base and Fulton loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Building Mother Base, developing new equipment, extracting soldiers with the Fulton system, and watching your army grow kept me coming back for hundreds of hours.”
Steam review · 282.4 h played ↗
Smooth controls and polished gunplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“It is the best action game I've ever played on controller. No other game controls as well as this.”
Steam review · 425.4 h played ↗
Great performance and optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“optimization is perfect too, i play it on intel i3 and intel uhd integrated graphics.”
Steam review · 15.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Denuvo update broke mods
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“The latest update was not communicated in what it does and seems to only be to break mods.”
Steam review · 276.5 h played ↗
Unfinished story with repeated Chapter 2 missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Same missions over and over, same stealth stuff recycled”
Steam review · 43.2 h played ↗
Konami region bans and forced online
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The fact that Konami is banning players based on their nationality”
Steam review · 256.8 h played ↗
Empty, repetitive open world
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“I found myself wandering through this empty world, avoiding the outpost I had already cleared 20 times”
Steam review · 34.6 h played ↗
Grind, timers and microtransactions
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“the constant mobile game level of time and grind walled content was there to sell you on real money transactions”
Steam review · 24.4 h played ↗
Performance drops after Denuvo patch
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Naw, horrendous performance issues, cant even maintain stable FPS in fire fights.”
Steam review · 32 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support28 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7x64, Windows 8x64, Windows 10x64 (64-bit OS Required)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460 (3.40 GHz) or better; Quad-core or better
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2GB) or better (DirectX 11 card Required)
Storage28 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7x64, Windows 8x64, Windows 10x64 (64-bit OS Required)
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4790 (3.60GHz) or better; Quad-core or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 (DirectX 11 graphic card required)
Storage28 GB available space
OSWindows 7x64, Windows 8x64, Windows 10x64 (64-bit OS Required)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460 (3.40 GHz) or better; Quad-core or better
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (2GB) or better (DirectX 11 card Required)
Storage28 GB available space
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