Choices and consequences truly matter
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“What really surprised me, though, was how much your decisions actually matter.”
Steam review · 18.7 h played ↗
Alpha Protocol™
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%Obsidian Entertainment2010Stealth · RPG · Action
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A flawed but unique spy RPG with excellent reactive writing and choices, held back by clunky shooting, broken stealth, awful hacking minigames and a rough Steam port. Skip it if you need polished gameplay.
Great for
Story-focused RPG fans who love Mass Effect-style choices and can tolerate 2010-era jank
Main risk
Clunky shooting, broken stealth and awful hacking minigames, plus bugs and launch issues on the Steam version
What players love
Great spy thriller story and writing
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Excellent writing, it's Obsidian so the plot is intriguing”
Steam review · 16.4 h played ↗
High replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“A good one to play multiple times. Various ways to get throught the game, all are fun.”
Steam review · 20.1 h played ↗
Unique spy RPG, a cult classic
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“To this day, no one else has combined the spy genre with an RPG.”
Steam review · 14.6 h played ↗
Flexible builds and playstyles
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“there are multiple different skilltrees, so you can find a build that suits your playstyle whether you want to be sneaky or go guns blazing, melee or ranged”
Steam review · 19.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Terrible, inaccurate gunplay and combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“This game has problaly the worst shooting mechanics you can imagine or you ever experienced”
Steam review · 19.1 h played ↗
Bugs and unreliable saving
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“it will also corrupt your save at random.”
Steam review · 35.5 h played ↗
Broken stealth and psychic enemy AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“You get spotted without any modicum of warning in 0 seconds flat”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗
Awful hacking and lockpicking minigames
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The Hacking minigame is horrendous.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Steam version broken; GOG is better
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“As of August 2024 the Steam version is identical to the disc release in 2010 with the 1.1 retail patch and has none of the improvements of the GOG version.”
Steam review · 43.5 h played ↗
Unfair boss fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“It feels like despite offering a stealth build, the boss fights are not really made to account for that.”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable12 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
Processor2.4+ GHZ Intel® or 2.0+ GHZ AMD™
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce 6 series (6800GT or better,) ATI™ 1300XT series or greater (X1550, X1600 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements)
Storage12 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11
Processor2.4+ GHZ Intel® or 2.0+ GHZ AMD™
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce 6 series (6800GT or better,) ATI™ 1300XT series or greater (X1550, X1600 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements)
Storage12 GB available space
OSWindows 10
Processor2.4+ GHZ Intel® or 2.0+ GHZ AMD™
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® GeForce 6 series (6800GT or better,) ATI™ 1300XT series or greater (X1550, X1600 Pro and HD2400 are below minimum system requirements)
Storage12 GB available space
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