Excellent writing and story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“it is completely overshadowed by the amazing story, if you like games with a good, captivating story PLEASE PLAY THIS GAME!!!”
Steam review · 106.5 h played ↗
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Harebrained Schemes2015CRPG · RPG · Strategy
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A story-heavy, atmospheric Shadowrun CRPG with great writing and companions, but very text-heavy, with a disliked real-time decking minigame and lingering bugs. Skip it if you want action.
Great for
Readers who love cyberpunk-fantasy worlds, character-driven stories and tabletop-style RPGs
Main risk
Walls of dialogue and tedious decking can make it feel like a slow visual novel
What players love
Faithful Shadowrun atmosphere and setting
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“This game is saturated to the brim with Shadowrun's atmosphere, from the music, to the NPCs, to the companions, enemies and locations.”
Steam review · 107.5 h played ↗
Memorable companions and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the companions are one of the most interesting in the genre and the dialogue varies crazy depending on your choices and who you take with you.”
Steam review · 38.9 h played ↗
Refined combat and build variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Everything that was iffy or tedious in the Dragonfall has been smoothed out, and you actually get enough progression to feel like you can complete a character build.”
Steam review · 526.2 h played ↗
Best entry in the trilogy
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Shadowrun Hong Kong is the best of the three.”
Steam review · 91.4 h played ↗
Replayability and workshop content
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“I also highly recommend checking out the usermade campaigns”
Steam review · 68.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Excessive, bloated dialogue
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“There is an excessive amount of dialogue here, much of which is irrelevant, bloated, and painfully overwritten”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗
Worse than Dragonfall
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Weakest of the three by far.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Game-breaking bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the amount of gamebreaking bugs in this game makes no sense.”
Steam review · 23.5 h played ↗
Real-time decking minigame is frustrating
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The "Matrix/Decking" content in this is utter garbage.”
Steam review · 16.4 h played ↗
Weak, RNG-heavy combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Clumsy, annoying, with RNG that makes XCOM look good in comparison.”
Steam review · 17.9 h played ↗
Won't launch or crashes on modern systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“Tried installing it again on a new PC with Win 11 and it still will not run.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable10 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP SP3/Vista/Windows 7 & 8
Processorx86-compatible 1.8GHz or faster processor
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX compatible 3D graphics card with at least 256MB of addressable memory
Storage10 GB available space
OSWindows XP SP3/Vista/Windows 7 & 8
Processorx86-compatible 1.8GHz or faster processor
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX compatible 3D graphics card with at least 256MB of addressable memory
Storage10 GB available space
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