007 First Light

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%2026

The verdict

A polished, cinematic Bond origin story from the Hitman studio, closer to Uncharted than Hitman. Skip it if you want sandbox freedom, challenge, or lasting value at full price.

Great for

Bond fans and Uncharted-style cinematic action fans who want a single-playthrough story, ideally on sale

Main risk

Expecting Hitman-style freedom and getting a linear, hand-holding, short game that feels overpriced

What changed in the last 30 days

162 recent reviews

Several recent negative reviews report the game not launching or black-screening after updates, and path tracing performing poorly even on top GPUs. A recent free DLC and 1.3.0 update are praised by some. Moderate confidence.

162 recent reviews

What players love

Engaging story, acting and cutscenes

Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews

“Well designed game with great acting and story telling”
Steam review · 112.9 h played ↗

“the sarcasm and quips between the characters, and the slow unravelling relationship between Bond & Greenway”
Steam review · 20 h played ↗

“The story is excellent with references to classic and more recent Bond films. The character writing is honestly top notch.”
Steam review · 23.7 h played ↗

Beautiful graphics and path tracing

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“the beautifully crafted world, destructive environments, and mind blowing visuals”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗

“path tracing brings it all to the next level”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗

Authentic Bond movie feel

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“We all had that feeling, after leaving a 007 movie, of trying to adopt his personality and charm for a day. This game is 20+ hours of that feeling.”
Steam review · 14.3 h played ↗

“it truly feels like experiencing the beginning of a Bond movie - only this time, you get to play it.”
Steam review · 60.5 h played ↗

“I felt like I was in a Bond movie, the action, the story, the music, made it such a great immersive experience.”
Steam review · 47 h played ↗

Stealth and action mix with some freedom

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“Stealth or manic mayhem? super fun game, best bond game in a long time.”
Steam review · 18 h played ↗

“the open-choice system for completing missions that allows you to chase leads at any time and in any order”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗

Satisfying melee and gunplay

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“The gunplay is really solid, but the Close Quarters Combat (CQC) is where this game truly shines.”
Steam review · 22.4 h played ↗

“throwing weapons at enemies and pulling off finishers is absurdly satisfying”
Steam review · 21.3 h played ↗

Great soundtrack and tutorial intro

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“Music - This is where the game imo is a 10/10.”
Steam review · 21.1 h played ↗

“The best tutorial in any game I've seen.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 7.5 h played ↗

What players complain about

Linear, on rails and hand-holding

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“Every single time I tried to get a bit "off script" I was met with invisible walls, blockages, or Bond turning around because of the objective...”
Steam review · 9.3 h played ↗

“Gameplay is made absolutely annoying and frustrating by the inexplicably early and constant reminders of your mission and hints of what to do.”
Steam review · 16.2 h played ↗

“They lead you by the hand the whole time, showing what you can and can't do.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 15.4 h played ↗

Repetitive gameplay loop and padding

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“super repetitive game cycle go to this location > blend in< find a way to access locked area < fight enemies< done.”
Steam review · 18.5 h played ↗

“every level follows one scheme: eavesdrop on a dialogue, distract a dumb NPC, enter the location, grab the item.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 17.2 h played ↗

Dumb enemy AI and weak stealth

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews

“Guards ignore obvious threats, forget you exist after five seconds, and react to chaos like it’s someone else’s problem.”
Steam review · 9.8 h played ↗

“Enemy AI is similar to games we'd see in the early 2000's. Dumb as bricks, deaf, blind, etc. until you're very close to them.”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗

Crashes, launch failures and path tracing performance

Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews

“it crashed once and since then it isn't booting at all.”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗

“anytime you die or reload a mission you have to wait about a minute and a half.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗

“even a 5090 drops to it's knees”
Steam review · 14 h played ↗

Overpriced for the short length

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“I cannot really recommend anyone pay 70 euros for 15hours of campaign.”
Steam review · 14.7 h played ↗

“The game is solid, but there is not enough content to be worth the price of admission.”
Steam review · 13 h played ↗

Little replay value after campaign

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“the games replay value is minimal as Tactical Simulations and Operations become overplayed quite quickly making everything feel highly repetitive”
Steam review · 111.7 h played ↗

“there's been almost no support 3 months later. Only 1 mission pack, a bunch of outfits”
Steam review · 22.4 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSMICROSOFT WINDOWS 10/11, 64-BIT

ProcessorINTEL CORE i5 9500, AMD RYZEN 5 3500

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GFORCE GTX 1660, AMD RX 5700, INTEL DISCRETE GPU EQUIVALENT

Storage80 GB available space

Recommended

OSMICROSOFT WINDOWS 10/11, 64-BIT

ProcessorINTEL CORE i5 13500, AMD RYZEN 5 7600

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 TI, AMD RX 6700 XT, INTEL DISCRETE GPU EQUIVALENT

Storage80 GB available space

OSMICROSOFT WINDOWS 10/11, 64-BIT

ProcessorINTEL CORE i5 9500, AMD RYZEN 5 3500

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GFORCE GTX 1660, AMD RX 5700, INTEL DISCRETE GPU EQUIVALENT

Storage80 GB available space

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