Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
A huge, atmospheric open-world RPG with a great soundtrack, but unfinished, with weak melee combat and repetitive quests. Skip it unless you patch it with community fixes.
Great for
Gothic fans and patient explorers who will install community patches and play as a mage or archer
Main risk
Unfinished, buggy base game with clunky melee combat and repetitive fetch quests
24 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mostly complain that the game stays broken even with fixes, plus disappointment after the earlier games. No single new bug or patch is clearly behind it, so confidence is low.
24 recent reviews
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“with the current community patches and parallel worlds patch it's almost functionally perfect and the game underneath (while jank) is one of the most interesting and underappreciated games of the CRPG genre.”
Steam review · 25.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Epic conclusion to the Gothic story, and a must for all who played and enjoyed the first two games!”
Steam review · 449.5 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“In my opinion, Gothic 3 has the best soundtrack of all of those three titles and it just warms my heart.”
Steam review · 44.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“A world where you walk into and instantly feel like- yes, this place is at war and I can change that.”
Steam review · 32 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Faction system that genuinely lets player to side with rebels, oppressors or carve their own path.”
Steam review · 66.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“the mage path is the best and least stressfull, so please for the first timers, go play as a mage.”
Steam review · 153.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“it crashes every time I reload the most recent save, tab out from the window and if I teleport to another town”
Steam review · 7.4 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Dont try a melee run. Its pure pain, hitboxes are ♥♥♥♥, enemys attack way too fast and often dont get staggered when hit”
Steam review · 260.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“ALL quests are extremely simplistic and devoid of story.”
Steam review · 8.8 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“you can't even play this game anymore unless you download community-made patches beforehand.”
Steam review · 49.6 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“1090 rubles. What else is there to say? They've lost their minds and spat in players' faces.”
Steam review · translated · 1.7 h played ↗
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“The world in Gothic 3 is vast compared with the first two games. Vast, but empty.”
Steam review · 55.2 h played ↗
From the Steam store page
Minimum
Recommended
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+ Excellent story and characters
− Still buggy and unpolished
analyzed 2 d ago
+ Rich D&D setting and lore
− Pay-to-win monetization and paywalls
analyzed 1 d ago
+ Friendly free-to-play monetization
− Undisclosed kernel anti-cheat and trackers
analyzed 1 d ago
+ Vast, rewarding open world to explore
− Paid Tarnished Edition DLC backlash
analyzed 1 d ago
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