Great music, story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Great dialogue, fantastic music (especially the Monastery one)”
Steam review · 170.7 h played ↗
Gothic II: Gold Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Piranha Bytes2005RPG · Action · Adventure
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 4 h ago
The verdict
A beloved, deep open-world RPG classic with great exploration, quests and atmosphere. Skip it if you dislike clunky controls, punishing balance, or setting up mods to run it.
Great for
Patient RPG fans who love exploration, reactive worlds and old-school challenge, especially Gothic 1 veterans
Main risk
It may crash or not launch on modern PCs without community patches, and clunky combat and balance can frustrate.
What players love
Great mod scene and Steam Workshop support
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“thanks to the Steam workshop downloading and enabling mods has never been easier.”
Steam review · 22.7 h played ↗
Immersive, living-world atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“NPCs go under a roof when it's raining, go to sleep at night and go to work at day”
Steam review · 159.8 h played ↗
Dense, rewarding world to explore
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The world is a joy to explore due to the insanely detailed map.”
Steam review · 59.8 h played ↗
Quests with multiple solutions and freedom
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“The quests are also done really well offering multiple solutions and outcomes.”
Steam review · 75.5 h played ↗
Satisfying progression from weakling to hero
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“going from a wimp who can be killed by a large rat to an uber Demi-God that can defeat all comers, even Dragons!”
Steam review · 509.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Won't launch or crashes on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Steam says that I spent 9 hours plaing this game. All these 9 hours I was trying to launch this game.”
Steam review · 9.1 h played ↗
Clunky, janky controls and combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the combat is floaty constipated and janky as ever and clearing out scenarios with more than 1 enemy is absolutely agonizing”
Steam review · 5.9 h played ↗
Price hike by THQ Nordic
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“130% price increase is crazy. don't buy, unless on great discount.”
Steam review · 49.1 h played ↗
Punishing balance and grindy progression (NotR)
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Do not play this game without consulting the wiki. Progression system will turn the late game into torture if you go in blind.”
Steam review · 53.5 h played ↗
Tedious backtracking and vague quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“a LOOOOOOOOT of backtracking. You go back 10+ times to each area. And this with no sprint and no fast travel till late game.”
Steam review · 34 h played ↗
Combat RNG: weak hits until skill is raised
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“in the second game you deal 1/10th of your regular damage unless you crit”
Steam review · 41.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP/2000/ME/98/Vista/7/8/10
ProcessorIntel Pentium III 700 MHz
Memory256 MB RAM
Graphics3D graphics card with 32 MB Ram
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows XP/2000/ME/98/Vista/7/8/10
ProcessorIntel Pentium III 700 MHz
Memory256 MB RAM
Graphics3D graphics card with 32 MB Ram
Storage5 GB available space
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