Best-in-class writing and story
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“One of the best RPG's of all time. Best writing and prose in just about any game ever made.”
Steam review · 67.5 h played ↗
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Beamdog2017CRPG · RPG · Adventure
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A dialogue-driven CRPG with some of gaming's best writing, setting and companions, but weak combat and heavy reading. Skip it if you want tactical combat or dislike lots of text.
Great for
Readers who want a philosophical, dialogue-first RPG and can tolerate clunky combat
Main risk
Bad combat, endless text and fetch quests can make it a chore to play
What players love
Unique, atmospheric Planescape setting
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“sigil is awesome and i wish there were more games in this setting because the city of doors is truly one of the best settings for an RPG you could ask for”
Steam review · 10.7 h played ↗
Memorable companions and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Dak'kon and Morte being some of the best companions in any video game”
Steam review · 74.8 h played ↗
Deep philosophical themes
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“profound philosophical discourse wrapped in an RPG, exploring ideas spanning nihilism, fatalism and Nietzschean philosophy”
Steam review · 75.7 h played ↗
Combat is minor and easy to skip
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“I recommend turning the difficulty all the way down, combat is not important.”
Steam review · 56.4 h played ↗
Choices and dialogue that matter
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“It is amazing to see how much your dialogues with the many, many NPCs actually matter”
Steam review · 88.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bad, clunky combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Combat is easily the worst thing about this game. It's tedious at best, and downright frustrating at worst.”
Steam review · 30.3 h played ↗
Too much reading, more book than game
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“A book would be a better medium for this.”
Steam review · 53 h played ↗
Dated, clunky interface and graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“small Ui icons and clunky controls show signs of time and of technical limitations of 2000's”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Repetitive fetch quests and filler
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the sheer amount of fetch quests drove me to insanity. Back and forth and back and forth.”
Steam review · 12.5 h played ↗
Game-breaking bugs and soft-locks
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“I hard locked my progress by entering an area sooner than I was expected.”
Steam review · 24.2 h played ↗
Crashes and launch/save problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“This current build is not stable. This crashed twice today within an hour.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7, 8.1, 10, 11 64-bit
ProcessorDual Core Processor
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 2.0 compatible
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10, 11 64-bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 3 or Intel Core i3 processor
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon RX or NVIDIA GTX video card
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows 7, 8.1, 10, 11 64-bit
ProcessorDual Core Processor
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 2.0 compatible
Storage2 GB available space
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