Nostalgia and a fond cult classic
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“After all these years, for a few hours I felt like I was back in 2009 again.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
You Are Empty: Absolute Edition
Worth buying? What 170 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 170 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Digital Spray Studios, Mandel ArtPlains, Jordan Freeman Group, ZOOM Platform Media2026FPS · Shooter · Action
$7.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 44 min ago
The verdict
A short, janky 4-6 hour Soviet horror shooter with superb atmosphere and level design, cheap and now running on modern PCs. Skip it if you want tight gunplay.
Great for
Nostalgic players and retro-FPS fans who enjoy atmospheric, janky Eastern European shooters at a low price
Main risk
Clunky, repetitive shooting plus launch bugs (crashes, antivirus flags, saves) can sour a short game
What players love
Oppressive Soviet atmosphere and design
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“If there is one thing You Are Empty has in spades in absolute atmosphere.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
Runs on modern hardware with QoL fixes
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“FPS is unlocked and the engine no longer messes up animations and physics if you try to run the game at anything higher than 30FPS”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗
Great level and art design, memorable enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“amazing art and level design that, more often than not, made me accidentally go the correct way to progress”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Cheap price for a good re-release
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“this is what a good remaster at a reasonable price looks like.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
Good soundtrack and stylized cutscenes
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“I cannot overstate how hard the ost went at some points”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak, clunky gunplay and dated design
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Its so clunky and stale it don't make it hard, just frustrating and boring”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
Crashes and launch instability
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“crash after the cutscene when you drive away in the car.”
Steam review · translated · 0.6 h played ↗
Bugs: graphics, resolution, controllers
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“5120 × 1440 resolution is bugged.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Short, weak story, little new content
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
Antivirus flags the game as a trojan
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Kaspersky really doesn't want to get along with the game.”
Steam review · translated · 0.5 h played ↗
Broken saves and sprint
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“The devs added Shift movement speed and I laughed so much!”
Steam review · translated · 3.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnknownController support5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel or AMD with at least 2 cores
Memory1 GB RAM
Graphics1GB VRAM GPU
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel or AMD with at least 2 cores
Memory1 GB RAM
Graphics1GB VRAM GPU
Storage5 GB available space
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