Immersive, atmospheric living world
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Atmosphere-wise it is one of the best games ever created. It is one of a kind.”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Gothic 1 Classic
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Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%Piranha Bytes2001RPG · Action · Adventure
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A legendary, atmospheric prison-colony RPG with rewarding progression and a living world, held back by clunky controls, bugs and a weak late game. Skip it if you can't tolerate jank.
Great for
Patient RPG fans who love immersive worlds, tough starts and tinkering with mods or the UE5 beta
Main risk
Awkward controls and startup crashes or bugs on modern systems can stop you before the game gets good
What players love
Workshop mods and UE5 beta fix the pain
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“try the unreal engine 5 option (Properties -> Beta -> Unreal Engine version). Thank me later.”
Steam review · 109.3 h played ↗
Unique setting, factions and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The brutal, weird, and wholly unique setting of an isolated prison colony and all of the machinations occurring within make for an extremely gripping and interesting dark fantasy world to explore.”
Steam review · 12.5 h played ↗
Rewarding progression from nobody to powerhouse
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The climb from a chump to actual threat is the best and havent seen it since”
Steam review · 36.7 h played ↗
Dense, explorable open world
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Amazing map. It is dense and focused, it's clear a lot of care was put into the map”
Steam review · 35.4 h played ↗
Great soundtrack and sound design
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“The soundscape is just EPIC, the music and the sound effects are really iconic.”
Steam review · 29.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Won't launch or crashes on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Game doesn't run on modern hardware, unless your PC is more then 15 years old don't buy this.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Terrible, clunky controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The movement controls are so bad I feel like vomiting. Even selling an item is suffering.”
Steam review · 7.3 h played ↗
Price hike with no updates
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Holy moly doubling price of 20 year old game. Very sad example of corporate greed. There is no "update" or anything that justify it.”
Steam review · 74.7 h played ↗
Many bugs and broken quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Got stuck in textures. Got stuck in textures. Got stuck in textures.”
Steam review · translated · 35.5 h played ↗
Weak, clunky combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“Combat is awkward, crooked and unresponsive.”
Steam review · translated · 96.8 h played ↗
Excessive backtracking and fetch quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“I swear 90% of this game is just walking back in forth between POI's.”
Steam review · 24.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11
ProcessorIntel Pentium III 700 MHz
Memory512 MB RAM
Graphics3D graphics card with 32 MB Ram
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11
ProcessorIntel Pentium III 700 MHz
Memory512 MB RAM
Graphics3D graphics card with 32 MB Ram
Storage5 GB available space
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