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SeriesBeyond Good & Evil

Beyond Good & Evil

Critic score5 critics
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First release
Nov 11, 2003
Engine
Jade
Genres
Adventure, Shooter, Puzzle · Open world, Action, Science fiction, Stealth
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox 360

Beyond Good & Evil is an action-adventure game with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth-based games. The player controls the protagonist, Jade, from a third-person perspective. Jade can run, move stealthily, jump over obstacles and pits, climb ladders, push or bash doors and objects, and flatten herself against walls. As Jade, the player investigates a number of installations in search of the truth about a war with an alien threat.

Also known as Between Good & Evil, BGE, Project BG&E, За гранью добра и зла
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Storyline
Jade and Pey'j are care-taking the children of Hillys orphaned by the DomZ. When Jade runs out of money to run the shield that protects them, she finds a photography job, cataloguing all the species on Hillys for a science museum. She is recruited by the IRIS Network, which suspects that the Alpha Sections are behind planet-wide disappearances. Jade's first target of investigation is an Alpha Sections factory.Read more

Jade and Pey'j are care-taking the children of Hillys orphaned by the DomZ. When Jade runs out of money to run the shield that protects them, she finds a photography job, cataloguing all the species on Hillys for a science museum. She is recruited by the IRIS Network, which suspects that the Alpha Sections are behind planet-wide disappearances. Jade's first target of investigation is an Alpha Sections factory.

Release dates
PlayStation 2
Nov 11, 2003
Nintendo GameCube
Nov 12, 2003
PlayStation 2
Nov 14, 2003
All 10 release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 19, 2003
Xbox
Dec 02, 2003
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Dec 05, 2003
Nintendo GameCube
2003
Xbox
Feb 27, 2004
Nintendo GameCube
Feb 27, 2004
PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 13, 2008
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
9h
Main + Extras
12h
Completionist
10h
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person, Third person
Keywords
aliens, spy, photography, minigames, dystopian
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At a Glance

Critic Score
91
Main Story (IGDB)
9h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
12h
Completionist (IGDB)
10h
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Steam review summary

Steam users rate this Very Positive, 3,246 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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