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System Shock: Enhanced Edition

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Critic score3 critics
First release
Sep 22, 2015
Engine
KEX
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Shooter, Puzzle · Action, Science fiction, Horror

Exactly twenty one years after its first release, System Shock is back! The Enhanced Edition adds a modern touch to this true classic gem, without taking anything from its unmistakable atmosphere. See for yourself that the game that has been called the benchmark for intelligent first-person gaming, has lost nothing of its ability to keep you on the edge of your seat. You're a renowned hacker, the most notorious cyberspace thief in the corporate world. Caught during a risky break-in, you become indentured to Diego, a greedy Trioptium exec who bankrolls a rare cyberjack implant operation. After six months in a healing coma, you awaken to the twisted aftermath of a terrible disaster. Where are the surgeons? Why is the station in such disrepair? Slowly, the chilling realization that something is very wrong creeps over you. Once a prime corporate research facility, Citadel now teems with mindless cyborgs, robots and terribly mutated beings, all programmed to serve SHODAN, a ruthless A.I. There's scarcely time to think before it unleashes the first terror...

Also known as sekhmet_x64.exe

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Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 22, 2015
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
10h
Main + Extras
15h
Completionist
37h
Age ratings
USK 16ESRB M
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Where to buy
Keywords
cyberpunk, dark, robots, futuristic, action-adventure
… All 11, cyborg, mutants, hacking, single-player only, dynamic soundtrack, interconnected-world

At a Glance

Critic Score
89
Main Story (IGDB)
10h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
15h
Completionist (IGDB)
37h

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Steam users rate this Very Positive, 1,787 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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