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Gothic® 3 cover art

Gothic® 3

Piranha Bytes · THQ Nordic · 2009-12-02

SteamGOG

ActionRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 02, 2006 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A nameless hero becomes a legend! Myrtana, a world in upheaval: overrun by orcs from the dark lands in the north, King Rhobar is defending Vengard, the former stronghold of the humans, with his last troop of followers.

404
playing now
82%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
191
twitch viewers (latest)
62/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (226 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

404 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Gothic 3 is a 2006 action role-playing game for Windows developed by Piranha Bytes. It is the sequel to Gothic II and the third game in the Gothic franchise. Players control the Nameless Hero, who sails to a new continent overrun with orcs who have enslaved the human kingdom.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 404 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 491 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~61/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 495k–990k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,372 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-09-16) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 74 of 108 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18518520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

498422026-08-06 21:00 — 264 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 86 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 294 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 292 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 86 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 364 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 361 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 116 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 456 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 297 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 77 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 287 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 272 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 80 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 279 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 272 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 84 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 376 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 340 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 42 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 239 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 388 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 65 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 377 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 413 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 60 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 183 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 299 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 60 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 404 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.492015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-04-13 — best price $8.992015-07-08 — best price $13.882015-11-23 — best price $1.992016-04-05 — best price $2.842016-08-08 — best price $11.082017-03-13 — best price $2.492017-08-14 — best price $2.942017-12-28 — best price $2.492018-06-07 — best price $2.502018-10-22 — best price $2.502019-02-02 — best price $9.992019-07-19 — best price $2.502019-10-30 — best price $9.592020-01-20 — best price $9.992020-04-24 — best price $8.992020-08-10 — best price $2.492021-02-11 — best price $2.492021-05-18 — best price $9.992021-09-24 — best price $2.492022-01-14 — best price $2.492022-05-06 — best price $2.492022-09-14 — best price $2.502023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-04-29 — best price $9.992023-08-10 — best price $2.492023-12-02 — best price $9.992024-04-04 — best price $2.492024-07-20 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-11-03 — best price $4.992026-02-09 — best price $4.992026-05-23 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k652026-05-31 — 182 pageviews2026-06-03 — 367 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,056 pageviews2026-06-09 — 682 pageviews2026-06-12 — 512 pageviews2026-06-15 — 504 pageviews2026-06-18 — 389 pageviews2026-06-21 — 569 pageviews2026-06-24 — 269 pageviews2026-06-27 — 212 pageviews2026-06-30 — 167 pageviews2026-07-03 — 184 pageviews2026-07-06 — 192 pageviews2026-07-09 — 126 pageviews2026-07-12 — 208 pageviews2026-07-15 — 143 pageviews2026-07-18 — 183 pageviews2026-07-21 — 115 pageviews2026-07-24 — 104 pageviews2026-07-27 — 139 pageviews2026-07-30 — 104 pageviews2026-08-02 — 89 pageviews2026-08-05 — 87 pageviews2026-08-08 — 169 pageviews2026-08-11 — 102 pageviews2026-08-14 — 97 pageviews2026-08-17 — 106 pageviews2026-08-20 — 99 pageviews2026-08-23 — 98 pageviews2026-08-26 — 94 pageviews2026-08-28 — 70 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

19102026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 100 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 107 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 132 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 145 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 191 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Italian, Polish

Player tags

RPGMagicActionGothicClassicFantasyMedievalAdventureAction RPGOpen World

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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