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System Shock

Nightdive Studios · Atari · 2023-05-30

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 21, 2024 (PlayStation 4), May 21, 2024 (PlayStation 5), May 21, 2024 (Xbox One), May 21, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), May 30, 2023 (Linux), May 30, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!

74
playing now
90%
positive of 13k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (58 ratings)
31h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

74 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

System Shock is a 2023 first-person action-adventure game developed by Nightdive Studios and published by Prime Matter. It is a remake of the 1994 game System Shock by Looking Glass Studios. The game is set aboard a space station in a cyberpunk vision of the year 2072. Assuming the role of a nameless security hacker, the player attempts to hinder the plans of a malevolent artificial intelligence called SHODAN.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 74 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 692 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~87/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,769 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 258k–581k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,912 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99-70%
Microsoft Store$11.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Humble Store (2026-05-29) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 67 of 99 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.6k2.6k20232026Week of 2023-05-01: 829 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2,569 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 200 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

130362026-08-06 22:00 — 82 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 45 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 65 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 90 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 73 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 83 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 108 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 67 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 100 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 115 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 50 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 63 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 77 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 52 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 64 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 68 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 36 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 104 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 124 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 50 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 43 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 87 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 79 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 77 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 119 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 81 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 58 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 97 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 74 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$44.99$11.992021-02-252026-08-302021-02-25 — best price $44.992023-06-14 — best price $33.992023-08-07 — best price $27.992023-09-06 — best price $33.992023-09-28 — best price $39.992023-11-01 — best price $39.992023-12-04 — best price $25.992024-01-18 — best price $25.992024-02-14 — best price $25.992024-03-22 — best price $39.992024-05-03 — best price $17.992024-06-17 — best price $17.992024-07-31 — best price $39.992024-09-10 — best price $39.992024-10-14 — best price $17.992024-11-18 — best price $17.992024-12-12 — best price $15.992025-01-29 — best price $33.192025-03-12 — best price $33.192025-05-05 — best price $14.792025-06-17 — best price $39.992025-07-31 — best price $39.992025-09-10 — best price $33.192025-10-07 — best price $14.792025-10-29 — best price $33.192025-12-11 — best price $13.992026-01-31 — best price $13.992026-03-09 — best price $39.992026-04-16 — best price $13.992026-06-04 — best price $11.992026-07-08 — best price $33.192026-08-16 — best price $39.992026-08-30 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2951092026-05-29 — 121 pageviews2026-06-01 — 173 pageviews2026-06-04 — 181 pageviews2026-06-07 — 282 pageviews2026-06-10 — 176 pageviews2026-06-13 — 167 pageviews2026-06-16 — 170 pageviews2026-06-19 — 132 pageviews2026-06-22 — 170 pageviews2026-06-25 — 152 pageviews2026-06-28 — 159 pageviews2026-07-01 — 125 pageviews2026-07-04 — 166 pageviews2026-07-07 — 182 pageviews2026-07-10 — 149 pageviews2026-07-13 — 139 pageviews2026-07-16 — 132 pageviews2026-07-19 — 141 pageviews2026-07-22 — 127 pageviews2026-07-25 — 110 pageviews2026-07-28 — 157 pageviews2026-07-31 — 124 pageviews2026-08-03 — 142 pageviews2026-08-06 — 150 pageviews2026-08-09 — 129 pageviews2026-08-12 — 148 pageviews2026-08-15 — 157 pageviews2026-08-18 — 188 pageviews2026-08-21 — 151 pageviews2026-08-24 — 188 pageviews2026-08-26 — 181 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
89.6%
earned "Through The Looking Glass"
13.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,9862%46
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1,5942%46
PS5 (PlayStation)1,5556%46
PS5 (PlayStation)1,4235%46
PS4 (PlayStation)11510%46
PS4 (PlayStation)8610%46
Switch 2 (Nintendo)300%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FPSSpaceActionHorrorRemakeSci-fiShooterAdventureCyberpunkStory Rich

Census log

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

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