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System Shock: Enhanced Edition

Looking Glass Studios · Nightdive Studios · 2015-10-22

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 22, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Re-discover what made System Shock the first of it's kind, a ground breaking immersive sim that would inspire a generation of games to come....

6
playing now
89%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 37h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 77 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 59k–142k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,359 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
Humble Store$1.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-02-27) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 71 of 101 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-08-06 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-09-222026-08-302015-09-22 — best price $7.992016-05-28 — best price $2.492017-02-06 — best price $2.992017-08-13 — best price $9.992018-03-20 — best price $2.492018-08-24 — best price $1.292019-02-27 — best price $0.992019-11-15 — best price $2.492020-04-24 — best price $1.492020-07-14 — best price $9.992020-08-20 — best price $2.492020-10-04 — best price $7.342020-11-13 — best price $8.892021-01-04 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $3.992021-03-21 — best price $9.992021-05-01 — best price $9.992021-06-30 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-03-02 — best price $8.382022-08-24 — best price $7.342022-11-23 — best price $1.492023-05-09 — best price $9.992023-09-22 — best price $1.492024-02-14 — best price $1.492024-06-10 — best price $1.492024-10-24 — best price $3.492025-02-10 — best price $9.992025-05-15 — best price $7.892025-09-20 — best price $1.992025-12-11 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
19.6%
earned "Hacker"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,3818%6

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

Player tags

FPSRPGRetro1990'sActionHorrorSci-fiClassicAdventureCyberpunk

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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