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System Shock: Enhanced Edition

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

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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....

System Shock: Enhanced Edition is an Action, Adventure, RPG game released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 2359 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.

3
playing now
89%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
7
Nexus mods (1.1k downloads)
15h
to beat · rushed 10h · completionist 37h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 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 10% of 27,731 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 59k–142k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,372 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
Humble Store$1.99-80%
Steam$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 100 of 125 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

1302026-09-15 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.292015-09-222026-10-142015-09-22 — best price $7.992016-05-29 — best price $9.992017-02-14 — best price $1.492017-08-21 — best price $9.992018-04-24 — best price $9.992018-09-11 — best price $4.992019-06-25 — best price $2.492020-01-23 — best price $3.492020-05-27 — best price $3.492020-07-27 — best price $9.992020-09-13 — best price $9.992020-10-25 — best price $8.892020-12-04 — best price $9.992021-01-24 — best price $8.382021-03-06 — best price $9.992021-04-13 — best price $9.992021-06-04 — best price $9.992021-09-20 — best price $9.992022-01-28 — best price $7.342022-07-22 — best price $3.492022-11-17 — best price $7.342023-04-17 — best price $7.892023-08-28 — best price $1.992024-02-13 — best price $7.342024-06-10 — best price $1.492024-10-28 — best price $1.992025-02-21 — best price $9.992025-05-31 — best price $7.342025-09-27 — best price $7.892026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-04-25 — best price $7.342026-08-01 — best price $7.892026-09-05 — best price $1.992026-10-08 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-10-09 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSRPGRetro1990'sActionHorrorSci-fiClassicAdventureCyberpunk

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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