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Gothic® 3
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
17 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“Faction system, challenging early progression, beautiful locations across three main biomes, immersive and rewarding exploration, multiple approaches to quest solving — [b]Gothic 3[/b] still has all the elements that…”
“[h1]After Gothic 1 and 2[/h1] After finishing Gothic 1 and 2, I went into Gothic 3 expecting more of the same style. Same rough charm, same progression, same world-building. After about 7 hours… I’m done. [hr][/hr]…”
“This is the best game I've ever played. My whole childhood was revolving around it. Ever since I was born, my dad was playing Gothic 3. He got me into this game and I watched. I played it without even asking for…”
10 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“Faction system, challenging early progression, beautiful locations across three main biomes, immersive and rewarding exploration, multiple approaches to quest solving — [b]Gothic 3[/b] still has all the elements that…”
“Most beautiful game ever created.”
“Good game with nice graphics for game that old.”
6 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“Still one of the best games in the thrilogy. Works flawless, no issues. Thanks to community patches bringing it up to date! it holds up well even after 20 years, i own the original packaging, CD, Booklet, etc to this…”
“Game is rough for sure, but if you will get used to it - you will have tons of good fun. There are no more games like this one. Strongly suggest to play with Unin+ modpack and g3 shaders ini configurator.”
“After all these years we can finally play a playable Gothic 3. I tried it on linux proton 8.05 and it runs very well. With PUP there are no lags and freezes at all. According the mods there are plenty for it depends on…”
5 of the 81 reviews raise this.
5 of the 81 reviews raise this.
“This is the best game I've ever played. My whole childhood was revolving around it. Ever since I was born, my dad was playing Gothic 3. He got me into this game and I watched. I played it without even asking for…”
“game crashed on one of the endings 10/10 (edit I have now crashed on the second ending lmao) no but tbf its a nice game; not as good as 2 or even 1 but it wraps up plot from 1/2 alright, there was definitely room for…”
“Very good continuation, through all the struggles.”
18 of the 81 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Faction system, challenging early progression, beautiful locations across three main biomes, immersive and rewarding exploration, multiple approaches to quest solving — [b]Gothic 3[/b] still has all the elements that…”
“[h1]After Gothic 1 and 2[/h1] After finishing Gothic 1 and 2, I went into Gothic 3 expecting more of the same style. Same rough charm, same progression, same world-building. After about 7 hours… I’m done. [hr][/hr]…”
15 of the 81 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“I played this game a lot when it first came out and had a lot of fun. I was only 9, maybe 10 at the time (playing Gothic instead of Pokemon or whatever), so it definitely left a strong impression on me. However, coming…”
9 of the 81 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Faction system, challenging early progression, beautiful locations across three main biomes, immersive and rewarding exploration, multiple approaches to quest solving — [b]Gothic 3[/b] still has all the elements that…”
“[h1]After Gothic 1 and 2[/h1] After finishing Gothic 1 and 2, I went into Gothic 3 expecting more of the same style. Same rough charm, same progression, same world-building. After about 7 hours… I’m done. [hr][/hr]…”
“I played this game a lot when it first came out and had a lot of fun. I was only 9, maybe 10 at the time (playing Gothic instead of Pokemon or whatever), so it definitely left a strong impression on me. However, coming…”
8 of the 81 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“This is still one of my favorite games up to this day. With the community patches, parallel patch and universal launcher you get a nearly smooth experience. The gameplay is very grindy and tedious which is something I…”
6 of the 81 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“+Game world is staggeringly ambitious at fully connected three continents spanning from sun-scorched deserts to ice-bound mountains, each with multiple cities +Faction system that genuinely lets player to side with…”
“Great game. Too bad it's unplayable without the community patches.”
Counted across 81 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“If I had the chance to choose one old game out of all existing ones to get a remake, without any hesitation I would choose Gothic 3. I genuinely dream of a remake of this game. I am ready to buy the remake of the first part when it comes out, and the second one as well, if it…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Only recommended with the following mods: CPT patch (ofc) quest packet mod content mod parallel universe mod lively towns mod consequences mod I also recommend the additional mods but they're not needed, just improves world aesthetic imho: Rebuilt armor and weapons mod alternate…”
— a player, Steam review · 228 hrs played“The game tries to do a lot of different things, and to be fair, most of them actually work. But the reputation system is a serious problem and ends up hurting the experience quite a bit. Once you liberate just two camps belonging to a faction, you’re basically locked out…”
— a player, Steam review · 72 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:37 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Open World · Fantasy · Action · Singleplayer · Third Person · Atmospheric · Medieval · Gothic · Adventure · Great Soundtrack · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain, Italian, Polish * , Russian * |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.gothic3.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP/2000/Vista/7/8/10/11 Processor: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD CPU 2 GHz or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 3D graphics card with 128 MB Ram and Shader 1.4 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 5 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible