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System Shock: Enhanced Edition
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....
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.
“I wouldn't recommend this over the remake. My only reason for getting this version was to experience its atmosphere the way it was intended. Leaving a 'not recommended' review didn't feel fair to the game though. Since this is a very old game, you're expected to read the manual…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“First playthrough review time. System Shock Enhanced is an updated version of an old first-person sci-fi game set inside a big space facility that has gone wrong. You wake up after a long time in a place that is not normal anymore, and most of what happened before is not shown…”
— a player, Steam review · 35 hrs played“Don't get me wrong, I love System Shock, and Nightdive made a great port of it. However, 5 years ago, an update was pushed that makes the movement so choppy and weird it makes me feel kind of sick. In this amount of time, who knows how many others tried this for the first time…”
— a player, Steam review · 210 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Latest official news
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Source Port Update #5 is available now!
Hello Hackers, A new update for System Shock: Enhanced Edition is available now on Windows which includes the following fixes and improvements: Version 1.2.16 (2021-01-22): Fixed crash when user path
Source Port Update #4 is available now!
Hey Hackers! A small update to System Shock is available now which includes the following improvements: Upgraded engine to the latest version of the KEX Engine, Fixed an issue where text entered onto
Source Port Update #3 is available now!
Hello Hackers, A new update for System Shock: Enhanced Edition is available now which includes the following fixes and improvements: Version 1.1.8 (2018-10-26): Fixed crash on some screen resolutions
Source Port Update #2 is available now!
Hello Hackers, A new update for System Shock: Enhanced Edition is available now which includes the following fixes and improvements: Version 1.1.7 (2018-09-25): Fixed audio bug when XMIDI sequence not
Source Port Update #1 is available now!
Greetings Hackers, A new patch is out now for System Shock Enhanced Edition that fixes the following issues: Version 1.1.5 (2018-09-13): Increased maximum 3D points from 256 to 1024 in order to preven
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | Immersive Sim · Cyberpunk · Classic · RPG · Horror · Sci-fi · FPS · Action · First-Person · Adventure · Retro · Cult Classic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , German * * |
| Achievements | 6 |
| Official site | http://www.nightdivestudios.com/games/system-shock/?utm_source=steampowered.com&utm_medium=product&utm_campaign=website%20-%20system%20shock%20enhanced |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1 GHz Processor Memory: 128 MB RAM Graphics: Any 100% OpenGL capable card (Card or Onboard) Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: 100% DirectX capable sound card or on-board audio