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The Thing: Remastered
The Thing: Remastered is a faithful restoration of the cult-classic 2002 third-person survival horror shooter game inspired by Universal Pictures’ genre-defining 1982 film, The Thing
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
26 of the 92 reviews raise this.
“Great game. Deserves not just a remaster but a remake as well. An early pioneer of the squad-based shooter genre.”
9 of the 92 reviews raise this.
“plays just like the original on PS2, clunky at times but looks good for a "remaster"... its not a remake, i feel like a lot of people don't understand the difference, if you love The Thing... play it!”
6 of the 92 reviews raise this.
“The Thing is a legendary movie and game that people still talk about today. Huge thanks to the devs for this remaster 🙌 it finally lets me play it smoothly on a modern PC with ultrawide support! 🧊 Story (No Spoilers):…”
5 of the 92 reviews raise this.
“Finally had the chance to play this action-horror gem back in the PS2 era, and I was quite surprised that this game was ahead of its time. The panic system towards your allies, the uncertainty of when your team would…”
“Great short horror game. A good play through for fans of the movie. A couple of bugs might have you restart from a checkpoint a couple of minutes back but I only had an issue in one spot. Plays like a classic early…”
“Great mechanics, nice, shortish, straightforward. Would recommend to anyone who wants a quick uncomplicated yet fun campaign, or to any fan of the movie.”
3 of the 92 reviews raise this.
“I'm gonna have to give THE THING (remastered) a tentative recommendation. The deal with this game is that you can tell it was made by people who GET what made the movie work. Its especially apparent in the first…”
18 of the 92 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Honestly, Great remaster, if you loved the game back in the day and want to play it again, get it. But this was my first time playing the game, so all the feedback isn't directed at the remaster studio. The game is…”
“Have you ever wanted to taste what expired dog urine is like? The saltiness? Perhaps its acidity? Then look no further that this outdated shooter. Waypoints? This game hasn't heard of them. You will be wondering and…”
“Nah. it aged extremely bad.”
8 of the 92 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“I'm probably one of the biggest The Thing fans out there. I appreciate what this game did when it comes to the whole fear mechanic and how it ties into the movie itself. But 5 HOURS?!!! 5 F**KING HOURS?! FOR 29 EUROS?!…”
7 of the 92 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Tengo que reconocer que fue una compra por nostalgia, ya que cuando lo jugue por primera ves en PC me encanto, y para ser sinceros esta ves no tanto (me parecio medio tonto) ademas se sintion facil, esta bien que lo…”
“I played this on pc years ago without finishing it, despite really being into it. This then is the way to go now, and the campaign was still fun. It shows it's age, the third person shooting is simplistic for example,…”
“plays just like the original on PS2, clunky at times but looks good for a "remaster"... its not a remake, i feel like a lot of people don't understand the difference, if you love The Thing... play it!”
7 of the 92 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“I'm probably one of the biggest The Thing fans out there. I appreciate what this game did when it comes to the whole fear mechanic and how it ties into the movie itself. But 5 HOURS?!!! 5 F**KING HOURS?! FOR 29 EUROS?!…”
“it's alright but not worth the asking price completed it in under 6 hours on hard and im not a pro or anything meaning it was my first time playing this game get it on sale”
5 of the 92 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Good game but the ladder half of the plot leaves me confused...”
“a decent survival horror game,pretty clunky and the story is not that good,i enjoyed it tho,if you love the thing this is a must buy on sale 7/10”
Counted across 92 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 89.5% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“It's a fun game, the remaster is pretty good, and the controls and graphics are ok. As for the game itself, the gameplay is fairly basic but still features some original mechanics, particularly the team and stress systems. The story, on the other hand, is pretty messy, there are…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“---{Graphics}--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{Gameplay}--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay (It is very basic but it was good for when it first came out.) ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“I wanted to love this, but Nightdive managed to break the experience by keeping the worst parts of the original and removing the only safety nets. Here just three reasons to don't buy it, avoiding a waste of our precious time. One - The Infamous Fisk Bug is still here: Just like…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 1.1 is available now!
General: - Fixed the Conspiracy Theorist achievement. Old saved games are retroactively fixed! - Updated Colins Fate achievement description. - Fixed a softlock where Stolls would stop running to the
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · Survival Horror · Sci-fi · Shooter · Third Person · Third-Person Shooter · Horror · 3D · Aliens · Adventure · Thriller · Blood (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 11 |
| Official site | https://www.nightdivestudios.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-Bit Required) Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.4GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X @ 3.5GHz or better Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 TI (2GB) or AMD HD 7750 (1GB) or better DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card or onboard sound