Deus Ex: Invisible War
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Game
Game2007
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Developer Ion Storm
Deus Ex is a 2000 action role-playing game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive. Originally released for Microsoft Windows, it was released for Mac OS the same year, and for PlayStation 2 in 2002. A remaster for modern platforms was originally scheduled for release in February 2026, but was later delayed to an unspecified date. The gameplay—combining first-person shooter, stealth, and… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
490 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
94
LovedLoved
263 positive · 18 negative
95% range 90–96%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 263 | 18 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 49 | 10 | 112 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Mastodon * | 7 | 1 | 9 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
11,523 of 12,095 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
94% recommend · 234 yes, 15 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 249 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (14,911 of 15,725 positive).
Players widely regard Deus Ex as a genre-defining masterpiece that remains unmatched decades later. [1][2][3] Many praise its prescient story, noting it predicted modern issues like surveillance and conspiracy. [4][5][6] Some find the game difficult to run on modern systems and criticize dated controls or level design. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
Extremely difficult to get running in my experience with just as jank controls and systems mostly due to its age. Perhaps this is my age showing but I could not get into how everything flowed in gameplay when I wasn't fighting the game to keep it functioning. HOWEVER, the writing is genuinely just that good you should try to play it and if you can't due to modern system setups then please watch some youtube on the …
- [1]
i had to afk the game to write this review lol Deus ex is a genre defining masterpiece, and you already know that by now. with the new "remaster" coming, i have to remind people that there's an amazing mod on steam called " Deus Ex: Revision" which is a is a community-made overhaul of the game, and the best thing is that it's completely free as long as you own this game , "It features new environments, music, …
- [3]
A Timeless Masterpiece That Still Outclasses Modern Games If you’ve never played Deus Ex, you owe it to yourself to finally experience it. And if you have? It’s absolutely worth revisiting. 10/10 — A landmark in gaming history that still feels ahead of its time.
- [18]
This game is one of a kind. It is, unequivocally, the best I've ever played. I've been chasing the high since. It is so good that it has poisoned my perception of other games, because in a quarter of a century every new release only shows further regression from this level of depth. If this is an immersive sim, there are no other immersive sims. People will tell you the graphics are bad. They are philistines, boors …
- [2]
The best video game ever made. As years pass, you realize nobody will ever top it; the industry peaked in 2000. 26 long years ago. That’s terror.
Summarised from 34 of the 373 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
94% of the 249 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition. The complaint that keeps coming up: difficult to get running on modern systems. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
According to Computer Gaming World's Stefan Janicki, Deus Ex had "sold well in North America" by early 2001 with regular placement in top ten best-selling lists for several weeks, and showed even better performance in Europe with similar sales position throughout the summer of 2000. The game achieved sales of 138,840 copies and revenues of $5 million in the United States by the end of 2000, according to PC Data. It received a "Silver" award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA) in February 2002, indicating lifetime sales of at least 100,000 units in the United Kingdom. The ELSPA later raised it to "Gold" status, for 200,000 sales. As of April 2009, Deus…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 490 · most liked firstMy son works for this company here in the U.K. It was playing the video game ‘Deus Ex’ that set him on the path to becoming a Biomechanical Engineer. Sometimes, it’s nice to highlight the good things that video games can do. And also remind myself just how proud of him I am.
positive · AI labelView post →More serious journalists need to play video games so they can connect the dots between Elon Musk’s obsession with Deus Ex (he keeps a fake gun from the game by his bed), and his obsession with a malevolent AI killing everyone if he doesn’t make it first to placate it.
neutral · AI labelView post →DK Bananza is a superb videogame, damn. Proves my thesis that the Mario team is the true carrier of the Deus Ex torch. The scale, verticality, the THREE DIMENSIONALITY of this game is so far beyond everyone else. I have no idea how their toolkit looks, how they MAKE these things???
neutral · AI labelView post →Thinking about it, the original Deus Ex may be the king of choice in a game with a story, because your choices are significant, linked to gameplay and unforced. From the very start, for instance, whether you use or avoid lethal force against the “terrorists” determines something about you.
positive · AI labelView post →They slapped a war on terror label to DEUS EX 2, a game series about the government brainwashing you and also aliens you can fight with katanas
neutral · AI labelView post →NEWS: Embracer Group has canceled a Deus Ex video game that was in development for ~2 years and laid off an unspecified number of staff at Eidos Montreal: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
neutral · AI labelView post →Also worth noting that Deus Ex GOTY is a goddamn dollar on Steam right now. One friggin dollar!
positive · AI labelView post →I hate that I seemingly can’t tell the difference between “this game is like this because the dev is in love with Deus Ex” and “this game is like this because the dev is an actual conspiracy theorist who probably has a lot of opinions about race science”
neutral · AI labelView post →Why the fuck can’t this guy have good taste and get us a new Deus Ex game
positive · AI labelView post →DEUS EX is one of a half-dozen or so games that I think can make a serious claim to "greatest game ever"
positive · AI labelView post →Sci-Fi Author: In my game Mankind Divided I invented the Augs as a cautionary tale Society: At long last, we have created the anti-aug discrimination from classic sci-fi game Deus Ex Mankind Divided
neutral · AI labelView post →This is what the fake social media app you find on a computer in a Deus Ex game looks like.
neutral · AI labelView post →With how much hacking, stealth, espionage, and dystopian politics there are in Ghost in the Shell, it stanks that every game based on it is "shoot the bad guys" instead of something similar to Deus Ex Ghost in the Shell im-sim would be a dream come true
neutral · AI labelView post →to put it this way: it's pretty cool to be the person to tell someone about Deus Ex, because it's a really weird and interesting game, but also if you're covering Elon Musk you have to know about Deus Ex, it should not be on me to tell you.
neutral · AI labelView post →Deus Ex turns 26! (Officially tomorrow, I think.) So many memories. Connecting with a huge number of people due to this game development. Eternally grateful.
positive · AI labelView post →Everyone knows Deus Ex is one of the most important games ever, so I'll use its 25th anniversary to highlight another game: CyberMage: Darklight Awakening. It's a 1995 immersive sim led by David Bradley (Wizardry V-VII), Warren Spector & Harvey Smith - a forgotten stepping stone towards Deus Ex!
neutral · AI labelView post →I would also take a pittance of my money, a mere PITTANCE and fully fund a new Deus Ex game every year and give it away for free. Instead of retweeting Ian Miles Cheong sweating I’d be like hey ask me for the new Deus Ex game and I’ll give it to you on Steam, it’s free, please like me
positive · AI labelView post →This is pornographic. I have zero need for this. But look at it. I want to hack panels in a Deus Ex game with this thing soulscircuit.com/pilet
neutral · AI labelView post →The composer of the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided soundtrack has released a free collection of unused music from the game. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/deus-ex...
neutral · AI labelView post →i love that the Deus Ex Remaster takes the game from looking like it came out in 2000 to looking like it came out in 2006
neutral · AI labelView post →With every game I play, I keep thinking back to Deus Ex, and the lessons that weren't learned. Deus Ex has no minimap, no objective markers; it drops you into an environment and tells you to find something or someone. Which forces you to engage with the world, and to think, to deduce.
positive · AI labelView post →Y'all ever play this game Deus Ex Seems pretty great so far Never played it before, not sure many know about it
positive · AI labelView post →Game - Deus Ex Song- Enemy Within Year- 2000 Developer-Ion Storm Composer - Alexander Brandon Genre - FPS/RPG
neutral · AI labelView post →Omgawd, Kit and I are just watching the State of Play and seen the Deus Ex Remastered spotlight. It looks awful. ;o; Console players and the game itself deserve so much better. So, going to give the Revision community overhaul another boost - now includes the Lay D Denton mod too.
negative · AI labelView post →Warren Spector (Deus Ex) announced hia retirement from game development. "But the game business has changed and it’s just not as much fun for me anymore. Plus there’s a new generation of developers coming up who deserve their time in the sun." www.videogameschronicle.com/news/its-jus...
neutral · AI labelView post →"Okay Jeffrey he's the wealthiest man on Earth, a juicy blackmail target. Just keep nodding as he describes the plot of a PC game called Deus Ex."
neutral · AI labelView post →Did you guys know Elon’s favorite game is Deus Ex and the writer is now saddled with deep existential regret for having written it for that reason
neutral · AI labelView post →Classic Deus Ex, Resident Evil, Twisted Metal Games headed to Playstation Plus Game Catalogue this summer 🔥
neutral · AI labelView post →Where to start with setting up my own server?. Good news selfhosted crowd! I pitched the idea of setting up a server, and she is down with the idea! I want to run Linux and host things like Jellyfin, Audiobookshelf, Navidrome, maybe Plex (I currently host it off my Mac desktop but would move it to a dedicated server). I know you *can* host Plex et al on something like a Raspberry Pi, but I want a bit more power. I want something that can push at least 2-3 4K streams. I'm considering…
neutral · AI labelView post →i had to afk the game to write this review lol Deus ex is a genre defining masterpiece, and you already know that by now. with the new "remaster" coming, i have to remind people that there's an amazing mod on steam called " Deus Ex: Revision" which is a is a community-made overhaul of the game, and the best thing is that it's completely free as long as you own this game , "It features new environments, music, world-building detail, and bundles in some of the best modifications the fanbase has…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Literally losing my fucking mind over how fucking good this game is. I truly don't know how I missed that this was medieval assassin Deus Ex.
positive · AI labelView post →Today is the 15th anniversary of Deus Ex: Human Revolution! I’m celebrating by starting a new game (first time playing the 360 version)
positive · AI labelView post →at last we have created "the Knights Templar are offended by the AI conspiracy" from the video game Deus Ex
neutral · AI labelView post →you know what game i haven't played in a long time? DEUS EX
neutral · AI labelView post →BOTH of those guns are replicas and non-functional. The revolver is from the video game Deus Ex 😅
neutral · AI labelView post →The best video game ever made. As years pass, you realize nobody will ever top it; the industry peaked in 2000. 26 long years ago. That’s terror.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Deus Ex (2000). I need to replay this game.
neutral · AI labelView post →“The year is 2052 and the world is a dangerous and chaotic place. Terrorists operate openly - killing thousands; drugs, disease and pollution kill even more. The world's economies are close to collapse and the gap between the insanely wealthy and the desperately poor grows ever wider. Worst of all, an ages old conspiracy bent on world domination has decided that the time is right to emerge from the shadows and take control.” The most unrealistic part about this game is the fact that this all…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →so much to be said about the gameplay + essential, formative position it holds within game design, but a big 25th anniversary nod to Alexander Brandon, Michiel van den Bos, and Dan Gardopee's Deus Ex OST, the peak of game soundtracks' tracker era www.youtube.com/watch?v=7md_...
neutral · AI labelView post →Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a game with a vision, just not a very good one. Many parts are subpar but it is greater than the sum. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is the video equivalent of a dissociative episode. Nothing fits, everything is an inch to the left, and it makes my teeth itch.
neutral · AI labelView post →Something I'd add is that Spector is one of the best guys ever to hear TALKING about video games. Hearing his lecture about the development of Deus Ex both gave me a greater appreciation for him and for the game (idk why the thumbnail below is from human revolution) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tffX...
neutral · AI labelView post →Today is my HRT anniversary! It's been nine heckin years to this day! Gonna celebrate by playing #DeusEx with the Lay D Denton mod on stream. #Twitch : https://twitch.tv/KiriArtemisVT #Owncast : https://live.expiredpopsicle.com #Transgender
positive · AI labelView post →I love Deus Ex games. They are the main inspiration for cybernomicon.net project. #cyberpunk #deusex #art #game #inspiration #mood
positive · AI labelView post →Was my first industry job! I was very overwhelmed. Was gonna work with some industry vets! Folks who had worked on Deus Ex and Bioshock 2! Exciting! Intimidating! The game looked so cool though. You could teleport!
neutral · AI labelView post →Been binge 7 days to die, This game is probably the most Deus Ex(2001) survival crafting game and I love it for that.
neutral · AI labelView post →[Rumor] Acc to InsiderGaming, Eidos is pitching a new 'Deus Ex' game to external partners and publishers. This game is different to the 2024 cancelled game. Publishers believe 'Deus Ex' is too niche at this point or aren’t willing to take on the financial risk. insider-gaming.com/exclusive-ne...
neutral · AI labelView post →This is like shit you'd see on a billboard in a Deus Ex game.
neutral · AI labelView post →7. Deus Ex - this game more than anything else got me interested in cyberpunk as a genre, just an incredible atmosphere even if its graphics don't hold up at all today 8. SWTOR - the only MMO I've ever played (and I still do), the class stories are a genuinely incredible accomplishment
positive · AI labelView post →Our game is obviously inspired by: - Deus Ex - Fallout New Vegas - Dishonored - Metro
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally played through Deus Ex: Human Revolution, a game I bounced off a couple times over the years. I played a strict no-kill game. I genuinely enjoyed the fantasy of roleplaying an unstoppable cynic who refuses to compromise his principles. The game allows that to be his strength in the story.
positive · AI labelView post →Really cool game, like a cross between Hotline Miami & Deus Ex, all taken to the extreme.
neutral · AI labelView post →I wish the end of it all was at least beautiful. Like a Deus Ex game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's the new Big Box PC game I picked up for my collection last weekend: Deus Ex [2000]
neutral · AI labelView post →changed my point of view in Life also it predicted covid, 9/11 and mass survailance from governments
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →worked in a game shop in the early aughts and my favorites are “Doozix” (Deus Ex) and “Dabble-o” (Diablo)
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished Deus Ex - solid fuckin game! they don't make them like this anymore.
positive · AI labelView post →A Timeless Masterpiece That Still Outclasses Modern Games If you’ve never played Deus Ex, you owe it to yourself to finally experience it. And if you have? It’s absolutely worth revisiting. 10/10 — A landmark in gaming history that still feels ahead of its time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dang y'all, Deus Ex was such an amazing game
positive · AI labelView post →I finished it for the first time, so there’s no nostalgia talk here. Now I understand why people talk about it with such high regard, this might be the best game ever made. It’s old as hell, but the topics it discusses are extremely relevant, because we’re living in the dystopian future imagined in the late 90s
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got more value from this 2000s game than anything coming out of AAA slop farms this decade. Definitely worth your time and money.
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