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Deus Ex: Invisible War
Developer Ion Storm
Deus Ex: Invisible War is a 2003 action role-playing video game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive for Microsoft Windows and Xbox. It is the second game in the Deus Ex series. The gameplay—combining first-person shooter, stealth, and role-playing elements—features exploration and combat in environments connected to multiple city-based hubs, in addition to quests that can be completed in a… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
398 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 6, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
56
Mixed
107 positive · 85 negative
95% range 49–63%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 107 | 85 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 45 | 8 | 115 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Mastodon * | 5 | 1 | 11 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
1,088 of 1,843 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
55% recommend · 104 yes, 85 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 189 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (1,447 of 2,515 positive).
Others criticize it as a disappointing sequel with technical issues and console limitations. [1][2][3]
Representative posts
- [1]
Invisible War is a disappointing sequel; it had the impossible task of following one of the greatest PC games ever made, and unfortunately it just couldn't live up to that standard. It continues the story of the original; it has some interesting ideas and explores some compelling subjects (transhumanism, AI, the future of society); it still offers multiple ways to approach objectives, and it is somewhat more …
- [3]
I'm a huge fan of the Deus Ex series, and I'm able to look past flaws in the games and enjoy them regardless. However, I can't recommend this game at all, unless you're playing through the entire Deus Ex series & you're a die hard fan, or if this game is from your childhood and you're on a nostalgia trip. As a follow-up to one of the greatest games of all time, this is embarrassing... It's crazy that this came out …
- [10]
I'm surprised how good this game is. Based on the reviews, I was expecting a complete disaster. The whole time, I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it never did. Maybe it was a case of over-promising and under-delivering and pissed people off in 2003, but playing for the first time in 2025, I just had a good time. Character Creation Character creation is a mixed bag. This game actually lets you choose …
- [4]
This game got a lot of flak in its time for being a bad sequel, but, honestly, I don't agree at all. Yes, some systems were watered down and the maps are much smaller with more loading screens, but the overall vibe, gameplay, and story are definitely Deus Ex. I enjoyed this game a lot more than I'd thought I would, and I think it's an essential part of the franchise that deserves to be recognized.
- [11]
A somewhat mediocre Deus Ex game, but an absolute hidden gem as a standalone title. It has some obvious limitations due to having been developed for the original Xbox, and it shows, but story-wise it’s on par with Human Revolution and Mankind Divided. For those struggling to run it on modern hardware, just install Visible Upgrade.
Summarised from 34 of the 310 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
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The crowd is split on Deus Ex: Invisible War: 104 recommend it, 85 don't. Which camp are you in?
Critics, per Wikipedia
During its debut week in the United Kingdom, the game reached #3 in the charts, described as a respectable debut. In their financial report in April 2005, Eidos reported that Invisible War was among the titles to have sold between 500,000 and one million copies since release, placing it among their successful titles. As of April 2011, Invisible War has sold over 1.2 million copies worldwide, placing it above the original game in terms of copies sold. Computer and Video Games called both versions of the game enjoyable despite elements of world building and gameplay not carried over from the original. Eurogamer's Rob Fahay, while noting that its focus on some aspects of the first game over…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 398 · 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???
positive · 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
positive · 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 →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)
neutral · 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 →Deus Ex (2000). I need to replay this game.
neutral · AI labelView 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.
negative · 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
neutral · 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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →Dang y'all, Deus Ex was such an amazing game
positive · AI labelView post →EXCLUSIVE - New Deus Ex Game Pitched By Eidos-Montreal insider-gaming.com/exclusive-ne...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's fully autonomous? (I did not read TFA.) That's... maybe impressive? My favourite differently abled social media influencer person can do this. She lost both of her arms as a child, so, as a young child, she was made the face of a company called Open Bionics as they partnered with the makers of the video game *Deus Ex: Human Revolution*, in which people replace perfectly good limbs with mechanical ones, and the social fallout from that. So this adorable little five or six year old girl got…
neutral · AI labelView post →I've somehow never seen a single minute of this game, yet I know it's 100% a me game. we're starting Deus Ex. twitch.tv/chucktowski
neutral · AI labelView post →Deus Ex: Crap War unfortunately i can't recommend this game for many reasons, many people already listed here the reasons the why you shouldn't buy but i'll start by my point of view First of all you need do side quests before going for main missions of game, otherwise those are risk that won't let you continue with the story/lore campaign mode in it You have to deal with a special character called civic manager and you had to do another missions before go talk with him, if you do then have…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Neo Berlin 2087 - Official Gamescom 2026 Release Announcement Trailer. This looks like a mix between [Deus Ex: Mankind Divided](https://store.steampowered.com/app/337000/Deus_Ex_Mankind_Divided/) and [Observer](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1386900/Observer_System_Redux/) to me. It's hard to tell if it'll strictly be an action game or if there will be "detective" gameplay moments but I think the graphics look amazing. I'm looking forward to this one.…
neutral · AI labelView post →Insider-Gaming: New Deus Ex Game Pitched By Eidos-Montreal studio wants to bring back Deus Ex and has been looking for ways to do so insider-gaming.com/exclusive-ne...
neutral · AI labelView post →I built my dream retro 2000s PC, and I'm thinking of playing some games on it this weekend… for research for my metroidbrainia game, of course 😅 Thinking of playing a bit of Thief 2, System Shock 2, Deus Ex, Arx Fatalis... Any other recommendations?
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