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Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition
Developer Trine Studios, G3 Community Patch Team, Mad Vulture Games
Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods (German: Gothic 3: Götterdämmerung) is a standalone expansion for the action role-playing video game Gothic 3. It was developed by Trine Games and published by JoWooD Productions in 2008. An enhanced edition containing improvements was released in 2011, developed by Mad Vulture Games. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
191 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Sep 29, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
37
Rotten
61 positive · 102 negative
95% range 30–45%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 61 | 102 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Negative
136 of 341 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
36% recommend · 62 yes, 108 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 170 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (662 of 1,383 positive).
Some players find it a worthwhile continuation of Gothic 3's story. [1][2][3] Many reviewers criticize it as buggy, poorly written, and a betrayal of the series. [4][5][6] A few players recommend it only with community patches or at a discount. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [1]
Gothic 3 has three different endings. So, Forsaken Gods refers to one of them and continues the story. Arcania (Gothic 4) has somewhat different story. So, Forsaken Gods makes connection between Gothic 3 and Arcania. If you don't want to play Arcania, you can skip this title if you ask me. It makes me feel like I'm playing a fan-made mod. But yeah, same world and same good music derived from Gothic 3 somewhat reduce …
- [7]
Cheers to the lads that worked on the Enhanced Edition update as it fixed most if not all of the technical issues, bugs and other game breaking problems. The game is now optimised, has better graphics and all quests have probably been fixed as well. Sadly, the story, which is one of the biggest offence, cannot be fixed, but at least the game can be enjoyed without the technical frustrations, so I would recommend …
- [4]
By many accounts, Gothic III was terrible, yet also magnificent. Forsaken Gods, its standalone expansion, is but deserving of the word pitiful. Its world is, save for minor details, identical but smaller and emptier: both quests and enemies are in decidedly fewer numbers, and both Nordmar and Varant had been made inaccessible by invisible walls. Unique characters are rare—towns are lined with nameless NPCs. Used to …
- [6]
Do not play this, seriously. Forsaken Gods is an abomination of a game and an insult to Pyranha Bytes and the fans of the previous Gothic games. I have no explanation for the state of this game other than it must have been made this bad on purpose, as a way for JoWood to take a hit at PB. - The community patch just makes the game playable (as in you can actually play for 5 minutes without the game crashing or …
- [18]
Stick with Gothic 3 for the definitive experience. This is an unnecessary and joyless stand-alone.
Summarised from 34 of the 199 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 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition talk about enhanced Edition fixes many technical issues; those who didn't talk about awful story that contradicts Gothic lore. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods received "generally unfavorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. It was largely the result of excessive bugs in release which to date has not been entirely resolved by patching.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 191 · most liked firstGothic 3 has three different endings. So, Forsaken Gods refers to one of them and continues the story. Arcania (Gothic 4) has somewhat different story. So, Forsaken Gods makes connection between Gothic 3 and Arcania. If you don't want to play Arcania, you can skip this title if you ask me. It makes me feel like I'm playing a fan-made mod. But yeah, same world and same good music derived from Gothic 3 somewhat reduce this feeling. I can definitely say that Forsaken Gods is an accelerated…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No one should touch Gothic games besides Piranha Bytes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →✅✅✅✅Gothic 3 Twilight of the Gods is a sequel to Gothic 3. The main character, after teleporting with Xardas to unknown lands, observes his friends. It turns out that peace does not last long because Thorus and Gorn, together with their people, start a war. The Nameless One is angry that he has shed so much blood, suffering and challenges for this land and they do not appreciate his deed. He returns to Myrtana to unite Myrtana and end the war once and for all. ✅✅I played with the Community…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having played Gothic 1,2 and 3 before, this one is definitly the worst out of the bunch, however I did play through the entire game, so I can confidently share my opinions about it. It's basicly Gothic 3 with only a part of the map to explore and the parts which can be explored aren't filled with interesting quests. The german dialougue audio is missing all together, so I went for english, but also for that roughly 10-15% of the dialogue lines are not voiced. the game isn't exactly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →By many accounts, Gothic III was terrible, yet also magnificent. Forsaken Gods, its standalone expansion, is but deserving of the word pitiful. Its world is, save for minor details, identical but smaller and emptier: both quests and enemies are in decidedly fewer numbers, and both Nordmar and Varant had been made inaccessible by invisible walls. Unique characters are rare—towns are lined with nameless NPCs. Used to be the hero would be approached by locals when visiting new places—that exists…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Slap in the face for gothic fans
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Positives • Slightly more focused world and storyline than the base game • The overhaul of Trelis is an improvement The Negatives • Awful story that directly contradicts established Gothic lore • Good lord, the writing is dreadful • No new soundtrack • Gothic 3’s already broken combat system remains unchanged • Tedious fetch quests used as filler throughout • Out-of-place enemies and gear that clash with the Gothic aesthetic • Extremely poor technical state with frequent bugs and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This has nothing to do with Gothic Different studio , full of bugs just a cheap money grap on a popular name... go play Risen 1-3 if u want the original feeling back go play the Original , beware of the community patches .. they will make it a great game today
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you think that ArcaniA is the worst Gothic. Well, you have not played this one. Story: Let's start with the story. Everything takes place in Myrtana two years after Nameless hero and Xardas decided to explore the "Unknown Lands." There is a conflict between Gorn and Thorus; also, there are two neutral fractions: Lee, who does not care about the current situation, and the Inog and Anog brothers. After those two years, Nameless Hero decided to come back to Myrtana with a quest to "UNITE"…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →terrible game. If you want to play it, check worldofgothic.de for patches and content mod. otherwise it is heavily bugged. the story ♥♥♥♥♥ on the actual original storyline and just sucks so far.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you know the definition of masochism? Well, let me just tell you that I have finished this game...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not a gothic game, unoptimized and buggy, goofy quests that do not fit at all, strange behavior of the main hero, no Diego, Gorn on drugs, Thorus still lives even tho you probably killed him in all 3 previous games, there's a war going on and Lee as a KING is AFK for some reason 2/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not play this, seriously. Forsaken Gods is an abomination of a game and an insult to Pyranha Bytes and the fans of the previous Gothic games. I have no explanation for the state of this game other than it must have been made this bad on purpose, as a way for JoWood to take a hit at PB. - The community patch just makes the game playable (as in you can actually play for 5 minutes without the game crashing or glitching out). But the main issues still remain. - From the get go you realise…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When you’re “down bad” for a classic Gothic RPG fix, you might like I did turn to the Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition. Consider this your warning: what you find is less a sequel and more a butchering of a beloved franchise's soul Even with the "Enhanced" label, this game fails fundamentally. The systems that made the originals great the punishing yet rewarding combat, the nuanced reputation mechanics, and the dense, reactive world design are completely stripped or rendered meaningless. What…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stick with Gothic 3 for the definitive experience. This is an unnecessary and joyless stand-alone.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't listen to others until you play the game yourself. It's a splendid DLC, and keep in mind it's a DLC, not a fully-fledged game! Give it a try. Trust me!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stay away from this monstrosity i beg you
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just as bad and non cannon as it was when it released. It's fun to return to Myrtana as the nameless hero but this game uses so many assets from Gothic 3 and doesn't contribute that much ( some items and characters ). Again, this game is not canon. Was not made by Piranha Bytes. Play it at your own risk.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I genuinely could not bring myself to play this, and the reason is that I had just finished binging the entire Gothic series over a few weeks. Nearly 200 hours combined in Gothic, Gothic 2 Gold, and Gothic 3. I'd gotten to know the Nameless Hero, and the frustration of everyone interrupting him whenever he tried to so much as say his name. I enjoyed his wit, sarcasm, and determination. Both the Nameless Hero and I trusted Xardas and saw the sacrifices he made to finally remove the gods from the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm going to put as much effort into my review as developers put into this expansion. The Expansion Review Don't.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished up Gothic 3, which leaves me with that kind of empty feeling that comes after finishing a big open world style game. Fun series though, jank as all hell, but kind of gave me that same pleasant feeling as Morrowind & Oblivion.
positive · AI labelView post →Waste of time, play original Gothic 3 with community patches instead
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't listen bad votes. It's still on G3 engine running preety well wihout any addons on old lap. Don't read bad votes if you're real GOTHIC FAN, PLAY 1,2,3 ;)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cheers to the lads that worked on the Enhanced Edition update as it fixed most if not all of the technical issues, bugs and other game breaking problems. The game is now optimised, has better graphics and all quests have probably been fixed as well. Sadly, the story, which is one of the biggest offence, cannot be fixed, but at least the game can be enjoyed without the technical frustrations, so I would recommend having it in your collection at a discount.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolute disaster. But! Gothic 3 really deserves a remake
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gothic 3 forsaken bugs
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lazy CASH GRAB made by indian devs who worked for food
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game does not live up to it's predecessor, the Gothic 3. Most of dialogue seems very forced and unnatural. What killed the game for me were the bugs, where many of NPCs critical for quests are straight up missing from the map. I ended up using cheats to spawn the NPCs, but after doing it a third time it just broke me..
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can see why people would call Forsaken Gods worse than Gothic 3 and I kinda agree but also disagree. First of all performance, it runs as ♥♥♥♥ as the original Gothic 3 but comes with a patch as well. Sadly the enhancededition_2.00.16 doesn't run as good as the patch in Gothic 3 so overall the performance is worse. It's the same map, but some areas are closed off and some are cleaned up and the overall design is better. The entire storyline and all quests in Gothic 3 were boring as hell and in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is not the origin Gothic 3 game ... after long time exploring ... some of the side missions are cut off, and some place you can't go .... less useful info for reference when get stuck .... ... NOT THE ORIGINAL GAME --
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →like, actually a joke game. piranha bytes is gone, this is fully jowood's strange, demented baby. and boy what a mutant it is. tries to pass itself off as an expansion to gothic 3, but it's a standalone experience where everything ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SUCKS. every character, quest, aspect of the story was written by the same 10-year-old indian incel. almost every gameplay aspect is broken in some way. nothing feels good and everything hurts.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Skip this one. Your time is worth more than this hodge podge mess of code and script. The gothic community are saints for wanting to touch this trash up to make it moderatedly playable, but sadly, they cant touch the completely amateurish and cringe script and story, some characters act a certain way when you get near them and then when you 'greet' them they act completely opposite. The story makes no sense, and is like a wattpad fanfic where JoWood didnt like the 'official' canonical…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite the negative reviews, the low graphical performance, and spending more time searching a NPC, I found it enjoyable. Long live the king!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is lagging and unplayable without external patch.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was not made by Piranha Bytes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gothic 3 Forsaken Gods is the first and only expansion we got for original Gothic 3 and... and it feels like the exact opposite of everything we wanted from Gothic expansion. Do you remember the Night of the Raven expansion for Gothic 2 and how amazing it was? Well this one is absolutely NOTHING like that. First off I would love to say - there are good parts in the expansion, problem is, everything that is good on this expansion was ported over from original Gothic 3 - the soundtrack, the open…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not entirely sure where to begin with this game. On a technical level, it's a catastrophe. From a design perspective, it's a disaster. And as a continuation of the Gothic series it's a slap in the face. I had Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods in its original 1.0 version complete with all its beautifully broken glory once. Verruckt Birdman sends his regards. This Version is slightly better, because the community helped to somehow sort this mess and make it playable, but it is still a trainwreck.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gothic 3 certainly is the better game but this is ok, please steam add a neutral review option :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bought it by mistake because i wanted to buy normal gothic 3, this is the worst game i probably ever played.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gothic 3 isn`t made to be beaten in 10-15 hours and it makes game feel like you`re underleveled for almost full game, if you`re playing as a mage, the only thing that you`ll use is fireball and ice lance, if you want anything else then you must only upgrade ancient knowledge. I haven`t upgraded any of the stats except for ancient knowledge, mana and strenght (also hunting, but it I only needed it to use some kin dof spear and get more loot from animals) and I was pretty weak for most of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition is a standalone continuation of the story from Gothic 3, developed by Trine Studios with later technical improvements from the G3 Community Patch Team and Mad Vulture Games, and published on modern platforms by THQ Nordic. Released several years after the original Gothic 3, the expansion attempts to extend the narrative of the Gothic universe by exploring the consequences of the hero’s actions at the end of the main game. While the Enhanced Edition…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Look how they massacred my boy" - The Godfather (1972)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game did an immeasurable damage to the society
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Retro Review Forsaken gods is infamous for being buggy. Even more so than after the release of the base game. Bugs that got officially patched out in gothic 3 got reintroduced here. Now today we already have the last and final (unofficial) patch already out and I beat the expansion. Its mostly playable but even then, I encountered one or two issues already. Gameplay There is nothing really changed from the base game to this expansion. You have a couple of new items and armor but that’s…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An utter mess of a game, boring busy-work quests with a vague dialogue record system to track your quest progress. Combat is much worse than gothic 3. Lore is also a mess, good thing it's non-canon.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has some good ideas but executes them poorly, very poorly. Also, the balancing is completely broken, even coming from Gothic 3 with the CP.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here I thought only 46% positive reviews were more or less too harsh, since Gothic 3 was kind of awful (combat system and lets be honest, that is 60% of the game, 35% talking, 5% walking without fighting) already but kind of okay. OH BOY WAS I WRONG. 46% positive reviews still are generous. This is literally the worst game I have ever played when it comes to combat. Not hitting once in a while even though clearly going through the enemies head with your weapon? Eh, happens in Gothic 3 too.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If every place/area only serves one purpose then the game should be linear. Some of my favourite games are the old Gothic and Gothic 2 RPGs. They are open world, but tiny compared to modern RPGs. They dont have "areas" with a set difficulty that you can complete and then move on, instead the map is like a skeleton of fairly save roads and settlements and the further you go away from the roads the harder it gets. So you see the whole map in the first chapter but have explored very little of it.…
neutral · AI labelView post →Review: Gothic 3 – Forsaken Gods Expansion ⭐⭐☆☆☆ + Forsaken Gods promised to rescue the troubled world of Gothic 3, and while it made some improvements, it ultimately couldn’t fix the core problems. The expansion tried to give closure to the story, polish systems, and add more content—but in the end, it still felt like a band-aid on a game that had lost the magic of its predecessors. Pros: Story Closure: The expansion attempts to wrap up the Nameless Hero’s journey and the war in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As much as I loved Gothic 3 as much did this game flabbergast me. The World The game is cut almost thrice territory-wise, to just Myrtana. And it's done awfully, with you being able to smash into invisible wall in multiple places and seeing there's nothing beyond it. They didn't ever care to put some resemblance of anything being beyond: just holes and missing polygons. And in certains places (if you parkour a little) you can even see crucial NPCs just hanging around there right beyond the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was trying to play this game on my quest to replay full Gothic+Arcania+Risen series... Just don't make the same mistake as me. It's really trash on multiple levels (I'm not even trying to list them all). You're not missing anything by skipping this - since it's not canon - and you may keep your sanity atleast. PS: CommunityPatch for this game is like polishing a turd. Just don't bother.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Gothic series has a unique playstyle. The games are very immersive, you almost feel like you're there. The game is hard at the beginning and as you level up you feel getting stronger. It's a very cool RPG. I did play 1 and 2 multiple times it's that good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the graphics and mechanics are improving, the spirit and story of the game are ruined. There is no trace of that wonderful spirit preserved in the first two games. I'm really sorry. I couldn't even recognize the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such an insult to Piranha Bytes' legacy. Not even a desperate yearning to return to the Gothic series can redeem this mess.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its pain to play it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even if you can find enjoyment in gothic 3 do not play this. This is a farce of a game in every sense of the word. Everything bad about Gothic 3 is x10 here. There is no suspension of disbelief, this is an amalgamation of bad, unfinished game mechanics and an affront to the story of the hero so far. The general feel is what I imagine the first fully vibecoded games will be like - nonsensical everything
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This title is outright disastrous. It was obviously released without thorough or perhaps any testing. The game is rife with design and performance problems and ultimately is unplayable. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3658324246
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the bigger disappointments of sequel: Graphics are worse than Gothic 3 Controls are unresponsive and clunky dialogues are boring
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Forsaken Gods is a masterpiece of gaming history if you ignore that its bad. If you're a long time gaming fan or to refresh your good old games. Just watch my guide's. I'm sure you'll find good mods for your favorite games. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3000054506
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We have a schedule! Gothic 3 might be shorter then usual because I want to play my (probably bad) Vampire game! Further I'm partying on Thursday so rogue trading is a day late!
neutral · AI labelView post →
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