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Game
Game2017
Prey
Developer Arkane Studios
Prey is a 2017 first-person shooter immersive sim video game developed by Arkane Austin and published by Bethesda Softworks. It occurs in an alternate timeline in which mankind has taken to orbital stations following an accelerated Space Race. The player plays as Morgan Yu, a member of a scientific team aboard the space station Talos I researching the Typhon, a hostile alien force with both physical and psychic… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
513 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
92
LovedLoved
335 positive · 31 negative
95% range 88–94%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 335 | 31 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 55 | 5 | 75 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
28,530 of 31,112 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Overwhelmingly positive, with many calling it a masterpiece and underrated gem.
Players overwhelmingly praise Prey as a masterpiece of the immersive sim genre, with many calling it one of the best games ever made. The game is lauded for its incredible atmosphere, deep world-building, and multiple solutions to problems, with one player stating it is "one of the best games ever made" and another calling it "the single most underrated game I've ever played." [3][7][5]
However, a minority of players found the gameplay lacking, citing repetitive enemies and unsatisfying weapons. One player described the game as "pretty mid" and noted that every mechanic feels frustratingly incomplete, while another found it "boring." [34][36]
Praised immersive sim design · atmosphere and world-building · multiple solutions and creativity
Criticised gameplay mechanics · enemy variety · weapons
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 7, 2026. Method
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Prey sits at 92% positive across 366 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Prey received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Several critics recognized Prey as one of the year's best games. It was nominated for "Best Storytelling" at the Golden Joystick Awards, "Best Action Game" at The Game Awards, and "Excellence in Narrative" at the SXSW Gaming Awards. Dan Stepleton from IGN described the setting as "sophisticated", adding that the game's open structure provided many alternative pathways for players to reach their objective. He remarked that despite needing to revisit locations to complete quests, it did not become repetitive, as new skills are unlocked to aid exploration. Phil Savage from PC Gamer wrote that…
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Reactions
60 of 513 · most liked first🎲🐍 Time to get WRAPPED! 🐍🎲 WRAPPED! is a dice-based roleplaying game intended for two players: a voracious serpentine Predator and their Prey! Check out the rulebook, find a friend, and see how long it takes before one of you ends up in the coils of the other! www.furaffinity.net/view/65936125/
neutral · AI labelView post →Your semi-regular reminder that Prey was a brilliant game that didn’t get the attention it deserved because 1. It got stuck using an old IP title that didn’t reflect the game at all, and 2. a press junket that was obsessed with the goo gun.
positive · AI labelView post →NO GAME IMPROVES ON ANY OTHER GAME.... THEY ARE ALL THREADS IN THE SPIDERS WEB, DESIGNED TO ENSNARE PREY
neutral · AI labelView post →A piece in collaboration with my friend @littlescammer.bsky.social for @jvhorrorweek.bsky.social fic inspired by the game Prey. #jaycetalis
neutral · AI labelView post →> Releases incredible im-sim > Forced to make live service slop that fails spectacularly > Studio gets shut down What did Microsoft mean by this?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I want to start by saying this first - I know I'm extremely late with this review (9 years late) so I doubt anyone will really care at this point but I still want to share my opinion of Prey, in 2026. I've had Prey since day 1. Back when I was a "newbie" to PC gaming and I know it launched with... let's just say... terrible PC optimisation which ruined my opinion of it. Sadly, It got added to my ever expanding Backlog and somewhat forgotten about due to the issues. (I wasn't sure if it was my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So maybe you've heard of this hot new ttrpg coming out and you ask yourself, "what is All The World's Prey?" All the World's Prey is a tabletop roleplaying game about bounty hunters in 1800s America. You'll divide your time between hunting monsters of American folklore and managing your company.
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the best openings to a game I have ever witnessed. After this....I was all in and to this day, I still regard Prey as a masterpiece
positive · AI labelView post →Now that I'm in the good app, can I post that my most underrated game is Prey without anyone saying it's "trash"? 😭
positive · AI labelView post →9 years ago, visiting Arkane Austin for the Prey cover story with Game Informer. That team deserved better.
neutral · AI labelView post →Prey is $3.99 on XBL Game Pass discount buff.ly/hDMheav
neutral · AI labelView post →Prey was released 20 years ago today! Not the beloved Arkane game, nor the beloved Predator movie, but the beloved Human Head Studios game. "Abducted along with his people to a menacing mothership orbiting Earth, a Cherokee sets out to save himself and his girlfriend and, eventually, his planet."
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi I'm new to BlueSky. My name is Krispy, is nice to be here. I'm currently working on a project to try and make #Prey (2006) to be playable in doom 3 krispy-the-goat.itch.io/prey-2006 Release this as-is with limited support due to some problems, but contributions are open. #open-source #doom3
neutral · AI labelView post →Prey and Superliminal. There's just no reason why a game *must* represent a normal 3d space. You can do so much topological fuckery if you just believe in yourself.
positive · AI labelView post →I do not use these words lightly: Play Prey 2017. Criminally underrated game. Easily one of the best imsims of the modern era.
positive · AI labelView post →remembered the hit video game Prey these little mspaint comics i made during my first play through (one of which is missing i cant find it anywhere!!!) #sketch #comics #dav
neutral · AI labelView post →Top 3 game sequels I want: - Prey (2017) 2 - Geometry Wars 4 - a GOOD Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game simliar to rescue Team Sky (or one with friend areas)
positive · AI labelView post →legally nobody can prevent you from reading about the dissolving walls in Weird West, the game i worked on from many of the minds behind Dishonored and Prey www.joewintergreen.com/game-dev-pos...
neutral · AI labelView post →Recently finished playing Prey (2017) so might as well do an artwork based on it #anthro #furry #furryart #furryfandom
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the greatest space horror RPGs out there. RIP Arkane Austin, you deserved better than Microsoft
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Monthly reminder that Prey 2017 was the best game last gen. youtu.be/7TRdx2tbUFI?...
positive · AI labelView post →One of my favorite games of all time. RIP Arkane Studios Austin and F Microsoft for killing that studio.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't Fear the Reaper was on the radio, and it made me remember one of the best intros to a game ever OG Prey was peak
positive · AI labelView post →Prey was released 19 years ago today. Not the beloved Arkane game, nor the beloved Predator movie, but the beloved Human Head Studios game.
neutral · AI labelView post →The single most underrated game I've ever played. Went completely under the radar and didn't deserve to. Incredible soundtrack, great gameplay, loads of creative weapons, tons of powers, multiple endings, multiple routes to objectives etc. Just incredible. "Alex's Theme" will haunt your dreams.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You will like my game KOOK if you enjoyed: - Quake - Prey (2006) - Painkiller - Quake2 - HROT - DUSK - LawBreakers - M. C. Escher store.steampowered.com/app/2329690/...
neutral · AI labelView post →"Victory Achieved" makes dark souls a rat game "Prey Slaughtered" makes Bloodborne a weasel game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Kinktober 16: Nipple Play & Predator/Prey! Looks like Quitela discovered that Champa's nipples are just as tender as his ass! (I'm a little late to the game but let's see if I can finish out the month! Also these are great prompts for warmup sketches!) #kinktober #kinktober2026 #kinktober26
neutral · AI labelView post →Shout out to the National Birds of Prey Centre for their strong sign game today
neutral · AI labelView post →Prey is an all time top 10 game for me. It's incredible to me that Microsoft shut down that studio instead of letting them continue to make more games like Prey until one got wildly popular.
positive · AI labelView post →RIP Arkane Studios. Prey is an absolute masterpiece that should get more attention! This game plays amazingly, great combat, exploration, tons of skills and weapons to shape your play-style. It's is very easy to run, as I played this on a GTX 1050ti and a Ryzen 1600 @ 60 fps a few years ago, so I believe you'll have no issues playing this with amazing performance. If you love sci-fi, this is a great game to play. Fantastic game design, good and well designed enemies, and can get spooky…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of the best games ever made. Years ahead of it's time. Give it a try on discount or on full price. Worth it either way.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember the game Twister? owo Beast of Prey updated on Patreon with a new page! — 🔥 Patreon.com/kxllHydra 🔥
neutral · AI labelView post →Prey 2017 is such a good game I need those phantoms frantically humping each other's massive guts
positive · AI labelView post →Prey is the new New Vegas in terms of "this game is like 6 bucks on sale and playing it might change your perspective on gaming, there is literally no reason not to try it"
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Victory Achieved" Dark souls a rat game "Prey Slaughtered" Bloodborne a *weasel* game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Said “the original PREY” and someone thought I meant the 2017 game
neutral · AI labelView post →Prey is just. Special. Influenced by predecessors, wearing those influences openly, and iterating on them in conscious ways, the worst thing about Prey is its inability to advertise its greatest strengths to the audience it deserves. Every moment of Prey enforces the sense that the developers are on your wavelength, enshrouding you with their talent and drive and the spirit of a universe they want you to immerse in, while never being so dry as to forget to entertain. From the quirky opening…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Prey is $5.99 on US PSN buff.ly/xfuWD9y also on Game Pass Premium/PS+ Extra
neutral · AI labelView post →S tier game. A spiritual successor to games like System Shock and Deus Ex. Shame they didn't make a sequel. EDIT: After beating the game I can safely say this is one of the best games EVER.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the last truly great single-player sci-fi games — which of course means hardly anyone appreciated it. Prey plays like a love letter to classics such as Half-Life and BioShock, back when games trusted players to have at least three functioning brain cells. Naturally, in the current era of “hold my hand, give me markers, and feed me seasonal battle passes,” a masterpiece like this didn’t exactly break sales records. This game has everything modern gamers claim they want but immediately…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To qoute a certain Youtuber "I turn into a bottle, and roll down a storm drain" 10/10 Great game, wish there was significantly more of it and more games like it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is one of the best games ever made, and there would be more like it if the average consumer wasn't domesticated cattle; that includes me
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing game. It's very underrated and sits side by side with Dishonored. High replay value and it has a beautiful crafted world. Various ways of playing and great game mechanics.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still worth playing in 2026 - It allows multiple solutions to many of its puzzles, and many of them are seamlessly integrated in the gameworld, instead of being their own minigames. - It presents an interesting story that unfolds in several layers. There were several points were I thought "Yeah, this is it, now I know where thios game is going" only to be surprised by more. -Overall, it has a good balance between action, story and problem solving as gameplay elements, and allows you a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dawg, why is this game called PREY? I miss the old Prey. But this game is pretty good too I guess. let's get into it #twitch #imSim #systemShock #PREY
neutral · AI labelView post →Every time you start thinking "will the game allow me to do ?" yes. the answer is always yes. every locked door is just a test of how creative you can get. story was nice too, liked the ending quite a bit. 10/10 will replay
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GAME WHERE UHHHH VORE GAME AND YOU GET LITTLE PREY STICKERS ON YOUR HUGE BALLS????????
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a long one, so I’m putting TL;DR at the start ;) TL;DR: Prey is a game I almost completely misjudged in its opening hours. My first impressions weren’t particularly good, and yet, I’m putting it among my all-time Top 10 games. Talos I is one of the best environments I’ve ever explored, packed with secrets, interconnected spaces and some of the best environmental storytelling I’ve encountered. Prey rewards curiosity and trusts you to figure things out yourself. It isn’t flawless, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Humanity was born to deliver this game to the world. It is a gift placed in the hands of us fragile mortals. Exceptional. Timeless. I love Prey.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Prey 2006 is the best if that era of idtech shooters, prey 2017 is arguably the best Arkane game ever made, and Prey 2022 is easily the best Predator movie I saw
positive · AI labelView post →Just incredible. A game you'll play and wonder how it's not brought up more often as one of the greats.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You might be familiar with Prey (2006) and Prey (2017), but have you played Prey: An Alien Encounter (1993)? Probably not. An obscure Danish Amiga CD32/CDTV first-person sci-fi adventure that came and went. The in-game voice messages were dubbed in 8 different languages, quite the feat for 1993.
neutral · AI labelView post →It is an awesome Singleplayer game. Lots of puzzle exploring. Not too easy, not to hard, and just enough scary. We need PREY2
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →can we get these guys on Prey 2006 that game actually deserves reappraisal.
positive · AI labelView post →This game reminds me of Deus Ex. There are always multiple ways to solve a problem and having that agency to decide makes the game quite enjoyable. I found myself wanting to come back to play the game to discover more of the story and also even the side quests. The voice acting is excellent and the atmosphere they created is great. Definitely recommend if you enjoy games like Deus Ex, Dishonored, etc.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That game from 2017 not 2006 #furry #art #furryart #prey art for the epic @joehands.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m currently playing Prey. It feels like the perfect game for October. The freedom to tackle your objectives is refreshing and interesting. I’m enjoying piecing together the story through data logs and voice recordings. Excellent game so far!
positive · AI labelView post →This one hurts. Nobody really makes games like Arkane does anymore. Dishonored 1-2, Death of the outsider, Prey, and Deathloop are all fantastic. They had one bad game with RedFall and sadly haven’t recovered since. I hope they can make it through this. We desperately need devs like this right now.
positive · AI labelView post →One of the best immersive sims to come out in a long time. The atmosphere alone in this game is worth playing for.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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