System Shock
System Shock
Game
Game2015
System Shock: Enhanced Edition
Developer Looking Glass Studios, Nightdive Studios
Re-discover what made System Shock the first of it's kind, a ground breaking immersive sim that would inspire a generation of games to come.... From the Steam store page
354 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
LovedLoved
154 positive · 31 negative
95% range 77–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 154 | 31 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 20 | 4 | 108 |
| Mastodon * | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 7 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,517 of 1,718 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
84% recommend · 158 yes, 31 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: Very Positive (2,112 of 2,372 positive).
Players praise the game's immersive atmosphere and groundbreaking design, calling it a classic of the immersive sim genre. [1][2][3] Many note the steep learning curve due to archaic controls and lack of handholding, but find it rewarding once mastered. [4][5][6] Some reviewers warn about technical issues in the Enhanced Edition, particularly stuttering and choppy movement. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
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Fix for stuttering announced in 2021 Still no fix in 2025
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Know horror. The original haunted house in space. Once upon a time, the developers of Through The Looking Glass finished making Ultima Underworld and looked for a new challenge. Instead of a nightmare of man's fall to demons and black magic, they forged a nightmare of man's folly in crafting his own doom with AI and super-science... the original System Shock. They built a game which holds up to this day. System …
- [2]
One of the OG immersive sims. It's dated, yes, but still genuinely has a lot to offer, and with a little patience and some rebinding, you'll quickly get over that initial hurdle of familiarizing yourself with the controls. It does come from an era where developers seemed to think you needed to utilize every single key on the keyboard. If the outdated controls or 90's era videogame graphics are somehow off-putting to …
- [3]
A legendary sci-fi first-person dungeon crawler that actually cares about story and world-building. It's extremely archaic and makes a horrible 1st impression, but if you can persist to the end of Floor 1, you will discover one of the most immersive video games of the early 1990s. The story is an adrenaline-induced thrill-ride as you ascend Citadel Station, fighting tougher enemies and facing escalating stakes as …
- [4]
I wouldn't recommend this over the remake. My only reason for getting this version was to experience its atmosphere the way it was intended. Leaving a 'not recommended' review didn't feel fair to the game though. Since this is a very old game, you're expected to read the manual to understand the controls as there's almost no in-game tutorial. Once you get past what might be the strangest control scheme you've ever …
Summarised from 34 of the 328 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
System Shock: Enhanced Edition sits at 83% positive across 185 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 354 · most liked firstI still really wanna make a list of videogame cigarettes and how they affect you in game. Like “System Shock 2: depletes health and replenishes psi” and “Metal Gear Solid: depletes health, reveals laser tripwires”. I’m obsessed with how cigarettes are implemented in such funny ways
neutral · AI labelView post →The hottest DOS game sound card test 🥵 📺: System Shock, Looking Glass Studios, 1994
neutral · AI labelView post →In case you missed it 👀 System Shock remake is COMING SOON to Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 - game cart included with physical editions!
neutral · AI labelView post →"Kick says Nightdive managed to acquire the source code 'very recently,' though he doesn't specify where the code was found. This helped accelerate the latter stages of System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster." Thanks for chatting with us, Epic Games! 👀 store.epicgames.com/en-US/news/s...
neutral · AI labelView post →Launching today, @NightdiveStudio has done it again with the excellent System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster - and here's John and Oliver playing through the early stages of the game in co-op: youtu.be/6FAGdxHKqMs
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing System Shock 2 remaster and I'm reminded how much I love a "stuck in a single isolated location trying to figure out wtf is going on" game. What are some other examples of this type of setup? Prey, BioShock, Dead Space come to mind, which is funny cuz they're all "children" of System Shock
positive · AI labelView post →Huge thank you to @gamespot.com for chatting with us about System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster, working with the community, and the importance of game preservation! 🙌 www.youtube.com/watch?v=je19...
neutral · AI labelView post →Retro Blast's 'Games to Play Before You Die' 💀 1️⃣2️⃣ System Shock 2 (1999) Like Bioshock? Give this older "Shock" a try. It's a sci-fi action role-playing game that builds a compelling mystery, has a twist I'd NEVER spoil, and gets downright creepy. You won't forget it... "How dare you, INSECT?!"
neutral · AI labelView post →Stay up-to-date on System Shock® 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster by adding the game to your wishlist! GOG: bit.ly/SS2AR-GOG Steam: bit.ly/SS2AR-Steam Humble: bit.ly/SS2AR-Humble PlayStation: bit.ly/SS2AR-PlaySt... Xbox: bit.ly/SS2AR-Xbox Switch: Coming Soon!
neutral · AI labelView post →"The new intro and finale movies—which Nightdive has said did not use AI-uprezzing for their 1:1 perfect recreation—are crisp and gorgeous." Thank you @pcgamer.com for the in-depth review of System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster! ⚡ www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/sy...
neutral · AI labelView post →"New game bad, old game good," really is the north star of games criticism. BioShock was dumbed down for filthy casuals compared to the beloved classic System Shock, then Infinite came out and suddenly BioShock was always a hardcore masterpiece. Halo, Mario RPGs, Sonic, always the same story.
neutral · AI labelView post →Get ready, Insects... we're showing a BRAND NEW trailer for System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster during the @futuregamesshow.bsky.social stream this Saturday, June 7, starting at 2:30pm EST / 5:30pm EST! 🤖✨ #FutureGamesShow
neutral · AI labelView post →"We haven't announced anything yet in terms of bringing System Shock Remake to Switch, but it's definitely something we want to do." Thank you @rpgsite.net for interviewing Nightdive CEO Stephen Kick on System Shock, System Shock 2, his love of Deftones, and more! 🔥 www.rpgsite.net/interview/17...
neutral · AI labelView post →A huge thank you to @pcgamer.com for including System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster in its list of the top 100 PC games of 2025! 🙏 📖 www.pcgamer.com/games/the-to...
neutral · AI labelView post →System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is the definitive way to experience this timeless classic, and it's a joy to play on the Steam Deck. A copy was provided by Nightdive Studios for review. steamdeckhq.com/game-reviews...
neutral · AI labelView post →"It wasn't just the dynamic, open-ended gameplay and the twisting, thoroughly imaginative storyline that made System Shock 2 so entertaining... Shock 2 projected real psychological terror..." Mr. Shoemaker captured why System Shock 2 is such a special game!
neutral · AI labelView post →System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Edition releases June 26 and is available for pre-order on PC platforms including Steam, GOG, Humble, and Epic Games Steam: bit.ly/SS2AR-Steam GOG: bit.ly/SS2AR-GOG Humble: bit.ly/SS2AR-Humble Epic Games: bit.ly/SS2AR-Epic
neutral · AI labelView post →"I'LL TEAR OUT YOUR SPINE~" Drew System Shock 2's Cyborg Midwife, one of the freakiest enemies in gaming! I adore this game, likely my GOTY! #SystemShock2 #Horror #Art
positive · AI labelView post →If you don't already own it, now's a great time to add System Shock to your Steam library with the game available at 60% off until February 3! 👀 ⚡ store.steampowered.com/app/482400/S...
neutral · AI labelView post →There's never been a better time to give the gift of DRM-free System Shock with the remake available at 60% off on @gogcom.bsky.social until January 3! 🎁 ➡️ www.gog.com/en/game/syst...
neutral · AI labelView post →System Shock 2. I played it in Grade 6, thinking it was just a cool action-RPG, and I uhh... ... Anyways I finally finished the game a decade later.
neutral · AI labelView post →I have never played a single System Shock game.
neutral · AI labelView post →A nice little tune-up patch for an excellent remake. Despite System Shock 2 being the game to really define the immersive sim, System Shock 1 is much closer to being a survival horror game. Especially on Hard mode, although I'd set Mission Difficulty down to Medium or you get a ROUGH time limit.
positive · AI labelView post →《 💾𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 》 We are finally doing it lads! after years of being told i will vibe with this game lets find out if gamers like me do actually like System Shock 2??
neutral · AI labelView post →I interviewed @pripyatbeast.bsky.social from @nightdivestudios.bsky.social about System Shock 2 25th Anniversary Remaster, how Nightdive was formed, Atari, game preservation, No One Lives Forever, the KEX Engine, Switch 2 mouse controls, & much more for @rpgsite.net: www.rpgsite.net/interview/17...
neutral · AI labelView post →My mom watching me play System Shock 2: "Are you a wrench in this game?" Me, unironically: "Yes."
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're fine with losing System Shock 2, the $13 tier also removes the conspiracy theorist's game, so that's honestly a win.
negative · AI labelView post →In our latest Deep Dive podcast interview, we sit down with game designer and writer Harvey Smith to explore his early work at Origin Systems, the birth of System Shock, the significance and lasting impact of immersive sims, and more! 💫 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufe-...
neutral · AI labelView post →System Shock is 30, so here's an ominous advertisement. "For a great game experience, we recommend an Intel 486 DX2". My first PC! 🥰
positive · AI labelView post →"Nah" System Shock 2 has become one of my favorites in no time flat. Every element of the game felt great, definitely one of the all time greats!
positive · AI labelView post →Extremely proud to celebrate my 18th @nightdivestudios.bsky.social game launch today with the release of System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster! Nightdive is a wonderful team, an excellent client, and an all-around positive force in the game industry. I love working with them.
neutral · AI labelView post →A deep dive retrospective of System Shock, chronicling the development history, game design, and lasting impact of one of the most influential games out there! Shoutout to @pripyatbeast.bsky.social & @nightdivestudios.bsky.social for the Enhanced Edition! youtu.be/N57Kc_TTE6A?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Get to know my game taste! For every ❤️ I will tell you how much I loved the first two acts of System Shock 2
neutral · AI labelView post →System Shock 2 came out five years after the first game and utilized the Dark Engine from the Thief titles. It was built as more of an RPG experience, having the player frequently purchase upgrades via "cyber modules" to improve their skills and stats.
neutral · AI labelView post →I love using arcane to describe something old. Like DOOM 2 is ancient, but System Shock from the same year? That game is arcane.
neutral · AI labelView post →System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster Preview - How Nightdive Studios approaches remastering an influential classic PC game: www.rpgsite.net/preview/1705...
neutral · AI labelView post →So seeing as Christmas is my 1 year anniversary on Twitch and i started with a scary game, lets just do a scary game. Thinking either System Shock, Dead Rising or a festive play of Bloodborne.
neutral · AI labelView post →System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster is available NOW on PC platforms including... Steam: bit.ly/SS2AR-Steam GOG: bit.ly/SS2AR-GOG Epic Games: bit.ly/SS2AR-EpicGa... Humble Bundle: bit.ly/SS2AR-Humble...
neutral · AI labelView post →The best Star Trek game is System Shock 2
positive · AI labelView post →Me: I am lost in System Shock, I should look up a walkthrough. Game Sites: The real walkthrough is trying to find a way to read our guides around all the ads.
neutral · AI labelView post →#gamedev #blender #retro #indiedev #gamecover #coverart I reworked the cover for my game inspired by System Shock.
neutral · AI labelView post →A new addition to The Video Game Library! 📚 Celebrate the return to Citadel Station with The Art of SYSTEM SHOCK. Relive the unforgettable experience of the classic game, remade with enormous care for a new generation. 👉 www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-art... @darkhorsecomics.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →I have been searching for this System Shock issue of Game Developer Magazine for years! Finally eBay provided 🔥
neutral · AI labelView post →My 5 game submissions for #SGDQ2026 - Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs - SOMA - Trepang2 - System Shock 2 (1999) - Legendary
neutral · AI labelView post →Fix for stuttering announced in 2021 Still no fix in 2025
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[SYSTEM SHOCK (2023)] One thing about this game is I'm assuming the female Hacker is a trans lesbian
neutral · AI labelView post →IT'S LAUNCH DAY! I'm thrilled to have the privilege to once again partner with @nightdivestudios.bsky.social to cast and direct the updated voicework for the definitive version of one of the most iconic games of all time: SYSTEM SHOCK 2: 25th Ann'y Remaster. www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/sy...
neutral · AI labelView post →First Game Ever Played: Oh Mummy! Favourite Console: Ps1 Favourite Game: System Shock 2 Comfort Game: Everblue 2 Game You're Currently Playing: Ender Magnolia/Cabernet Favourite Gaming Soundtrack: Nier/Final Fantasy IX Game You're Looking Forward to in 2025: Promise Mascot Agency
neutral · AI labelView post →System Shock remake is 63%off on gog. Go grab it! It's one of the best games I played in the last years. www.gog.com/en/game/syst...
positive · AI labelView post →just finished System Shock 2 for the very first time. i never played a System Shock game before and i enjoyed it. ...except for the level where everything is a butthole and it gave me motion sickness and i had to stop for that day. other than that. just a fun goofy game and this image
neutral · AI labelView post →Every time I try and play System Shock 2 as a psychic I forget that psychic powers in this game suck ass
negative · AI labelView post →My single biggest contribution to the videogame industry was probably helping to create a world where, in the Wing Commander universe, System Shock is a movie (based on a game?), and in the System Shock universe, Wing Commander is a (playable) videogame. www.wcnews.com/news/update/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Know horror. The original haunted house in space. Once upon a time, the developers of Through The Looking Glass finished making Ultima Underworld and looked for a new challenge. Instead of a nightmare of man's fall to demons and black magic, they forged a nightmare of man's folly in crafting his own doom with AI and super-science... the original System Shock. They built a game which holds up to this day. System Shock has: - minigames - sniping - easy mantling - physics models so realistic,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →System Shock is now the 37th game I've completed on stream.
neutral · AI labelView post →New at the Video Game Soda Machine Project: SHODAN may have taken over Citadel Station in Nightdive Studios' 2023 remake of System Shock, but at least Snacktron is still here to dispense drinks and snacks.
neutral · AI labelView post →I am a 55 year old biker and trucker father, and probably one of the oldest people playing this game. I am a single father to my Son, who is 16 now. My son got this game for from his uncle, so we installed it on his computer and he started playing. By the end of the week he had 12 hours on this game. This was horrible for me, as it was already hard for me to find ways to spend time with my son, as he is always out with his friends or just watching YouTube. So i decided to make a Steam account…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Favourite 1999 game NOW : System Shock 2 VS my favourite game from 1999 THEN : looking at my spinning crib mobile
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't get me wrong, I love System Shock, and Nightdive made a great port of it. However, 5 years ago, an update was pushed that makes the movement so choppy and weird it makes me feel kind of sick. In this amount of time, who knows how many others tried this for the first time and bounced off of it because of how awful it is to look at. It's a huge shame. I've been a part of the Discord some time prior and they have responded and know the issue exists. It really sucks to have Nightdive still do…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can't recommend this version of the game as today's state. The movement as of today's version is very stuttery, which, if you are not used to the original movement, it can go unnoticed. But when you know how you should be moving it's absolutely hideous. A previous version doesn't have this issue but rolling back to a previous version in Steam is a pain in the ass. (It's not the only issue but the most noticeable one and previous versions also have different problems) Do I recommend the game?…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm really having a blast with this game, a true successor to System Shock and Prey (2017). Great atmosphere, mystery, some really fun easter eggs ("Don't let Jen find it"), and tons of possibilities using both weapons and janitor tools.
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