System Shock: Enhanced Edition overview

Overview

System Shock: Enhanced Edition comes from Looking Glass Studios, Nightdive Studios and is published by Nightdive Studios, Atari. It arrived on Steam on Oct 22, 2015, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

System Shock: Enhanced Edition's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 9 players at 23 September 2026 - 20:33:04 UTC, with a tracked peak near 26. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 89% positive across 2,316 reviews.

Language and system requirements

System Shock: Enhanced Edition is available in 3 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

System Shock: Enhanced Edition has sold up to 131,000 units and has 1,783 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $847,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

System Shock: Enhanced Edition overview details

System Shock: Enhanced Edition combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

For the first time ever, System Shock has been rebuilt from the original source code as a FREE update to all owners of the game! 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.... Twenty one years after its first release, System Shock is back! System Shock: Enhanced Edition features: Higher resolution support up to 4K widescreen mode Mouselook support Rebindable keyboard/mouse/joystick commands Adapted to Nightdive's KEX engine Support for both Direct3D and OpenGL Option to switch between hi-resolution Mac assets and the original DOS assets Official support for fan missions and fan mods New unified options menu that allows changing preferences before gameplay Adjustable FOV (Field of View) Smoother camera rotation and translation Improved control scheme which allows faster and streamlined experience Brand new achievements Remappable keys with three profiles to choose from: original controls, custom controls, and lefthanded controls. Many original game bugs fixed. A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space. You're a renowned hacker, the most notorious cyberspace thief in the corporate world. Caught during a risky break-in, you become indentured to Diego, a greedy Trioptium exec who bankrolls a rare cyberjack implant operation. After six months in a healing coma, you awaken to the twisted aftermath of a terrible disaster. Where are the surgeons? Why is the station in such disrepair? Slowly, the chilling realization that something is very wrong creeps ov…

SteamPulse editorial summary

System Shock: Enhanced Edition is listed as a game with $9.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, and RPG. SteamPulse's latest observation records 9 players at 23 September 2026 - 20:33:04 UTC, a tracked peak of 26, and 89% positive reviews.

Overview tags

Immersive SimCyberpunkClassicRPGHorrorSci-fiFPSActionFirst-PersonAdventureRetroCult Classic1990'sSingleplayerAtmospheric

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Support and legal notes

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