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Risen

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4.4

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Risen
Description
A mysterious volcanic island. The heavy tremors on the island bode ill for its inhabitants. Ancient temples have risen from the ground recently, bizarre creatures are terrorizing the area. Fear and terror is spreading among the population. The end of all hope? A group of powerful men who call the...
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4.4/5

( 198 Reviews )

4.4

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Product details
2009, Piranha Bytes, ESRB Rating: Mature 17+...
System requirements
Windows 7/8/10/11, Intel Pentium 4 or AMD CPU 2 GHz or equivalent, 4 GB RAM, 256 MB DirectX™ 9.0c co...
Time to beat
27.5 hMain
37 h Main + Sides
45.5 h Completionist
37 h All Styles
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Description
A mysterious volcanic island.
The heavy tremors on the island bode ill for its inhabitants. Ancient temples have risen from the ground recently, bizarre creatures are terrorizing the area. Fear and terror is spreading among the population.

The end of all hope?
A group of powerful men who call themselves "The Inquisitors" have taken it upon them-selves to put an end to these events. They send an expedition to this remote island, but a storm takes hold of the ship and destroys it at sea.

A hero will come.
As if by a miracle, you survive the shipwreck and are stranded on the volcanic island alone. You find yourself amidst a chaos of rebellion, tyranny, and mystic rituals. It is up to you to decide to which side the pendulum of fate will swing.

Delve into a gritty, raw, and atmospheric fantasy world in which every action has a consequence. In the epic world of Risen, filled with mysterious earthquakes, fearsome monsters, and unimaginable treasures, forge your path with the sword, learn the art of staff fighting, or become a powerful mage.
  • Alter the destiny of the island by the actions you take.
  • Countless side quests and creatures to discover.
  • Over 60 hours of Immersive open world gameplay.

© 2021 by THQ Nordic GmbH, Austria. Developed by Piranha Bytes. Risen is a registered trademark of THQ Nordic AB, Sweden. All other brands, product names and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility

Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
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Time to beat
27.5 hMain
37 h Main + Sides
45.5 h Completionist
37 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2009-10-02T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
3.8 GB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Mature 17+ (Violence, Blood, Sexual Themes, Strong Language, Use of Drugs)

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Posted on: October 20, 2024

PeppeGOG

Verified owner

Games: 159 Reviews: 5

A classic Piranha Bite style of game

PB introduce us to a new universe after the one explored in Gothic. The story is decently entertaining, nothing unforgettable but enough to keep you going, there are factions wich the player can ally with changing the course of some events e getting the gameplay fairly different between different playthrough. As usual for a PB game, the title is also pretty janky: stiff animations, ripetitive character model and voices, and still has some minor performance issues and bugs, the combat is a bit janky too, but is also challanging and deep enough give the player a good amount of choices in moves and magic spells. the progression system and world building are the biggest pros of this game, if you are not too sensitive to a bit of jankyness you will have fun. 3.5 stars for me. Played on lenovo ideapad 3 notebook Ryzen 5 3500U AMD vega 8 2gb v-ram 12 gb ram. worked fine (around 60fps) all maxed out, just some stuttering if v sync was enabled.


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Posted on: October 9, 2025

Firefly2222

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Games: 122 Reviews: 1

Risen 1 best

This is the best game ever! Played it many times.


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Posted on: October 15, 2025

Frostee6

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Games: 25 Reviews: 3

almost beats Gothic 1 and 2

IMO this game had the potencial to be better than Gothic 1 and 2, but unfortunately due to bad pacing it cannot achieve this. The game total is 4 chapters, and the first two is full of sidequest, maybe a little too much in fact, while the second half of the game, chapter 3-4 has basically no new quest, just the main one, and that is exploring the same looking ruins and kill the same enemies over and over again. Still its one of the better Gothic games, also this is kind of an unofficial sequel to Gothic 3.


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Posted on: October 18, 2025

mdobrynin63

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Games: 19 Reviews: 1

good game like it, playing it for 16 ye

good game like it, playing it for 16 years still


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Posted on: April 3, 2014

Groegos

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Games: 299 Reviews: 1

solid game

i liked the game - but as a huge fan of Gothic I & II, it was not as good as i hoped. I'm looking forward to the 3rd part! If you liked this game give Gothic I & II a try!


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