Observer: System Redux

The year is 2084. In a dark cyberpunk world shattered by plagues and wars, become a neural police detective and hack into the jagged minds of others. Make use of anything they felt, thought, or remembered to solve the case and catch the elusive killer.

Observer: System Redux is a horror, investigation and cyberpunk game developed by Bloober Team and Anshar Studios and published by Bloober Team SA.
Released on November 10th 2020 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil and Russian.

It has received 2,364 reviews of which 2,046 were positive and 318 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Observer: System Redux into these genres:

Horror Investigation Cyberpunk Hacking Stealth Walking Simulator First-Person Action-Adventure Story Rich Alternate History Detective Psychological Horror Dynamic Narration Surreal Choices Matter Conversation Multiple Endings Narration Dystopian Stylized

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7/10 - 64 bitowy
Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: @1280x720: GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB / Radeon RX 560 4 GB
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 16 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX® 11.0 compatible
Additional Notes: Storage: HDD; Ray Tracing requires RTX cards

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

I think I would recommend the game just for the worldbuilding and writing. The stealth elements are pretty atrocious, but exploring the claustrophobic tenement building, figuring out the cases and talking with the NPCs was honestly a treat. I don't really play horror games, I found a lot of the jumpscares frustrating and bothersome, someone more into horror stuff might find it more enjoyable. Nonetheless would recommend if you're a fan of science fiction, cyberpunk, neo-brutalist architecture and gross body horror :)

Aug. 2024

Very good use of the power of video game graphics to create a rich atmosphere that stands out. One of the few games that really benefits from ray tracing with all of the smoke and neon lights.

April 2024

This was a really interesting experience and I really liked it. I think they nailed the cyberpunk horror and detective themes very well. The atmosphere is especially amazing. It's really immersive. The main story and the side stories are interesting as well. The main gameplay loop is investigating what happens on the main story and the side stories by going door to door, interacting with the tenants and searching the apartment the game takes in with occasional puzzles. At some parts, I was a bit lost but it did not take away my enjoyment from the game. I'd recommend the game if you like cyberpunk settings and/or detective games.

March 2024

I'm conflicted on this one. The visual and production design on this is fantastic. The way this world was built, the layers, the textures, etc. Visually, this has a lot going for it, especially as a Cyberpunk game. Yet I guess when I read what this game was, I expected more of the investigation part, but quickly, this game doesn't make me feel like I'm investigating at all (at first it seems to, but then quickly that idea fades), so much as just following a very linear story with no real meaningful choices. The games that made me feel like I was investigating a scene: Arkham Knight, The Sinking City, and to a lesser degree, the braindance sequences of Cyberpunk 2077. In these games, the investigative parts felt meaningful, like you were uncovering a deeper mystery that would lead you somewhere. I would have liked if with Observer, we started off at the hotel, gathering some clues, maybe look up a few connections on our pda or vid thingy in our car, and let that guide us to other locations. With that aside, Observer feels like an updated adventure game with minimal puzzles along the lines of the Telltale Games with more atmosphere and horror, and it has some big story strokes that are cool. The lack of any real investigation and very constricted to this one very limited location really hamper this (this hotel), albeit with more parts of the hotel opening up as you go and do things, many of these areas still have a sameness to them. Also, the mechanism for interacting with objects, where you have to hold the mouse to say open a door, that's cumbersome. Accessing your little PDA or whatever you call it, was also a bit cumbersome. The time commitment is low, though, so it isn't like I'm wasting so much time playing this only to be dissatisfied, but even then, it starts to wear by the end because of too much that feels the same. I really loved the idea of jacking into people's minds to uncover the story, maybe root around and find clues, but these sequences quickly feel repetitive. You are mostly just going straight or wandering a space that repeats until you go the right way or whatever, and when it does stop you, then you are pixel hunting for the right interactive spot. That is a very old adventure game flaw. That was great about the Deponia games, you could click a key and all interactive spots are highlighted. I shouldn't have to find interactive spots in an adventure game, anymore. Yet you have Rutger Hauer voicing the main character. The atmosphere and graphics are definitely top notch. It gets very tense in parts. So I guess it is a mild recommendation, if you are enjoying the story and the setting and the horror aspects. I probably won't ever play this again, though.

Jan. 2024

its a criminally under rated fever dream of surrealistic cyberpunk horror.

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