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In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong. The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.

Prey is a sci-fi, immersive sim and space game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.
Released on May 04th 2017 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 51,033 reviews of which 46,381 were positive and 4,652 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 3.69€ on K4G.

The Steam community has classified Prey into these genres:

Sci-fi Immersive Sim Space Singleplayer Horror Atmospheric FPS First-Person Story Rich Exploration Action Aliens Survival Horror Futuristic Stealth Psychological Horror Adventure Open World RPG Great Soundtrack

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit versions)
Processor: Intel i5-2400, AMD FX-8320
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 660 2GB, AMD Radeon 7850 2GB
Storage: 20 GB available space

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March 2026

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 PC or not but doing some research, it was indeed the game). Here I am in 2026, FINALLY playing Prey to 100% completion and I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with this game. Below I will explain why, so let's get to it! What I liked/Pros ⚫Compared to it's launch, almost all of the game's "poor" optimisation issues have been fixed. I didn't encounter a single issue. No lagging, stuttering, FPS drops, crashing e.t.c e.t.c. Nothing. Compared to 2017 and 2018. ⚫I absolutely adore how well designed Talos I is. The entire space station is interconnected. What I mean by this is - no matter where you are, you can go ANYWHERE in the station you want to go (and out). This HEAVILY encourages exploration (at your own pace too). ⚫There are so many ways to approach objectives. You can choose to go stealthy and sneak around Talos I. You can choose to go full out on Combat and kill everything (including humans). You can manipulate the environment with Typhon or Human "abilities" and so many, many other ways. It's up to you to decide how "YOU WANT TO PLAY". ⚫Prey's Atmosphere is beyond stellar (pun intended as it's in space haha). Alone on a space station (for a while), navigating some sort of... disaster? invasion? The paranoia the game makes you feel. Could that be a mimic? Could THAT be a mimic? COULD THAT BE A MIMIC?!?!?! You never know. Watch what you pick up!! ⚫About exploring - you find employee terminals that have emails, Audio logs (transcribes), employee locators and so much more around Talos I that tells the story of what the crew has went through, what they are going through. Their final moments. All of which builds up an exhilarating story. ⚫As you progress the story Talos I becomes covered in this beautiful golden spider-like weave (made by weavers so fitting). This was really beautiful to see... word's cannot express how gorgeous this looks. The entire environment changes. ⚫The abilities are awesome and let you have creative freedom of how to play the game. You want to become a coffee cup to squeeze through a tight gap? Unlock mimesis (a typhon ability) to become that cup BUT turrets will see you as a threat and shoot you. You want to avoid the previous thing happening? Unlock some human abilities to "leverage" a door open to brute force your way in. Getting stuck at a location without a door code? Get hacking and hack EVERY single door in the game to progress!! What I disliked/Cons ⚫The story takes a while to "climax" (for lack of better words). It's rather slow to play out. ⚫The ending. Oh man... I was rather... disappointed in the ending. All of "THAT" just to find out "not everything is as it seems". (sorry, no spoilers but if you know, you know). ⚫At the start of the game the stealth was rather... clunky to get used to. The lack of resources early on make it tedious to do much, if anything at the start efficiently. ⚫None of your choices matter. No matter what gender you choose (male or female morgan), no matter if you choose to save or kill all the humans... it doesn't matter. ⚫I personally think that the guns could have had a little more "oomph" to them. They feel weak. You have to shoot a phantom with a pistol (non-stealth) about 10-20 times to kill it. Using the wrench you need to whack it about 10-20 times to kill it. Small Disclaimer Prey is not the continuation of THAT Prey, the Prey we all know and expected a sequel to. The 2006 Prey to be exact. Sadly the sequel to the 2006 Prey got cancelled in 2014 by Bethesda. Instead, this Prey is a "loose reboot" of Prey made by Arkane Austin, which made Redfall. With the "failure" of Redfall Arkane Austin got shutdown which means we probably will not be seeing a sequel of 2017's Prey. I just wanted to mention this just in case you get the game (or own it) and want a follow up to this game... it probably won't happen. Albeit Bethesda still own the IP rights but because Prey didn't sell well... I doubt it will get a follow up. My Verdict/TL;DR At the end of the day Prey is a good game. Not a GOTY contender by any means but for £24.99 and how long the game actually is, I feel like this is a bargain. Prey also goes on sale dirt cheap. The atmosphere and paranoia the game builds up, the ability to play how YOU want to play, how YOU want to approach an encounter and how interconnected the entire game is, is just amazing to me. I would recommend this to anyone a fan of Sci-fi, Immersive sim horror games. Like Alien Isolation. 7/10. Prey in 2026 is a true Hidden Gem to me and I am sad at the thought of no sequel

Dec. 2025

> Releases incredible im-sim > Forced to make live service slop that fails spectacularly > Studio gets shut down What did Microsoft mean by this?

Oct. 2025

I don't review games, ever, but Prey is super underrated so I am telling you all to buy and play this game. Quite possibly the best immersive sim to exist.

July 2025

>Releases incredible im-sim >Forced to make live service slop that fails spectacularly >Studio gets shut down What did Bethesda mean by this?

April 2025

Last good Arcane game until they got mutilated and killed off by Bethesda. 9.5/10

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Prey is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.

Prey is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.

Prey received 46,381 positive votes out of a total of 51,033 achieving a rating of 8.93.

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Prey was developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.

Prey is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Prey is not playable on MacOS.

Prey is not playable on Linux.

Prey is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for Prey. Explore additional content available for Prey on Steam.

Prey does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Prey supports Remote Play on TV. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

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