Risen

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.

Risen is a rpg, open world and gothic game developed by Piranha Bytes and THQ Nordic and published by THQ Nordic.
Released on October 02nd 2009 is available only on Windows in 7 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish and Russian.

It has received 9,627 reviews of which 8,549 were positive and 1,078 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Risen into these genres:

RPG Open World Gothic Fantasy Adventure Singleplayer Atmospheric Third Person Exploration Action Magic Dark Fantasy Action RPG Story Rich Great Soundtrack Medieval Difficult Classic Sandbox Character Customization

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10/11
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 or AMD CPU 2 GHz or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB DirectX™ 9.0c compatible graphics card (nVidia® GeForce® 7900/ATI Radeon™ X1800 or better)
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible

Reviews

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Jan. 2025

My rating: 8.5/10 If you like old RPG games, this game is for you. You can actually feel the gothic soul in it and that the game has a lot in common with it, and it works for me. Quite a big world, the plot is ok, nothing crazy. Mob fights are fine, did not try a mage path, but wielding a two handed sword was nice. Generally, like in a typical old RPG, you have a specific goal that you fulfill at the very end of the game, for which you need to prepare, but it's nice that it has a little twist.

Dec. 2024

Fantastic game. The combat is a bit bad, but the music, design and atmosphere reminded me of a time when games had soul.

Nov. 2024

2024 & still holds up. Gut animals, prospect minerals, write spells, make jewelry, cook stews, craft potions, forge swords... a neat little do-it-all rpg.

Sept. 2024

Brutal melee combat, no map markers, limited skill points and level cap mean builds must be thought out carefully... Fantastic story (so far..., yet to complete the game). In short great game, cant wait to play the first and second sequels...

Aug. 2024

A single player, adventure game that includes puzzles to solve, cave to find treasures, and creatures to fight. A lot like Skyrim The Elder Scrolls. This is the shortest and easiest of the 3 game series. Enjoy playing it and will play it again after completing the series.

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14.99€

8.6

8,549

1,078

Online players

125

Developer

Piranha Bytes, THQ Nordic

Publisher

THQ Nordic

Release 02 Oct 2009

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