The Medium

Third-person psychological horror adventure across physical and spirit worlds

Bloober Team · Published by Bloober Team SA, NA PUBLISHING INC. · Released Jan 28, 2021

Reviews: Very Positive; 89% of 10K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 87 in 30 days
Playing now: 11; peak 24h 20
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is The Medium?

Marianne, a medium seeking the source of her powers, investigates an abandoned communist-era resort. In this third-person adventure, you explore the resort and its spirit-world counterpart, solve puzzles, and use supernatural abilities to get past obstacles and hostile entities.

For you if...

+you like supernatural mysteries with a dark tone
+you prefer narrative exploration to frequent combat

Not for you if...

−you want action-heavy horror and challenging puzzles
−you dislike fixed camera angles and scripted chases

What players say

89% of 10,293 reviews are positive · 91% of 87 in the last 30 days

Players praise the atmosphere, sound, visuals, and dual-reality presentation, though opinions on the story differ. Common complaints include limited gameplay, simple puzzles, awkward controls, and performance problems. Some players also dislike the unresolved ending.

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The Medium system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 (64bit version only)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-6600 / AMD Ryzen™ 5 2500X
Graphics: @1080p NVIDIA GEFORCE® GTX 1650 Super or GTX 1060 / Radeon™ R9 390X
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 55 GB available space
DirectX: Version 11

OS: Windows 10 (64bit version only)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-9600 / AMD Ryzen™ 7 3700X
Graphics: @1080p NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1660 Super / Radeon™ RX 5600XT | @4K NVIDIA GeForce® RTX 2080 or RTX 3060 Ti / Radeon™ RX 6800
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 55 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12