Dishonored

First-person stealth action with supernatural powers and reactive missions

Arkane Studios · Published by Bethesda Softworks · Released Oct 8, 2012

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 98% of 88K
Recent reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 98% of 463 in 30 days
Playing now: 300; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is Dishonored?

A first-person action game set in Dunwall, an industrial whaling city shaped by steampunk technology, plague, and supernatural forces. As an empress's bodyguard framed for her murder, you cross mission-based levels and pursue targets using stealth, weapons, gadgets, or supernatural abilities, with choices affecting outcomes.

For you if...

+you enjoy stealth missions with several possible routes
+you like dark steampunk settings with supernatural elements
+you want choices that shape mission outcomes

Not for you if...

−you dislike lethal actions affecting story outcomes
−you prefer tightly guided levels over open-ended approaches

What players say

98% of 88,374 reviews are positive · 98% of 463 in the last 30 days

Players praise the level design, freedom of approach, and ways to combine powers, gadgets, stealth, and direct combat. The most common complaint is that the chaos system discourages using lethal powers; some players also report recurring crashes.

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Dishonored system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows Vista / Windows 7
Processor: 3.0 GHz dual core or better
Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible with 512 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850)
Memory: 3 GB system RAM
Storage: 9 GB