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Dishonored

First-person stealth action with supernatural powers and reactive missions

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

ActionAdventure

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
97% of 73K
Recent reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
98% of 400 in 30 days
Players
357
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
3 years ago
Dec 13, 2022
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 460
3 GB RAM · 9 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 91/100 (critic reviews)

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

97% of 72,746 reviews are positive · 98% of 400 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.

Players over time

▼ -23% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 637 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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How many players finish Dishonored?

40% of Steam players have unlocked «Resolution», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Dishonored screenshot 1

Dishonored system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 460, 3 GB RAM, 9 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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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

Recommended

OS
Windows Vista / Windows 7 (enhanced for 64-bit OS)
Processor
2.4 GHz quad core or better (enhanced for multi-core processors)
Graphics
DirectX 9 compatible with 768 MB video RAM or better (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 / ATI Radeon HD 5850)
Memory
4 GB system RAM
Storage
9 GB

Does Dishonored have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Dishonored run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
80
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Age rating
17+
Languages
Full audio: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain.

Does Dishonored use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

Tags

5 DLC available.

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