Advent Rising
Third-person sci-fi shooter about humans hunted by the Seekers
GlyphX Games, Cavetap · Published by Ziggurat · Released Sep 14, 2006
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 77% of 591
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 8 years ago
- Apr 20, 2018
- Minimum PC
- –
- not published
Metacritic: 70/100 (critic reviews)
What is Advent Rising?
Advent Rising is a single-player, third-person sci-fi shooter where you fight enemies amid the Seekers' campaign to destroy human colonies across the galaxy.
For you if...
- +you want a story-led sci-fi shooter for solo play
Not for you if...
- −you prefer action games with few story cutscenes
What players say
77% of 591 reviews are positive
Players praise the sci-fi story and soundtrack, but often criticize the controls and combat. Some also report crashes and other technical problems on modern PCs.
Screenshots and trailer
Advent Rising system requirements
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Advent Rising?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
Windows 2000/XP, 2.0 GHz Processor, 256 MB of RAM, 128 MB ATI 9000 or higher or 128 MB GeForce 3 or higher (except GeForce 4 MX), DirectX 8.1 or higher compatible sound card, DirectX 9.0 (included with download), 5.5 GB Minimum Hard Drive Space, NVIDIA nForce or other motherboards / soundcards containing the Dolby Digital Interactive Content Encoder required for Dolby Digital audio, Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse Recommended: Windows 2000/XP, 3.4 GHz Processor, 512 MB of RAM, 256 MB GeForce FX 5600 or higher or ATI Radeon 9600 or higher, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 series sound card or higher, Game Pad
Does Advent Rising have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Advent Rising run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Advent Rising 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 Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Action
- Sci-fi
- Third-Person Shooter
- Story Rich
- Singleplayer
- Great Soundtrack
- Space
- Third Person
- Classic
- Shooter
Recent updates
- Apr 20, 2018 · Small Update
- Mar 29, 2018 · DLC Update
- Mar 29, 2018 · DLC Update
- Mar 7, 2018 · Intro and update
- Mar 7, 2018 · Intro and update
2 DLC available.
