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System Shock 2
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Remaster available RPG 1999 Irrational Games

System Shock 2

Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios' 1999 horror RPG, set aboard a starship with an AI named SHODAN.

You wake up from cryo-sleep aboard the starship Von Braun to find the crew dead or mutated by a strange infection. A voice on the radio guides you, but can it be trusted?

GOG sells the 25th Anniversary Remaster, which includes the original 1999 version.

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About the game

Choose to be a marine, a hacker or a psionic, and upgrade your skills as you go.

Weapons break, ammo is scarce, and the ship is very scary.

History

Developed by Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios and published by Electronic Arts in 1999.

A 25th Anniversary Remaster came out in 2025. GOG now sells it with the original 1999 version included.

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Ways to play

GOG.com System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster, with the 1999 original included
Paid Open

Extras

Only official, legal extras. We never link to scanned manuals or unofficial downloads.

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