GlyphX · GlyphX Games^* +2^*

Advent Rising

2005 space opera video game · action game · action-adventure game +5^*

At a glance

Genres

space opera video game
action game
action-adventure game
third-person shooter
Action-adventure^*
Action-adventure · Advent Shadow^*
adventure game^*
shooter game^*

Play modes

single-player video game
Single-player · Advent Shadow^*
Single-player^*

Game facts

Developers

GlyphX
GlyphX Games^*
Cavetap^*
Full Fat · Advent Shadow^*

Publishers

Majesco Entertainment
Ziggurat^*
Majesco^*
Majesco · Advent Shadow^*

Engines

Unreal Engine 2

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Platforms

Microsoft Windows
IBM PC compatible
Windows^*
Xbox^*
OnLive^*
PlayStation Portable · Advent Shadow^*

Players by platform

Xbox^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
1^*
Microsoft Windows^*
Maximum players (mode unspecified)
1^*

Content classifications

ESRB · Xbox^*
Classification
T - Teen^*
ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*
Classification
T - Teen^*

Compatibility and community reports

Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*
Community Linux compatibility tier
Gold^*
Reports
5^*
Community confidence
low^*
Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*
Compatibility category
Unknown^*

System requirements

Windows · Minimum^*
Requirements
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^*
Processor alternatives
Intel Pentium III 2.0 GHz^*
Graphics alternatives
ATI Radeon 9000^*
Windows · Recommended^*
Requirements
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^*

Steam version platforms

Windows^*
Supported
Yes^*
macOS^*
Supported
No^*
Linux^*
Supported
No^*

Interface languages

English^*

Game features

Single-player^*
Steam Trading Cards^*
Family Sharing^*

Store genres

Action^*

Screenshots

Screenshot 1 from Advent Rising

Screenshot 2 from Advent Rising

Screenshot 3 from Advent Rising

* Provisional data