Advent Rising

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• IBM PC compatible

• Windows^*
• Xbox^*
• OnLive^*
• PlayStation Portable · Advent Shadow^*

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^*

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^*

Engines

• Unreal Engine 2

Localized titles

• Advent Rising

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*

Game features

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

Interface languages

• English^*

Community tags · historical

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  72^*

• Sci-fi^*

  Votes · historical

  36^*

• Third-Person Shooter^*

  Votes · historical

  23^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  22^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  19^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  16^*

• Space^*

  Votes · historical

  8^*

• Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  7^*

• Third Person^*

  Votes · historical

  7^*

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^*

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^*

Developers

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

Publishers

• Majesco Entertainment

• Ziggurat^*
• Majesco^*
• Majesco · Advent Shadow^*

• 2005-05-31

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2006-09-14

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2006-02-17 · Europe^*

  Release date

  2006-02-17^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Market

  Europe^*

• 2005-08-09 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2005-08-09^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

• 2005-05-31 · Xbox^*

  Release date

  2005-05-31^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Xbox^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Sep 14, 2006^*

Detailed specifications