Gothic 3

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• role-playing video game

• Action role-playing^*
• action game^*

• sandbox game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

• Single-player^*

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  T - Teen^*

Series

• Gothic

Engines

• Genome

Localized titles

• Gothic III

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• RPG^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Spanish - Spain^*
• Italian^*
• Polish^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• Russian^*

Audio languages

• English^*
• French^*
• German^*
• Polish^*
• Russian^*

Community tags · historical

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  404^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  321^*

• Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  191^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  157^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  147^*

• Third Person^*

  Votes · historical

  145^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  142^*

• Medieval^*

  Votes · historical

  131^*

• Gothic^*

  Votes · historical

  119^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  113^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  99^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  93^*

• Magic^*

  Votes · historical

  89^*

• Action RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  76^*

• Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  70^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  68^*

• First-Person^*

  Votes · historical

  41^*

• Dark Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  36^*

• Replay Value^*

  Votes · historical

  29^*

• Exploration^*

  Votes · historical

  29^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  Windows XP/2000/Vista/7/8/10/11^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Pentium 4 or AMD CPU 2 GHz or equivalent^*

  Memory

  2 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  3D graphics card with 128 MB Ram and Shader 1.4^*

  Graphics API

  Version 9.0c^*

  Storage

  5 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  DirectX compatible^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Processor alternatives

  Intel Pentium 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 4000+^*

  Graphics alternatives

  3D graphics cardwith 256 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 6800 equivalent or better^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  4 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Gold^*

  Reports

  64^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

Developers

• Piranha Bytes

Publishers

• JoWooD Entertainment

• THQ Nordic^*
• JoWooD Productions · Microsoft Windows · Europe^*
• Deep Silver · Microsoft Windows · Europe^*
• Auran · Microsoft Windows · Australia^*
• Aspyr Media · Microsoft Windows · North America^*
• Nintendo Switch 2 · Microsoft Windows^*
• PlayStation 4 & 5 · Microsoft Windows^*
• Xbox One · Microsoft Windows^*
• Xbox Series · Microsoft Windows^*
• THQ Nordic · Microsoft Windows · Worldwide^*

• 2006-10-13

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  Europe

• 2006-11-20

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  North America

• 2006-11-23

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  Russia

• 2026-11-24 · Microsoft Windows · Worldwide^*

  Release date

  2026-11-24^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

  Market

  Worldwide^*

• 2006-10-12 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2006-10-12^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Dec 2, 2009^*

Detailed specifications