Prototype
Game First reported release
Game details
- First release year
- 2009
Platforms
Genres
- biopunk
- science fiction video game
- action-adventure game
- beat 'em up*
- sandbox game*
- shooter game*
- action game*
- adventure game*
Play modes
- single-player video game
Players by platform
- Microsoft Windows*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- PlayStation 3*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
Content classifications
- ESRB · PlayStation 3*
- Classification
- M - Mature*
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows*
- Classification
- M - Mature*
Series
- Prototype
Engines
- Titanium
Localized titles
- Prototype
Steam version platforms
- Windows*
- Supported
- Yes*
- Linux*
- Supported
- No*
- macOS*
- Supported
- No*
Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
Game features
- Single-player*
- Family Sharing*
Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Italian*
Community tags · historical
- Action*
- Votes · historical
- 579*
- Open World*
- Votes · historical
- 544*
- Gore*
- Votes · historical
- 363*
- Singleplayer*
- Votes · historical
- 342*
- Third Person*
- Votes · historical
- 326*
- Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 321*
- Superhero*
- Votes · historical
- 316*
- Parkour*
- Votes · historical
- 295*
- Violent*
- Votes · historical
- 234*
- Hack and Slash*
- Votes · historical
- 212*
- Zombies*
- Votes · historical
- 208*
- Action-Adventure*
- Votes · historical
- 195*
- Sci-fi*
- Votes · historical
- 166*
- Story Rich*
- Votes · historical
- 144*
- Sandbox*
- Votes · historical
- 142*
- RPG*
- Votes · historical
- 131*
- Stealth*
- Votes · historical
- 116*
- Controller*
- Votes · historical
- 95*
- Atmospheric*
- Votes · historical
- 94*
- Horror*
- Votes · historical
- 88*
System requirements
- Windows · Unspecified tier*
- Operating system
- Windows® XP (with Service Pack 3) or Windows Vista®*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4000+ or better*
- Memory
- Vista 2 GB RAM / XP 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- All NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800 GT 256 MB and better chipsets. All ATI Radeon™ X1800 256 MB and better chipsets DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX 9.0c*
- Storage
- 8GB of free hard drive space Sound: DirectX® 9.0c compliant sound card*
- Windows · Recommended*
- Memory
- 32 GB*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU; AMD Ryzen 7 2700; or equal*
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER; AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT; or equal*
- Windows · Minimum*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8600k; Ryzen 5 3600; or equal*
- Graphics alternatives
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 1050; AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 5000); or equal*
- Memory
- 8 GB*
Compatibility and community reports
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27*
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Gold*
- Reports
- 89*
- Community confidence
- strong*
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27*
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
Studios & publishers
Developers
- Radical Entertainment
Publishers
- Activision*
- Activision Publishing*
Release history
- 2009-06-09
- Date precision
- Exact date
- 2009-06-09 · PlayStation 3*
- Release date
- 2009-06-09*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- PlayStation 3*
- 2009-06-09 · Microsoft Windows*
- Release date
- 2009-06-09*
- Date precision
- Exact date*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Store release history
- Steam*
- Release date
- Jun 10, 2009*
System configuration
Detailed specifications
Specifications 1 · 14 fields
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8600k; Ryzen 5 3600; or equal*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 1050; AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 5000); or equal*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- 8* GB
- Name
- Prototype*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU; AMD Ryzen 7 2700; or equal*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER; AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT; or equal*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- 32* GB
- Release year
- 2,009*
- Windows minimum processor requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Processor alternatives
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8600k; Ryzen 5 3600; or equal*
- Windows minimum graphics requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Graphics alternatives
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 1050; AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 5000); or equal*
- Windows minimum memory requirement
- Windows · Minimum
- Memory
- 8 GB*
- Windows recommended processor requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Processor alternatives
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU; AMD Ryzen 7 2700; or equal*
- Windows recommended graphics requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Graphics alternatives
- GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER; AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT; or equal*
- Windows recommended memory requirement
- Windows · Recommended
- Memory
- 32 GB*
Specifications 2 · 14 fields
- Developers · PlayStation 3
- Radical Entertainment
- Radical Entertainment*
- Developers · Microsoft Windows
- Radical Entertainment
- Radical Entertainment*
- ESRB classification · PlayStation 3
- ESRB · PlayStation 3
- Classification
- M - Mature*
- ESRB classification · Microsoft Windows
- ESRB · Microsoft Windows
- Classification
- M - Mature*
- Genres · PlayStation 3
- beat 'em up
- beat 'em up*
- sandbox game
- sandbox game*
- shooter game
- shooter game*
- Genres · Microsoft Windows
- action game
- action game*
- adventure game
- adventure game*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Maximum players (mode unspecified) · PlayStation 3
- PlayStation 3
- Maximum players (mode unspecified)
- 1*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Windows*
- Platform
- PlayStation 3
- PlayStation 3*
- Publishers · PlayStation 3
- Activision Publishing
- Activision Publishing*
- Publishers · Microsoft Windows
- Activision
- Activision*
- Release date · PlayStation 3
- 2009-06-09 · PlayStation 3
- Release date
- 2009-06-09*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- PlayStation 3*
- Release date · Microsoft Windows
- 2009-06-09 · Microsoft Windows
- Release date
- 2009-06-09*
- Date precision
- day*
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows*
Specifications 3 · 34 fields
- Achievements · historical
- 0*
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 27* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 649* min
- Features
- Single-player*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Radical Entertainment*
- DLC count · historical
- 0*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1000000 - 2000000*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Linux support · historical
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- No*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 53* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 327* min
- Metacritic score
- 79*
- Name
- Prototype™*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 2,461*
- Peak ccu
- 223*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 9,896*
- Price (historical; currency unreported)
- 3.99*
- Publishers
- Activision*
- Recommendations
- 11,579*
- Store release date · historical
- Jun 10, 2009*
- Store age restriction · historical
- 17*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Italian*
- Game website · historical
- http://www.prototypegame.com*
- Windows support · historical
- Yes*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Radical Entertainment
- Radical Entertainment*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Linux support · historical
- Linux
- Supported
- No*
- macOS support · historical
- macOS
- Supported
- No*
- Publishers
- Activision
- Activision*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Jun 10, 2009*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Italian*
- Windows support · historical
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
Specifications 4 · 21 fields
- Mean playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 262* min
- Mean playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 632* min
- Ccu
- 223*
- Developer
- Radical Entertainment*
- Historical discount
- 0* %
- Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Historical US original list price
- 1,999* US cents
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Italian*
- Median playtime over the reported two-week window (historical)
- 503* min
- Median playtime since March 2009 (historical)
- 222* min
- Name
- Prototype*
- Negative reviews · historical
- 2,461*
- Estimated ownership range (historical)
- 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000*
- Positive reviews · historical
- 9,896*
- Historical US price
- 1,999* US cents
- Publisher
- Activision*
- Community tags · historical
- Action*
- Open World*
- Gore*
- Singleplayer*
- Third Person*
- Adventure*
- Superhero*
- Parkour*
- Violent*
- Hack and Slash*
- Zombies*
- Action-Adventure*
- Sci-fi*
- Story Rich*
- Sandbox*
- RPG*
- Stealth*
- Controller*
- Atmospheric*
- Horror*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Languages
- English*
- French*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Italian*
- Community tags · historical
- Action
- Action*
- Open World
- Open World*
- Gore
- Gore*
- Singleplayer
- Singleplayer*
- Third Person
- Third Person*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Superhero
- Superhero*
- Parkour
- Parkour*
- Violent
- Violent*
- Hack and Slash
- Hack and Slash*
- Zombies
- Zombies*
- Action-Adventure
- Action-Adventure*
- Sci-fi
- Sci-fi*
- Story Rich
- Story Rich*
- Sandbox
- Sandbox*
- RPG
- RPG*
- Stealth
- Stealth*
- Controller
- Controller*
- Atmospheric
- Atmospheric*
- Horror
- Horror*
- Tags votes
- Action
- Votes · historical
- 579*
- Open World
- Votes · historical
- 544*
- Gore
- Votes · historical
- 363*
- Singleplayer
- Votes · historical
- 342*
- Third Person
- Votes · historical
- 326*
- Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 321*
- Superhero
- Votes · historical
- 316*
- Parkour
- Votes · historical
- 295*
- Violent
- Votes · historical
- 234*
- Hack and Slash
- Votes · historical
- 212*
- Zombies
- Votes · historical
- 208*
- Action-Adventure
- Votes · historical
- 195*
- Sci-fi
- Votes · historical
- 166*
- Story Rich
- Votes · historical
- 144*
- Sandbox
- Votes · historical
- 142*
- RPG
- Votes · historical
- 131*
- Stealth
- Votes · historical
- 116*
- Controller
- Votes · historical
- 95*
- Atmospheric
- Votes · historical
- 94*
- Horror
- Votes · historical
- 88*
Specifications 5 · 26 fields
- Features
- Single-player*
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Radical Entertainment*
- Store genres
- Action*
- Adventure*
- Free to play · historical
- No*
- Metacritic score
- 79*
- Name
- Prototype™*
- Windows requirements
- OS *: Windows® XP (with Service Pack 3) or Windows Vista® Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4000+ or better Memory: Vista 2 GB RAM / XP 1 GB RAM Graphics: All NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800 GT 256 MB and better chipsets. All ATI Radeon™ X1800 256 MB and better chipsets DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Hard Drive: 8GB of free hard drive space Sound: DirectX® 9.0c compliant sound card *
- Platforms
- windows*
- Historical price currency
- USD*
- Discount percentage (historical)
- 0*
- Historical store price
- $19.99*
- Publishers
- Activision*
- Recommendations total
- 11,372*
- Coming soon · historical store status
- No*
- Store release date · historical
- Jun 10, 2009*
- Store age restriction · historical
- 17*
- Interface languages
- English, French, Spanish - Spain, Italian*
- Type
- game*
- Features
- Single-player
- Single-player*
- Family Sharing
- Family Sharing*
- Developers
- Radical Entertainment
- Radical Entertainment*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Windows requirements
- Windows · Unspecified tier
- Operating system
- Windows® XP (with Service Pack 3) or Windows Vista®*
- Processor alternatives
- Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4000+ or better*
- Memory
- Vista 2 GB RAM / XP 1 GB RAM*
- Graphics alternatives
- All NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800 GT 256 MB and better chipsets. All ATI Radeon™ X1800 256 MB and better chipsets DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX 9.0c*
- Storage
- 8GB of free hard drive space Sound: DirectX® 9.0c compliant sound card*
- Platforms
- Windows
- Supported
- Yes*
- Publishers
- Activision
- Activision*
- Store release date · historical
- Steam
- Release date
- Jun 10, 2009*
- Interface languages
- English*
- French*
- Spanish - Spain*
- Italian*
Specifications 6 · 15 fields
- Co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- playable*
- Store genres
- Action|Adventure*
- Local co-op listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Owners-based popularity rank · 2026-06-27
- 1,029*
- Community Linux rating confidence · 2026-06-27
- strong*
- Community Linux report count · 2026-06-27
- 89*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- gold*
- PvP listed on Steam · 2026-06-27
- No*
- Steam release year · historical
- 2,009*
- Title
- Prototype*
- Coming soon · historical Steam listing
- No*
- Steam Deck compatibility · 2026-06-27
- Steam Deck · 2026-06-27
- Compatibility category
- Playable*
- Store genres
- Action
- Action*
- Adventure
- Adventure*
- Community Linux compatibility tier · 2026-06-27
- Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27
- Community Linux compatibility tier
- Gold*
- Reports
- 89*
- Community confidence
- strong*
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