Risen

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

• Xbox Series X and Series S

Genres

• action role-playing game

• action game^*

• adventure game^*

• role-playing video game^*

Play modes

• single-player video game

Players by platform

• Microsoft Windows^*

  Maximum players (mode unspecified)

  1^*

Content classifications

• ESRB · Microsoft Windows^*

  Classification

  M - Mature^*

Series

• Risen

Engines

• SpeedTree

• Genome

Localized titles

• Risen

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• RPG^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Full controller support^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• French^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

• German^*

  Full audio

  Yes^*

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

  Full audio

  Yes^*

Audio languages

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

Community tags · historical

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  443^*

• Open World^*

  Votes · historical

  329^*

• Gothic^*

  Votes · historical

  214^*

• Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  200^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  181^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  173^*

• Atmospheric^*

  Votes · historical

  161^*

• Third Person^*

  Votes · historical

  148^*

• Exploration^*

  Votes · historical

  142^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  100^*

• Magic^*

  Votes · historical

  93^*

• Dark Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  80^*

• Action RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  75^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  69^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  63^*

• Medieval^*

  Votes · historical

  63^*

• Difficult^*

  Votes · historical

  55^*

• Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  41^*

• Sandbox^*

  Votes · historical

  37^*

• Character Customization^*

  Votes · historical

  37^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

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

  Processor alternatives

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

  Memory

  4 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  256 MB DirectX™ 9.0c compatible graphics card (nVidia® GeForce® 7900/ATI Radeon™ X1800 or better)^*

  Graphics API

  Version 9.0c^*

  Storage

  5 GB available space^*

  Audio hardware

  DirectX compatible^*

  Conditions

  Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Full^*

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Playable^*

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

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  81^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

Developers

• Piranha Bytes

• THQ Nordic^*

Publishers

• THQ Nordic

• Deep Silver

• THQ Nordic GmbH^*

• 2009-10-02

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2010-02-23

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Market

  North America

• 2023-01-24

  Date precision

  Exact date

  Platform

  Xbox Series X and Series S

• 2009-10-01 · Microsoft Windows^*

  Release date

  2009-10-01^*

  Date precision

  Exact date^*

  Platform

  Microsoft Windows^*

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  Oct 2, 2009^*

Detailed specifications