Prey cover art

Prey

2017 · Arkane Studios · ~20h to finish

Difficulty as an inventory problem: every fight you choose to take is ammunition you will not have for the one you did not see coming.

immersive simshooterhorrorPCXbox SeriesSteam Deck
GlobalUNRATED
Baseline difficulty4.1MODERATE

You will lose sometimes. You will not mind.

Price on Steam

$29.99

USD · United States · checked just now

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The fingerprint

12.55.07.510
Strategy
4.8
Obscurity
4.3
Learning Curve
4.0
Reaction
3.7
Punishment
3.6
Puzzle
3.5
Execution
3.0
Grind
1.9
PUBLISHEDHARDEST DEMAND FIRST
  • Punishment drops 0.9 points — you handle this better than most.
  • Execution drops 0.5 points — you handle this better than most.
  • Assist options shave roughly 2.2 points off, if you use them.

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Where it bites

SPOILER-SAFE BY DEFAULT
START25%HALFWAY75%CREDITS
  1. 15% · ~3hReaction

    the enemy that pretends to be furniture, before you own anything that finds them

    5
  2. 55% · ~11hPunishment

    the mid-game point where the station starts actively hunting you

    20

Assists & accessibility

0/4 SOURCED

CHALLENGE RELIEF

  • Difficulty modes [unsourced]Four levels including a scarcity-focused Nightmare.
  • Save anywhere [unsourced]Unlimited quicksaves — and you will want them.

MOTOR & INPUT

  • Fully remappable controls [unsourced]

HEARING

  • Full subtitles [unsourced]

Claims marked unsourced have not been checked against a published accessibility review. Nothing here is inferred from genre — where we do not know, we say nothing.

What it is

An immersive sim set on a derelict space station overrun by shapeshifting aliens, where almost every obstacle has a stealth, combat, engineering and psionic solution.

Where to go from here

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