System Shock 2

Steam News · Dec 25, 2025

System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Edition is the absolute gold standard of remasters

You ever watch those art restoration YouTube channels? The guys who have some bristling kit of arcane brushes, tweezers, spudgers and sponges, and who put them to use painstakingly removing a fine layer of yellow—origin indeterminate—from the surface of masterpiece after masterpiece?.. Read more.

Steam News · Oct 19, 2025

26 years later, System Shock 2's music is a crucial part of its level design, and turning it off is a tragedy

The worst thing I've ever read was this: "Just make sure you turn the music off before you start." It was a throwaway forum post around the launch of Nightdive's System Shock 2 remaster—advice given to a new player asking for tips before their first playthrough... Read more.

Steam News · Oct 8, 2025

The original System Shock 2 is being delisted, so if you want it, act fast

We live in a work where remakes and remasters are a dime a dozen. Diablo 2 Resurrected, Resident Evil 4, Silent Hill 2: nostalgia sells, and we keep on buying. Earlier this year the titans over at Nightdive dropped a 25th anniversary remaster of System Shock 2, which released to critical acclaim and currently sits at an 87% positive rating on Steam - not too shabby. In the wake of its launch, howe...

Steam News · Oct 8, 2025

System Shock 2 (1999) is getting delisted and bundled with the 25th Anniversary Remaster

Nightdive Studios / Atari have announced that the classic System Shock 2 (1999) is getting delisted from stores on October 10th. Read the full article here:

Steam News · Oct 7, 2025

The original System Shock 2 is being removed from sale later this week

I can't say I'm entirely surprised, but it's still a little disappointing: The original 1999 edition of System Shock 2 will be removed from sale on October 10... Read more.

Steam News · Oct 7, 2025

System Shock 2 (1999) Delisting Notice

System Shock 2 (1999) will be delisted from PC platforms on October 10, 2025. Existing owners of System Shock 2 (1999) will still be able to re-download and play it from their library, but new users will no longer be able to purchase System Shock 2 (1999) as a standalone product. At the time of delisting, System Shock 2 (1999) will be made available with the purchase of System Shock 2: 25th Annive...

Steam News · Sep 8, 2025

Adding controller support to the System Shock 2 remaster meant re-recording decades-old voice acting

System Shock 2 opens with playable character creation that also functions as a tutorial. Your trainee goggle-wearing badass walks off the street into a recruitment center and signs up to be a marine, or an engineer, or a psychic black ops agent. Then you choose where you'll be posted for each tour—decisions that alter your stats—and an instructor teaches you how to use your abilities... Read more....

Steam News · Sep 7, 2025

Nightdive Studios says System Shock 2's multiplayer was 'so hard to get working' for modern platforms, but you should still 'probably play it in singleplayer first to get the true experience'

One of System Shock 2's more unusual quirks is how it supports four player co-op. This was extremely rare in PC gaming in general at the tail end of the nineties, and it makes System Shock 2 unique among the classic immersive sims... Read more.

Steam News · Aug 21, 2025

Nightdive's System Shock 2 remaster now supports 26 years of mods and fan missions

Tucked at the bottom of System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Edition's 1.2 patch notes is the whammy I'd been waiting for: "Added support for custom campaigns (fan missions)." Balance mods were good to go from launch, but now 'Shock 2's extensive back catalogue of modded missions and campaigns is fair game too... Read more.

Steam News · Aug 4, 2025

System Shock 2's alien 'sphincter doors' were made with photos from a dev's colonoscopy

In the latest episode of Nightdive Studios' Deep Dive podcast, System Shock 2 artist and industry veteran Nate Wells shared stories of his time working on the PC gaming classic⁠—including how he sourced an unlikely art asset for the structures built by nasty worm aliens, The Many... Read more.