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Game data
Metacritic 90- Released
- 2000-06-26
- User rating
- 4.37 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Action, RPG
- Platforms
- PC, macOS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2
- ESRB
- Mature
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Game details · IGDB
A philosophical first-person WRPG set in a dystopian 2052 in which JC Denton, a nano-augmented agent for the anti-terrorist organization UNATCO, is tasked with stopping the invasion of Liberty Island by the terrorist group NSF. As events unfold, Denton finds that he plays a large part in a world-spanning conspiracy which forces him to ponder his allegiances, beliefs, morality, and view of right and wrong.
- Released
- 2000
- Genres
- Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Platforms
- Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 1
- Franchise
- Deus Ex
- Developer
- Ion Storm
- Publisher
- Eidos Interactive, Square Enix, Eidos Montréal, Aspyr Media, Sold Out Software
Key facts
- Developer
- Ion Storm
- Publisher
- Eidos Interactive
- Director
- Warren Spector
- Producer
- Warren Spector
- Designer
- Harvey Smith
- Programmers
- Chris Norden Albert Yarusso Scott Martin
- Artists
- Jay Lee Nghia Lam Mike Washburn
- Writers
- Sheldon Pacotti Chris Todd Austin Grossman
- Composers
- Alexander Brandon Dan Gardopée Michiel van den Bos Reeves Gabrels
- Series
- Deus Ex
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 1
- Platforms
- Windows Mac OS PlayStation 2 Nintendo Switch PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S
- Release
- June 23, 2000 Microsoft Windows NA : June 23, 2000 AU : July 27, 2000 UK : August 4, 2000 Mac OS NA : July 13, 2000 PlayStation 2 NA : March 26, 2002 EU : June 7, 2002 AU : December 13, 2002 Remastered , Microsoft Windows , Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X/S WW : TBA
- Genres
- Action role-playing , first-person shooter , stealth
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.eidosinteractive.com/games/info.html?gmid=50
Show 4 more facts
- software version identifier
- 1.112fm
- publication date
- 2012-05-16
- title
- Deus Ex
- review score
- 88/100
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Article
Deus Ex is a 2000 action role-playing game developed by Ion Storm and published by Eidos Interactive. Originally released for Microsoft Windows, it was released for Mac OS the same year, and for PlayStation 2 in 2002. A remaster for modern platforms was originally scheduled for release in February 2026, but was later delayed to an unspecified date. The gameplay—combining first-person shooter, stealth, and role-playing elements—features exploration and combat in environments connected to multiple city-based levels, with quests that can be completed in a number of ways and character customization based around cybernetic enhancements. Conversations between characters feature a variety of responses, with choices at key story points affecting how some events play out. A post-release patch incorporated deathmatch-style multiplayer.
Deus Ex is set in 2052, in a dystopian cyberpunk future beset by terrorist acts, economic inequality, and a plague dubbed the Gray Death. The player character, the cybernetically enhanced JC Denton, is an anti-terrorism agent who is deployed when a terrorist group interrupts supplies of a rare Gray Death vaccine. Investigating the incident, Denton ends up involved in a struggle between multiple factions for control of the world. The story is inspired by popular conspiracy theory motifs, incorporating groups including the Illuminati and Majestic 12.