Deus Ex · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
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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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Deus Ex” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.