Video game · 2001
Gothic
Released 15 March 2001 on PC and Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Piranha Bytes
- Publisher
- THQ Nordic, Egmont International Holding
- Made in
- Essen, Germany
- Genre
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Historical, Stealth, Open world
- Series
- Gothic
OPENCRITIC62
IGDB PLAYERS86447 ratings
About Gothic
Gothic is an action role-playing game set in a third-person perspective within a fantasy open world. The player controls an unnamed prisoner sent into a mining colony enclosed by a magical barrier. Gameplay emphasizes exploration without quest markers or a guided map, and the player character begins with no skills, learning them by finding teachers and spending earned skill points. The game features three factions to join, each offering different paths and abilities: the Old Camp provides access to Fire Mages, the New Camp to Water Mages, and the Brotherhood to early magic through worship of a being called the Sleeper.
Summary: IGDB.
Release dates
| PC | 30 October 2001 |
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| Nintendo Switch | 28 September 2023 |
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Gothic series
Gothic is game 1 of 8. All 8 in order ›
- Gothic 2001
- Gothic II 2002
- Gothic II: Night of the Raven 2003
- Gothic 3 2006
Games like Gothic
- Gothic II 2002
- Gothic 3 2006
- Arcania 2010
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 2002
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 2011
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- Gothic 3 2006
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