Action · October 25, 2013

Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut (2013)

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You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. Your job is to safeguard company secrets, but when a black ops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job changes. Key Features: A divided near-future: discover a time of great technological advancement, but also a time of chaos and conspiracy. Mechanical augmentations of the human body have divided society between those who can afford them, and those who can’t. Opposing forces conspire from the shadow to control the destiny of mankind: a human revolution is coming. A perfect mix of action and role-play: the game uniquely combines action-packed close-quarters takedowns with intense shooting, offering a vast array of character augmentations and upgrades for the many weapons at your disposal. Unlock new abilities and increase your stealth, social, hacking or combat skills: the game rewards all styles of play and approaches. Determine how you want your character to evolve, based on how you want to play the game. Choices and consequences: shoot your way through the enemies, sneak up behind them without being traced, hack systems to retrieve crucial information, or use your social skills to extract information from key characters – there are always choices, multiple approaches, multiple paths and multiple tools at your disposal. Choose your playing style and face the consequences of your actions: you decide how the story unfolds in his enhanced storyline featuring the full integration of 'The Missing Link' and 'Tongs Mission'. Find more ways to defeat the new and improved Boss Fights, use the Newgame+ feature to replay the story with your previously acquired augmentations. Learn more about the game with the developers commentaries in ENGLISH ONLY and the original 'Making of'video.

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume28.1k Steam reviewsTop 19% in Action
Positive rating92% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 28%
Metacritic91/100Genre average 77 — top 3% of Action titles
Concurrent peak193 playersTop 26% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours17 h averageTop 29% for session depth among Action

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Cyberpunk · 1.8k
  • Stealth · 1.6k
  • RPG · 1.4k
  • Sci-fi · 1.1k
  • FPS · 1.0k
  • Action · 1.0k
  • Singleplayer · 933
  • Story Rich · 932
  • Great Soundtrack · 725
  • Transhumanism · 613
  • Dystopian · 605
  • First-Person · 566
  • Atmospheric · 397
  • Adventure · 354
  • Immersive Sim · 345

Reception Metrics

Steam community

92%Very Positive · 28.1k reviews

25.9k positive · 2.3k negative

Metacritic

91/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.5/10

Curator recommendations

24.4k

Peak concurrent players

193

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (5)

  • English volume_up
  • French volume_up
  • Italian volume_up
  • German volume_up
  • Spanish - Spain volume_up

Full audio (5)

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on Tablet

Accessibility

  • Captions available

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Commentary available
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Director’s Cut artfully blends the action-oriented appeal of first-person shooters with the tension of a solid stealth title and the exploratory wonder of role-playing games.” 9/10 – EGMNOW “the Director's Cut of Human Revolution is the definitive version of an excellent game. Human Revolution would bear replaying even without the enhancements — it's a rare title that combines superb world building and storytelling with such dedication to player choice. I lost myself in the world…

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

17h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

6h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

2h

Current engagement

Achievements

59

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 25, 2013
DeveloperEidos Montreal
PublisherEidos Interactive Corp.
Base price$2.99 -85%
Required age17+
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksMetacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

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