Gothic 1 Remake
Gothic 1 Remake is an action role-playing game set in a third-person perspective within a fantasy open world. It is a remake of the 2001 game Gothic, developed by Alkimia Interactive using Unreal Engine 5. The…
Gothic 1 Remake is an adventure developed by Alkimia Interactive, released 5 June 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Gothic 1 Remake is
Gothic 1 Remake is an adventure game developed by Alkimia Interactive and released in 2026. It was published by THQ Nordic. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In a medieval fantasy world where humans are losing a war against Orcs, the king sentences all criminals to labor in ore mines to forge weapons. To prevent escape, twelve magicians erect a magical barrier over the mining colony, but the spell goes out of control, trapping the magicians inside and allowing the convicts to overthrow their guards. The prisoners split into three factions: the Old Camp, which trades ore with the king; the New Camp, which hoards ore to attempt destroying the barrier; and the Brotherhood, a religious group worshipping a being called the Sleeper. An unnamed prisoner is thrown into the colony carrying a letter for the Fire Mages. After joining one of the factions…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 42 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Gothic 1 Remake holds a critic score of 56 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored 22 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i7-7700K / AMD Ryzen 5 1600X, 16 GB RAM and 8 GB VRAM, AMD RX 6700 XT or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. Install size is roughly 60GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Gothic 1 Remake launched on 5 June 2026, within three weeks of 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight and Mina the Hollower. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: 007 First Light, Forza Horizon 6, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Mina the Hollower.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Gothic 1 Remake yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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