The Callisto Protocol
In this narrative-driven, third-person survival horror game set 300 years in the future, the player will take on the role of Jacob Lee – a victim of fate thrown into Black Iron Prison, a maximum-security…
The Callisto Protocol is an adventure developed by Striking Distance Studios, released 2 December 2022 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The main story takes about 10.5 hrs to finish.
What The Callisto Protocol is
The Callisto Protocol is an adventure game developed by Striking Distance Studios and released in 2022. It was published by Krafton. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set on Jupiter’s dead moon Callisto in the year 2320, The Callisto Protocol casts players as Jacob Lee, an inmate in Black Iron Prison. When a mysterious outbreak throws the moon into chaos, Jacob must face his darkest fears to defeat the bloodthirsty creatures that stalk him as he unravels the dark mysteries at the heart of the powerful United Jupiter Company.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, horror, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 46 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
The Callisto Protocol holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2022 averaged 74, so it scored 9 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 67, across 162 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 10.5 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 2600, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 580. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 75GB. 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
The Callisto Protocol launched on 2 December 2022, within three weeks of Pentiment, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes and World of Warcraft: Dragonflight. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Pentiment, Marvel's Midnight Suns, Chained Echoes, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Callisto Protocol yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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