The Callisto Protocol
- December 1, 2022
- Striking Distance
- 9h median play time
The Callisto Protocol gave me nightmares. It's the best horror game of the year, and a bright new contender in the survival horror genre.
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Get on Epic Games StoreIn 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 penitentiary located on Jupiter's moon, Callisto. When inmates begin to transform into monstrous creatures, the prison is thrown into chaos.
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Reviews
- story13,008 mentions
- 34 % positive mentions
- 58 % neutral mentions
- 8 % negative mentions
- optimization11,642 mentions
- 9 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 51 % negative mentions
- gameplay8,306 mentions
- 24 % positive mentions
- 63 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
- graphics7,836 mentions
- 56 % positive mentions
- 43 % neutral mentions
- 2 % negative mentions
- atmosphere3,605 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 2 % negative mentions
- stability950 mentions
- 13 % positive mentions
- 1 % neutral mentions
- 85 % negative mentions
- music670 mentions
- 44 % positive mentions
- 54 % neutral mentions
- 2 % negative mentions
- grinding501 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 10 % neutral mentions
- 90 % negative mentions
- replayability402 mentions
- 12 % positive mentions
- 60 % neutral mentions
- 28 % negative mentions
- funny225 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- emotional184 mentions
- 85 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 15 % negative mentions
- character development176 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 57 % neutral mentions
- 22 % negative mentions
- ads75 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 9 % neutral mentions
- 91 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
The Callisto Protocol Review
A fantastic looking game that builds a great sci-fi world only to trash it with an unenjoyable combat challenge.
60%The Callisto Protocol Review
The Callisto Protocol is a satisfyingly gory spiritual successor to the Dead Space series, but it’s ultimately more of a striking modern mimic than a scary new mutation.
70%The Callisto Protocol – Dead Space Warm-Up
With the string of horror games set in space announced this year, The Callisto Protocol chose a really bad time to offer an utterly bog-standard experience which doesn’t offer anything new to the survival horror genre. Despite providing rich atmosphere with its stunning visuals and anxiety-inducing sound effects, The Callisto Protocol’s gameplay is frustratingly designed and its story feels almost like an afterthought which was quickly churned out through an online ‘survival horror game’ story generator. At least the Dead Space remake is coming out in January.
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