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A common legend pervades the galaxy-that of a powerful, highly intelligent ancient race that will one day deliver the universe. They are known as Humans. The Advent of Humanity Begins...

Advent Rising is a action, sci-fi and third-person shooter game developed by GlyphX Games and Cavetap and published by Ziggurat.
Released on September 14th 2006 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 524 reviews of which 408 were positive and 116 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 4.26€ on Instant Gaming.


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Windows
Minimum: Windows 2000/XP, 2.0 GHz Processor, 256 MB of RAM, 128 MB ATI 9000 or higher or 128 MB GeForce 3 or higher (except GeForce 4 MX), DirectX 8.1 or higher compatible sound card, DirectX 9.0 (included with download), 5.5 GB Minimum Hard Drive Space, NVIDIA nForce or other motherboards / soundcards containing the Dolby Digital Interactive Content Encoder required for Dolby Digital audio, Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse
Recommended:Windows 2000/XP, 3.4 GHz Processor, 512 MB of RAM, 256 MB GeForce FX 5600 or higher or ATI Radeon 9600 or higher, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 series sound card or higher, Game Pad

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April 2025
I played this on xbox way back in the day, back when Blockbuster was still a thing. I was overjoyed to see that this was on steam, and I only encountered a few bugs playing so far. If you're looking for a good sci fi third person/ first person shooter to play to scratch that Halo itch, this is the best thing.
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March 2025
Advent Rising is a really good sci-fi third person shooter/action-adventure game where you play as Gideon, a young pilot who is forced to evacuate from his home after the brutal invasion of a militaristic alien race called the Seekers. He later sides with the Aurelians to continue to fight and resist against the Seekers. The Aurelians were a more benevolent alien race who were skilled at diplomacy and combat. The Aurelians are able to train Gideon to master his psychic powers overtime so he can use them to his advantage. This game is basically Halo meets Outcast when you think about it. Sadly, the hopes of Advent Rising becoming a trilogy is faded to obscurity and two potential sequels were cancelled. The game is very enjoyable and fun to play like it has a lot of potential to be a good franchise. You are lucky to be equipped with good weapons and psychic powers to defend yourself. Overall, the graphics were cool, the music in the game was good and the plot actually makes sense thanks to a couple of sci-fi writers involved. I bet it took them a lot of time and effort to release this game to the world. Overall Rating: 10/10
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Aug. 2024
I wish modern Xbox studios would bring this back. This game felt incredible back on the original Xbox but does not adapt well to the PC experience. Definitely one of the games of all time tho.
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July 2024
I originally played this game in 2006 on the original xbox, renting the game from a Blockbuster. I instantly fell in love with it's goofy jokes and humor. The story may feel a bit rushed and some cutscenes may be a bit scuffed, but even today in the year of 2024 the story and gameplay still hold up. Advent Rising still remains as one of my most favorite sci-fi games and I still wish it got a sequel to this day.
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June 2024
The Fall of a grate game......a sad memory for thous who wana play the 2nd game but we weare left in a ice land with a withe screen that says.....TO BE CONTINUE......never to continue ever again T_T
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Frequently Asked Questions

Advent Rising is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

Advent Rising is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.

Advent Rising received 408 positive votes out of a total of 524 achieving a rating of 7.36.
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Advent Rising was developed by GlyphX Games and Cavetap and published by Ziggurat.

Advent Rising is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Advent Rising is not playable on MacOS.

Advent Rising is not playable on Linux.

Advent Rising is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for Advent Rising. Explore additional content available for Advent Rising on Steam.

Advent Rising does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Advent Rising does not support Steam Remote Play.

Advent Rising is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Advent Rising
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Developer
GlyphX Games, Cavetap
Publisher
Ziggurat
Release 14 Sep 2006
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