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As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.

Mass Effect (2007) is a rpg, sci-fi and story rich game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts.
Released on December 19th 2008 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain and Italian.

It has received 16,434 reviews of which 15,394 were positive and 1,040 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.1 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 8.99€ on Steam with a 70% discount.

The Steam community has classified Mass Effect (2007) into these genres:

RPG Sci-fi Story Rich Action Space Third-Person Shooter Singleplayer Choices Matter Great Soundtrack Third Person Character Customization Shooter Adventure Female Protagonist Romance Atmospheric Open World Action RPG Real-Time with Pause Immersive

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Windows

Supported OS: Microsoft Windows® XP with SP2 or Windows Vista*
Processor: Intel P4 2.4 Ghz or faster / AMD 2.0 Ghz
Memory: 1.0 GB RAM or more (2.0 GB for Vista)
Graphics: DirectX 9.0c compatible, ATI X1300 XT or greater (ATI X1300, X1300 Pro, X1600 Pro, Radeon 2600 HD, and HD 2400 are below minimum system requirements); NVidia GeForce 6800 or greater (7300, 7600 GS, 8500 are below minimum system requirements)
Hard Drive: 12.0 GB or more free hard drive space
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible
DirectX®: 9.0c

* WINDOWS VISTA OR WINDOWS 7 USERS: Launching “Mass Effect” from Steam requires the setting “Run as Administrator”. If the User Account Control feature of Windows Vista is enabled, launching “Mass Effect” from Steam will result in failure. For users with User Account Control enabled, launch Steam using the “Run as Administrator” option or launch from the windows shortcut.

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Oct. 2025

Holds its weight in gold still to this day almost two decades past. 10/10 classic

Sept. 2025

This game can be divided into three major parts: the story, the shooting-RPG, and the mako sections. The mako sections are the worst of the bunch. a floaty and slippery vehicle that bounces like crazy combined with mostly empty terrain that is filled to the brim with mountains and hillsides. the only saving grace is that the mako literally cannot be flipped upside down. it tries, lord does it try, but it always bounces back upright somehow. occasionally you get out on foot to investigate things. usually all this amounts to is pressing F on an object then getting right back in the car. sometimes it's a small dungeon. if the maps were flatter or more planned out instead of randomly generated this part wouldn't be so bad, unfortunately not only is it the worst part, it'll make up more than half of any 100% playthrough. fortunately all but a small handful of mako sections are optional, otherwise I'd not be recommending this game! the middle child is the third person shooter/ RPG hybrid mechanics. the best I can say about this is that it is very servicable. I've certainly played better shooters, and my fair share of better RPGs, but both sides work well enough that neither gets in the way of the other. I will say comparing this to later entries this one is much more equal parts RPG and shooter. 2 and 3 lean much more heavily toward the shooter side of the equation. and you can do things like fling people into the stratosphere by using low gravity bionic "spells". fun! the story section is why this game got expanded into a very successful trilogy and ultimately why I've hit the recommend button. from the very first game most of the mass effect universe was established and well founded, with visually unique and interesting alien species like the turians and elcor being there from the minute you set foot on the citadel! and the menacing geth being established literally in the very first mission. there are enough codex entries that reading them all added a good 2 hours to my playthrough. if you want to learn about this universe, the game provides. and nothing feels "walled off" like it's not part of the greater whole. the turians are used as security guards by all the other races. the asari can meld with any other species which gave them a reputation. the quarians who made the geth and were exiled are paid to change their routes because they strip mine other system's asteroids for resources they can't get from their own planet anymore. and a lot of this background info influences the plot of the game itself, which I won't say much about for fear of spoiling. if you feel like delving into another universe for a while and can put up with somewhat clunky shooting and poorly balanced mechanics that let you become an overpowered god, the immersion of this game was unmatched for the time and still has few competitors to this day. I'm glad that the later entries reformed the gameplay to be more enjoyable and able to stand on it's own, but it's worth playing the first game if you care about the world it's set in. and I do, so, thumbs up from me.

Sept. 2025

ME2 is great in its own right, but nothing beats the original. This is truly one of the few interactive epics ever made. This franchise deserved a better finale, its beginnings however are unmatched!

April 2025

They should have cloned everybody involved in this project and replaced all future game studios with the clones. The publishers however should have been sterilized.

March 2025

Mass Effect remains a masterclass in emotional manipulation—convincing players they're experiencing agency while funneling them through predetermined narrative chokepoints. Its enduring popularity exposes our collective willingness to overlook technical obsolescence and corporate control mechanisms for the comfort of familiar storytelling. You don't play Mass Effect; you submit to it, granting it system privileges, and personal data, all for the privilege of reliving the same decisions you made 16 years ago.

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Mass Effect (2007) is currently priced at 8.99€ on Steam.

Mass Effect (2007) is currently available at a 70% discount. You can purchase it for 8.99€ on Steam.

Mass Effect (2007) received 15,394 positive votes out of a total of 16,434 achieving an impressive rating of 9.13.

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Mass Effect (2007) was developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts.

Mass Effect (2007) is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Mass Effect (2007) is not playable on MacOS.

Mass Effect (2007) is not playable on Linux.

Mass Effect (2007) is a single-player game.

Mass Effect (2007) does not currently offer any DLC.

Mass Effect (2007) does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Mass Effect (2007) does not support Steam Remote Play.

Mass Effect (2007) 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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Release 19 Dec 2008

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