Prey

Arkane studios has always excelled at word and level design in all of their games and it showed in prey. Their worlds feel alive and realistic in a way that most video games never capture. Both dishonored and prey are also great at giving the player freedom to play how they want with intuitive and interesting gameplay that varies widely on player choice. It's a shame that it didn't sold that well.

Welcome to Prey (2017)—a game where you wake up on a space station, realize everything is horribly wrong, and immediately regret every decision that led you here.
You play as Morgan Yu, a scientist stuck on Talos I, a space station overrun by an alien species called the Typhon. These things don’t just attack you—they shapeshift into everyday objects. Ever walked into a room and seen two coffee mugs? Yeah, one of them is definitely about to kill you.
The game throws you into survival mode fast. Ammunition? Limited. Trustworthy allies? Questionable. Safe spaces? Nowhere. Your best tools are your brain, a wrench, and the absolute terror that anything could be a mimic. The level design is pure System Shock and BioShock vibes—open-ended, full of secrets, and constantly making you paranoid.
The Neuromod system lets you enhance your abilities in creative (and horrifying) ways. Want to gain alien powers and zap enemies with your mind? Go for it. Prefer to stay human and rely on gadgets? That works too. Just remember: the more alien you become, the less human the station’s defenses think you are.
The storytelling is brilliantly immersive. No spoon-fed exposition—just environmental storytelling, scattered logs, and moments where you go, "Oh… oh no." The moral choices are subtle but powerful, and by the end, you might not even be sure who the real monster is.
Prey isn’t just a game—it’s an experience in tension, paranoia, and creative problem-solving. Every corner holds a mystery, every object is a potential enemy, and every decision has weight.
9.5/10 coffee mugs. Would trust nothing ever again.

Last good Arcane game until they got mutilated and killed off by Bethesda. 9.5/10

> Releases incredible im-sim
> Forced to make live service slop that fails spectacularly
> Studio gets shut down
What did Microsoft mean by this?

RIP Arkane Studios.
Prey is an absolute masterpiece that should get more attention! This game plays amazingly, great combat, exploration, tons of skills and weapons to shape your play-style. It's is very easy to run, as I played this on a GTX 1050ti and a Ryzen 1600 @ 60 fps a few years ago, so I believe you'll have no issues playing this with amazing performance.
If you love sci-fi, this is a great game to play. Fantastic game design, good and well designed enemies, and can get spooky sometimes.
And oh man, the ending... Just, wow. Loved it.

>Releases incredible im-sim
>Forced to make live service slop that fails spectacularly
>Studio gets shut down
What did Bethesda mean by this?

Love Bioshock? you will love this game, it's basically Bioshock on a space station with creepy alien psychological horror.