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Advent Rising

Advent Rising is a third person perspective action adventure game in which you play as Gideon Wyeth – a rookie space pilot. Having a loving fiancee and a promising life he is chosen to participate in one of the most important missions in the history of humanity – first contact with an alien race. Although the humans were greeted with honor, the aliens also gave them a warning – there is another vicious race, known as “The Seekers”, dedicated to eradicating the human species. Soon after receiving that information the invasion and Gideon's adventure begin.In this game you will witness the advent

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Platforms
Windows
Developer
GlyphX Games
Publisher
Ziggurat Interactive
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★ 8.0/10GOG · 915 ratings
GOGLast checked October 31, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 4 / 5
I found out about this game a while before it was originally released, and as suddenly as I had found it, it disappeared off the…
★ 5 / 5
Although I do believe they have no intention of finishing the trilogy of this game, I would love to see it. It's storyline is very…
★ 5 / 5
Imagine if you combined Halo with Jedi Knight and a story written by Orson Scott Card. Sure, a lot of reviewers panned this game, but…
★ 4 / 5
While I have limitless respect for the work of Orson Scott Card, I can only guess that he was caught in the middle of a…
★ 2 / 5
... after reading the reviews here. There's a particular one by "Akalabeth", that kind of sums it up pretty good, though probably a little too…
★ 2 / 5
I was going to give this game 3 stars, and then: "Your system has recovered from a serious error" This, along with about 2 dozen…
★ 2 / 5
Advent Rising is a game that clearly had a lot of ambition behind it; it was initially planned as part of an epic science-fiction trilogy…
★ 3 / 5
This game exists on pure ambition. The combat system is floaty and WAY too slipshod, relying on a mouse-wheel auto-aim that doesn't always work, feeling…

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★ 3 / 5
I liked the story (it was written by an author I like), and wish there was a sequel. There were some really cool mechanics for…
★ 5 / 5
This is a hidden gem, the story easily surpasses 90% of games that made in the last 2 decades. And the action is incredible. Just…
★ 3 / 5
This one was a lot of fun. Clearly aimed for the stars and fell wayyy short, but a lot of fun nonetheless, especially once you…
★ 3 / 5
It is a great game even today addictive just as I remembered it but the gog version has a big drawback it crashes almost every…
★ 4 / 5
Fun game to play through at least once! Works perfect on Windows 11 and runs well on a M1 Mac Pro via Parallels.
★ 4 / 5
i loved this game back in the day. WIsh i could make my xbox controller work. Sadly might have to refund smh. Worth buying if…
★ 4 / 5
Finally played the game I decided not to when it came out. Better than I expected. Kind of like Jedi Knight 2 just without the…

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