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Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst

You play as Faith, a free runner navigating the high-tech city of Glass as she joins a fight against the forces controlling its citizens. The story unfolds through missions across rooftops, city districts, and underground spaces. Traverse the city in first person by sprinting, wall-running, sliding, balancing on pipes, swinging around corners, and jumping between buildings. Build momentum to make longer leaps, use quick bursts of speed to change direction, and stay in motion to build Focus and avoid enemy attacks. Alongside the main missions, explore the open city for side quests, deliveries, collectibles, and timed running challenges. Combat uses punches and kicks that draw on Faith’s movement, while gadgets and skill progression expand her traversal options.

As free runner Faith, race across Glass’s rooftops, using first-person parkour and close-quarters combat to challenge corporate control.

Released 04 Jun 2020

80%positive of
16k player reviews

$19.99

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Chain Wall-Runs and Slides

Swing Across Rooftop Gaps

Build Focus While Running

Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst raises the action-adventure bar through fluid, first person action and immerses players in Faith's story as she fights for freedom.

Developed by DICE · Published by Electronic Arts

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Players Praise Most

Fluid Parkour
Striking City Visuals
Satisfying Rooftop Flow
Distinctive Atmosphere

Common Player Critiques

Launcher and Server Issues
Broken Achievements
Weak Story
Clunky Combat

80%

positive of 16k player reviews

74/100

Metacritic

From the Devs

Follow Faith, a daring free runner, as she fights for freedom in the city of Glass. What appears to be an elegant, high-tech city on the outside, has a terrible secret hidden within. Explore every corner from the highest beautifully lit rooftops to the dark and gritty tunnels below. The city is huge, free to roam and Faith is at the center of it all. Through the first-person perspective, combine her fluid movement and advanced combat with the city's surroundings to master the environment and uncover the conspiracy.

TRAVERSAL
Hit top speed quickly zipping down wire lines. Balance on pipes before smoothly dropping to a hang before climbing, hand over hand, under an obstacle. Run vertically and horizontally on any wall and use your environment to swing around corners or over gaps.

FOCUS
Fast, light, and agile, Faith must stay focused and use her movement to survive. Focus is gained from free running, and once Faith has Focus enemies cannot hit her. Focus is lost from low speed and being attacked, so it is essential to maintain a balance of out-traversing opponents and engaging them directly.

MOMENTUM
Build momentum to do daring jumps between rooftops or stylish slides through tight spaces. Use the new Shift move to get a short burst of acceleration in any direction. For a quick change of plan, tweak any move with Quickturn, a rapid 180 or 90 degree turn.

COMBAT
Deliver devastating full body Heavy Traversal Attacks that throw your opponents stumbling into walls, over railings, and into each other. Use your momentum to flow right through KrugerSec as you string together a series of Light Traversal Attacks, building focus, and keeping speed. Outmaneuver opponents as you Shift behind them for a kick to the back. Or take advantage of a stun with a few rapid punches before Shifting away to avoid retaliation or a counter.

GADGETS
Faith’s running skills, martial arts knowledge, and determination is expanded on with a few pieces of hardware used to traverse the city and rise against the oppression smothering the citizens of Glass.

NOTE: ONLINE FEATURES FOR THIS TITLE HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

Back of the Box

Platforms	Windows
Achievements	49
Age ratings	ESRB T — Mild Language Violence PEGI 16 — Violence USK 12 CRL 18 — Violence CSRR C12 — Violence Improper Language ClassInd (Brazil) 14 — Violência Linguagem imprópria FPB 13 — Language Violence KGRB 15 — Violence NZOFLC M — Violence, online interactivity OFLC M — Violence, online interactivity
Players	1
Other modes	Online leaderboards Player-created time trials Custom runs shared online Dashes with online leaderboards Competing against other players' times Community goals Beat L.E. geo-tags/checkpoints left for other players Billboard and screen hacking interactions Friends races
Multiplayer	Mirror's Edge Catalyst is primarily a single-player game with online asynchronous features. Provided information indicates online leaderboards, player-created time trials/custom runs, competing against other players' times, community goals, geo-tags/checkpoints, and billboard/screen hacking interactions. Official online features have been discontinued, and current store features list only single-player.
Multiplayer & mods	Reviews mention mods for offline warnings and general gameplay changes, but no provided information shows mods restoring or expanding multiplayer in a confirmed way. Reviews do mention workarounds/threads related to now-unavailable multiplayer achievements.
Controller support	Xbox
Controller required	No
DRM / EULA	Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: EA on-line activation and Origin client software installation and background use required. Requires 3rd-Party Account: EA Account (Supports Linking to Steam Account) Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA Mirror's Edge™ Catalyst EULA EA Play subscription requires acceptance of EA Play Terms
Content notices	Mild Language Violence Age rating for: ESRB
Metacritic	74/100 View on Metacritic
Website	Official website