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Framed for an empress’s murder, Corvo hunts those responsible across plague-struck Dunwall with stealth, weapons, and supernatural powers.
Released 08 Oct 2012
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Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
Developed by Arkane Studios · Published by Bethesda Softworks






In the plague-stricken industrial city of Dunwall, you play Corvo Attano, the Empress’s bodyguard, framed for her murder. Armed with supernatural abilities, he pursues those responsible while navigating a city in turmoil.
Each first-person mission offers multiple routes and ways to deal with guards and targets. You can move unseen, use nonlethal takedowns, or fight with weapons and gadgets; powers such as teleportation, possession, and stopping time add further options.
Explore levels for alternate paths, clues, and upgrades to abilities and equipment. Your actions affect the city’s level of chaos and shape how the story and its ending unfold.
Reviewers frequently praise the freedom to approach missions through stealth, combat, and alternate routes, along with the level design that rewards exploration and experimentation. Dunwall’s atmosphere and environmental storytelling are recurring highlights, as are the supernatural powers and the way choices affect the city and story. Some reviewers find the main story short or straightforward, and others feel that a low-chaos approach limits access to some of the more entertaining lethal abilities.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 80 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 5 listed on Steam |
| DRM / EULA |
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| Metacritic | 91/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |