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Game Information

Game Title: The Thing: Remastered

Platforms:

• Xbox Series X/S (Dec 5, 2024)
• PlayStation 5 (Dec 5, 2024)
• Nintendo Switch (Dec 5, 2024)
• PC (Dec 5, 2024)
• Xbox One (Dec 5, 2024)
• PlayStation 4 (Dec 5, 2024)

Trailer:

Developers: Nightdive Studios, Computer Artworks

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 70 average - -1% recommended

Critic Reviews


GameSpot - Richard Wakeling - 6 / 10

Deck: The Thing: Remastered reintroduces a flawed but fascinating game, with overhauled visuals and a number of crucial quality-of-life improvements

Rock, Paper, Shotgun - Nic Reuben - Unscored

Nightdive have done a great job preserving and uplifting The Thing into a crisp and playable modern offering. It's still a fascinating game, but maybe not quite interesting enough to be worth revisiting.

Shacknews - TJ Denzer - 8 / 10

The Thing, by its very concepts and mechanics, is well worth the price of admission for historians and enthusiasts. There really isn’t much quite like it, and perhaps that’s because it would be difficult to pull off well. For what it’s worth, The Thing was never perfect. It has some weird speed in its overall gameplay and cringy dialogue that detract from its scarier elements, but those elements are still fun, and with the improvements that address a sore spot in its strength, The Thing: Remastered makes an interesting outlier of the horror genre that much more valuable.

TechRaptor - Austin Suther - 7 / 10

Ported by Nightdive, The Thing: Remastered looks fantastic and has all the bells and whistles you'd want from a remaster. As a follow-up to the cult 1982 movie, the story didn't quite do it for me, and the gameplay, mostly with its AI companions, can be a bit annoying.