Ready or Not
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ActionAdventureIndieTacticalRealisticFPSShooterMultiplayer

3,438 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 5,874

Peak in the last 7 days: 8,174

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Game description

Ready or Not is an intense, tactical, first-person shooter that depicts a modern-day world in which SWAT police units are called to defuse hostile and confronting situations.

Basic info

DeveloperVOID Interactive
PublisherVOID Interactive
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateDec 13, 2023
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10, Windows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4430 / AMD FX-6300
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB / AMD Radeon R7 370 2GB
Storage60 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 388 reviews from the past 1 year

75.8/ 100
Bottom 40%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (79%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 12, 2026)

Tense tactical raids that demand real teamwork define Ready or Not for its players, and it scores 75.8 from 351,056 Steam reviews.

👍 Strengths

72 reviews say they really enjoyed it, some even making videos of it. 46 praise the atmosphere, map design and tactical equipment, and 31 say playing with friends requires genuine communication and planning. Content Volume ranks 407th of 1364, and Multiplayer appears in 38% of analyzed reviews. Players also praise graphics and a long playtime, and some enjoy how traps make every room tense.

👎 Where it falls short

The AI draws the main complaint. 48 reviews find the AI and gunplay poorly balanced, the most upvoted calling friendly AI incompetent and enemies unrealistic, and 42 feel the difficulty is artificially inflated. 33 report bugs, and the most upvoted mentions suspects who surrender and then shoot, and Tech & Support ranks 1025th of 1411. Pricing & Fairness ranks 1165th of 1411, with players citing censorship, broken promises and removed variety. A few cannot create or join multiplayer games.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“really enjoyed the game and made great YouTube videos with it” · 72 reviews
“fantastic atmosphere and well-designed maps with satisfying tactical equipment” · 46 reviews
“playing with friends requires real teamwork, communication and planning” · 31 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 56% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +2.35 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Negative “forced non-lethal requirement contradicts mission context and reduces tactical freedom” · 6 reviews

Progression 5% · Difficulty 35% · Onboarding 6% · Freedom 5% · Controls & feel 15%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 40% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.06 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “fantastic atmosphere and well-designed maps with satisfying tactical equipment” · 46 reviews
Negative “PC version censored, removing content that affects atmosphere and story understanding” · 11 reviews

Story 13% · Characters 3%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 22% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +2.12 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “40+ hours of varied missions with excellent immersion and replayability” · 2 reviews
Negative “limited content, only 20-30 hours before repetitive grinding” · 4 reviews

Variety 8% · Replayability 5%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 26% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +2.80 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “beautiful graphics with good gameplay and long playtime” · 29 reviews
Negative “downgrading graphics and introducing censorship” · 7 reviews

Audio 11%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 38% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +1.83 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “playing with friends requires real teamwork, communication and planning” · 31 reviews
Negative “friendly AI lacks intelligence, bot squad puts you down instead of stopping criminals” · 15 reviews

Community 3% · Servers & Connection 7%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 26% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.55 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “friendly AI incompetent, enemy AI unrealistic, gunplay inconsistent” · 48 reviews
Positive “excellent gameplay with realistic police scenarios” · 2 reviews

Anti-cheat 2% · Pricing 10% · Matchmaking 3%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 32% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.28 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “censorship and broken promises, removed scenario variety” · 22 reviews
Positive “crazy dev progress and still no microtransactions” · 4 reviews

Stability 17% · Performance 12%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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