Risen (series)

Video game series

Risen

Genre(s)| Action role-playing
Developer(s)| Piranha Bytes
Publisher(s)| Deep Silver
Creator(s)| Piranha Bytes
Platform(s)| Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
First release| Risen
October 2, 2009
Latest release| Risen 3: Titan Lords
August 12, 2014

Risen is an action role-playing game franchise developed by the German company Piranha Bytes. It is published and distributed by the German company Deep Silver, a division of Koch Media.

The franchise is close to the three first episodes of the Gothic franchise, also developed by Piranha Bytes.

## Games

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The games in the Risen franchise are:

* Risen (2009)
* Risen 2: Dark Waters (2012)
* Risen 3: Titan Lords (2014)

### Risen

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Main article: Risen (video game)

* Developer: Piranha Bytes
* Publisher: Deep Silver, THQ Nordic
* Platform: Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
* Release Date: October 2, 2009 (international version)
24 January 2023 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
* Graphic Engine: Internal development by Piranha Bytes

The audio of the international version is multilingual: German, English and French. More than 200,000 copies of the first game were sold in Germany.

### Risen 2: Dark Waters

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Main article: Risen 2: Dark Waters

* Developer: Piranha Bytes
* Publisher: Deep Silver
* Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
* Release Date: April 27, 2012
* Graphic Engine: Internal development by Piranha Bytes

### Risen 3: Titan Lords

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Main article: Risen 3: Titan Lords

* Developer: Piranha Bytes
* Publisher: Deep Silver
* Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360
* Release Date: August 12, 2014
* Graphic Engine: Internal development by Piranha Bytes

## See also

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* Gothic, a similar franchise by the same developer

## References

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## External links

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* (in English) Piranha Bytes web site
* (in French) Communauté francophone de la série Gothic/Risen

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Piranha Bytes

Gothic series|

* Gothic
* Gothic II
* Night of the Raven
* Gothic 3

Risen series|

* Risen
* Risen 2: Dark Waters
* Risen 3: Titan Lords

ELEX series|

* ELEX
* ELEX 2

Related|

* Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods
* Arcania: Gothic 4
* Fall of Setarrif
* Gothic remake
* JoWooD
* Deep Silver
* THQ Nordic

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Deep Silver (list of games)

Franchises|

* Dead Island
* Emergency
* Galaxy on Fire
* Homefront
* Lost Horizon
* Metro
* Painkiller
* Red Faction
* Saints Row
* Secret Files
* TimeSplitters

Studios|

* Dambuster Studios
* Fishlabs
* Free Radical Design
* Volition

Related|

* Plaion

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