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Prototype (2009)

★ 3.8 from 1,077 players Metacritic 79 About 3h to play #8 in Casual 78% finish it

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Overview

Released in 2009, Prototype lands in the Casual space and runs on 5 platform families: PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Its community score is 3.8/5 from 1,077 ratings. It outranks 70% of the catalog on rating alone. Within Casual it ranks #8 of 614 games by our quality score. Average playtime is 3 hours — a short run you can finish in a weekend, about 6% shorter than the Casual average. Critics gave it a Metacritic score of 79 — 4 points above the Casual average.

What players actually do with it

78%finish it▲ genre avg 50%
73%positive ratings1,077 votes
18playing now
128on wishlists
351gave upvs 1,243 beat it

Finish rate = players who marked it beaten ÷ (beaten + dropped) on RAWG. Wishlist and playing-now counts refresh with every sync.

Platforms & availability

PlatformFamilyRelease
PCPCOct 2023
PlayStation 3PlayStationJun 2009
PlayStation 4PlayStationJun 2009
Xbox 360XboxJun 2009
Xbox OneXboxJun 2009

Can my PC run Prototype?

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 (64bit)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8600k; Ryzen 5 3600; or equal
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050; AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000); or equal
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 3 GB available space
Sound Card: Any will do

Recommended

OS: Windows 11 (64bit)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8700K CPU; AMD Ryzen 7 2700; or equal
Memory: 32 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER; AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT; or equal
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 5 GB available space
Sound Card: Any will do

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Questions

When was Prototype released?

Prototype was released on June 9, 2009.

What platforms is Prototype on?

Prototype is available on PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

How long is Prototype?

Average playtime for Prototype is about 3 hours.

Is Prototype worth finishing?

78% of players who started Prototype finished it — the average for Casual games is 50%. 73% of ratings are positive.

How many people play Prototype?

2,185 players on RAWG own Prototype, 18 are playing it right now and 128 have it on their wishlist.

What games are similar to Prototype?

Closest matches in our catalog: Prototype 2, Deadpool, Prince of Persia (2008) and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands.

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Core data via RAWG. Rankings and similarity are our own computation.