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Beyond Good & Evil

Action

Science fiction

Stealth

Open world

Shooter

Puzzle

Adventure

Beyond Good & Evil is an action-adventure game with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth-based games. The player controls the protagonist, Jade, from a third-person perspective. Jade can run, move stealthily, jump over obstacles and pits, climb ladders, push or bash doors and objects, and flatten herself against walls. As Jade, the player investigates a number of installations in search of the truth about a war with an alien threat.

4.4

External Ratings

394 ratings
Release Date:

11 Nov, 2003

Last Updated:

21 Jun, 2026

About this game

Beyond Good & Evil is an action-adventure game with elements of puzzle-solving and stealth-based games. The player controls the protagonist, Jade, from a third-person perspective. Jade can run, move stealthily, jump over obstacles and pits, climb ladders, push or bash doors and objects, and flatten herself against walls. As Jade, the player investigates a number of installations in search of the truth about a war with an alien threat.

Storyline

Jade and Pey'j are care-taking the children of Hillys orphaned by the DomZ. When Jade runs out of money to run the shield that protects them, she finds a photography job, cataloguing all the species on Hillys for a science museum. She is recruited by the IRIS Network, which suspects that the Alpha Sections are behind planet-wide disappearances. Jade's first target of investigation is an Alpha Sections factory.

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platform

Platforms:

PC (Microsoft Windows)

release date

Release Date:

11 Nov, 2003

mode

Modes:

Single player

theme

Themes:

Action, Science fiction, Stealth, Open world

genre

Genres:

Shooter, Puzzle, Adventure

perspective

Player Perspectives:

First person, Third person

IGDB

IGDB Website:

Beyond Good & Evil

IGDB Rating

4.3 ;
IGDB User Rating

4.3

User Rating

IGDB User Rating Count

389

User Rating Count

IGDB User Rating

86%

Rating %

Critics Rating

4.4 ;
IGDB User Rating

4.4

Critics Rating

IGDB User Rating Count

394

Critics Rating Count

IGDB User Rating

88%

Critics Rating %

Main Developers

Ubisoft Montpellier

Supporting Developers

Ubisoft Milan

Publishers

Ubisoft Entertainment

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