Mass Effect (2007)

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App ID	17460
App Type	Game
Developer	BioWare
Publisher	Electronic Arts
Franchise	Mass Effect
Supported Systems
Technologies	Unreal Engine
Last Changenumber	28969397
Last Record Update	13 May 2025 – 22:31:54 UTC ()
Release Date	19 December 2008 – 08:00:00 UTC ()

😍 91.32%

16k reviews

In-Game

As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.

Additional Information

Developer

BioWare

metacritic_url

pc/masseffect

gamedir

Mass Effect

metacritic_name

Mass Effect

icon

empty string

metacritic_score

NoServers

Yes

metacritic_fullurl

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/mass-effect?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f

primarycache

17461

state

eStateAvailable

serverbrowsername

empty string

GameManualURL

https://store.steampowered.com/manual/17460/

InstallScript

installscript.vdf

ShowCDKeyInMenu

Yes [view your cd keys in client]

LaunchEULA

http://storefront.steampowered.com/eula_testapp17460

HasExternalRegistrationURL

Yes

Publisher

Electronic Arts

eulas

0 ↴
id	17460_eula_1
name	Mass Effect EULA 1
url	http://store.steampowered.com//eula/17460_eula_1

Store Release Date

28 May 2008 – 07:00:00 UTC ()

community_hub_visible

Yes

HadThirdPartyCdKey

Yes

Primary Genre

RPG (3)

Store Genres

Action (1), RPG (3)

Steam Release Date

19 December 2008 – 08:00:00 UTC ()

Original Release Date

28 May 2008 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1211958000)

Store Asset Modification Time

28 October 2014 – 18:52:58 UTC () (1414522378)

library_assets

library_capsule	en
library_hero	en
library_logo	en
logo_position ↴
pinned_position	BottomLeft
width_pct	31
height_pct	34

review_score

review_percentage

mastersubs_granting_app

EA Play (1289670)

Detected Technologies (?)

Unreal Engine, Bink_Video SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, Ogg SDK, OpenAL SDK, Vorbis SDK

Steam Deck Compatibility

Steam Deck:
Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
SteamOS:
This game runs successfully on SteamOS
Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
Note: Some functionality is not accessible when using the default controller configuration, requiring use of the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or a community configuration
category: Playable
steamos_compatibility: Compatible
test_timestamp: 18 March 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
tested_build_id: 2794

configuration:

supported_input	gamepad
requires_manual_keyboard_invoke	1
requires_non_controller_launcher_nav	0
primary_player_is_controller_slot_0	0
non_deck_display_glyphs	1
small_text	0
requires_internet_for_setup	0
requires_internet_for_singleplayer	0
recommended_runtime	proton-stable
requires_h264	0
requires_voice_files	0
gamescope_frame_limiter_not_supported	0
hdr_support	0

First seen on SteamDB

20 March 2013 – 07:42:24 UTC (), in changelist #196282

Supported Languages

5 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes
French	Yes
German	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes
Italian	Yes

Assets

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clienticon

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clienttga

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icon

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logo

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logo_small

7501ea5009533fa5c017ec1f4b94725d67ad4936_thumb

small_capsule

english

capsule_231x87.jpg

header_image

english

header.jpg

library_assets_full

library_capsule ↴
image/english	library_600x900.jpg
image2x/english	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero ↴
image/english	library_hero.jpg
library_logo ↴
logo_position/pinned_position	BottomLeft
logo_position/width_pct	31
logo_position/height_pct	34
image/english	logo.png
image2x/english	logo_2x.png

Assets

main_capsule	capsule_616x353.jpg
small_capsule	capsule_231x87.jpg
header	header.jpg
library_capsule	library_600x900.jpg
library_capsule_2x	library_600x900_2x.jpg
library_hero	library_hero.jpg
community_icon	57be81f70afa48c65437df93d75ba167a29687bc.jpg
page_background_path	app/17460
timestamp	16 May 2023 – 08:19:23 UTC

Trailers

1514 ↴
trailer_name	Mass Effect HD Trailer
trailer_category	0
trailer_480p/video/webm	5159/movie480.webm
trailer_480p/video/mp4	5159/movie480.mp4
trailer_max/video/webm	5159/movie_max.webm
trailer_max/video/mp4	5159/movie_max.mp4
microtrailer/video/webm	17460/1514/b4dba3ca4a7756eebebca80cd2d0b51286072191/1750484595/microtrailer.webm
microtrailer/video/mp4	17460/1514/b4dba3ca4a7756eebebca80cd2d0b51286072191/1750484595/microtrailer.mp4
adaptive_trailers/0/cdn_path	17460/1514/b4dba3ca4a7756eebebca80cd2d0b51286072191/1750484595/dash_av1.mpd
adaptive_trailers/0/encoding	dash_av1
adaptive_trailers/1/cdn_path	17460/1514/b4dba3ca4a7756eebebca80cd2d0b51286072191/1750484595/dash_h264.mpd
adaptive_trailers/1/encoding	dash_h264
adaptive_trailers/2/cdn_path	17460/1514/b4dba3ca4a7756eebebca80cd2d0b51286072191/1750484595/hls_264_master.m3u8
adaptive_trailers/2/encoding	hls_h264
all_ages	true
is_highlight	true
timestamp	1447351600

Depots

ID	Configuration	Size
17461	Mass Effect content	9.93 GiB
17462	EnglishMass Effect English	2.36 MiB
17463	Spanish - SpainMass Effect Spanish	3.78 MiB
17464	GermanMass Effect German	2.47 GiB
17465	FrenchMass Effect French	2.69 GiB
17466	ItalianMass Effect Italian	2.48 GiB

Total size on disk is 17.58 GiB and total download size is 0 B.

Total size on disk is 9.93 GiB and total download size is 0 B, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

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public		2794

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