Original release
US$39.99 at launch
In the game
- Full game
Download only, on Steam and GOG from 15 October 2019.
PC
Disco Elysium
Disco Elysium is a 2019 role-playing video game by ZA/UM. The game was written and designed by a team led by Estonian novelist Robert Kurvitz and executive producer Kaur Kender, featuring a painterly art style and music by the English band Sea Power.
Role-playing (RPG)AdventureIndie
- Space needed
- 20 GB
- Time to beat
- about 24.5 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Disco Elysium is a 2019 role-playing video game by ZA/UM. The game was written and designed by a team led by Estonian novelist Robert Kurvitz and executive producer Kaur Kender, featuring a painterly art style and music by the English band Sea Power. It was released for Windows in October 2019 and macOS in April 2020. An expanded version of the game featuring full voice acting and new content, subtitled The Final Cut, was released for consoles in 2021 alongside a free update for the PC versions. In August 2025, the game was adapted for Android.
Disco Elysium follows a troubled detective with no memory of his identity or the world around him. As he investigates a murder with a detective from another precinct, the player can piece together the protagonist's identity and discover what led him to his state. Disco Elysium is a non-traditional role-playing game featuring little combat. Instead, events are resolved through skill checks and dialogue trees using a system of 24 skills representing the protagonist's different aspects and personalities, each of which can speak directly to the player to influence their decisions. The game is based on a tabletop role-playing game setting that Kurvitz had created before forming ZA/UM in 2016 to adapt it into a video game. This is the second time the Elysium setting is explored, following the 2013 novel Sacred and Terrible Air.
Disco Elysium received critical acclaim upon its release, winning numerous awards, notably at the Game Awards 2019 (Best Independent Game, Best Narrative, Best Role Playing Game, Fresh Indie Game). It has sold more than five million copies, and is regarded by some critics as one of the greatest video games of all time, and a strong example of video games as an art form. Though a success, conflicts at ZA/UM around 2021 led several of the lead developers and writers, including Kurvitz and Kender, to leave and form their own studios. ZA/UM released Zero Parades: For Dead Spies in May 2026, a game in the same style as Disco Elysium, while as of October 2024, at least four different studios employing former ZA/UM staff had announced projects to develop spiritual successors to Disco Elysium.
Official trailer
Trailer. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
Disco Elysium: The Final Cut - FULL GAME - Gameplay / Walkthrough [PC], Play Space. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Indie
- Developer
- ZA/UM
- Publisher
- ZA/UM
- Engine
- Unity
- Platforms
- Windows
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | Worldwide | 2019-10-15 |
Editions
The Final Cut
In the game
- Full voice acting for nearly 100 characters
- New quests
A free update for every PC owner on 30 March 2021. Every PC copy is now The Final Cut.
Subscription history
| Service | Tier | Added | Left |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox Game Pass | PC | 19 Mar 2026 |
Space and patches
Space needed20 GB
DLC
Disco Elysium had no DLC. The only add-ons are the soundtrack and art booklet.
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Single-player only, with no online features.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Price at release | US$39.99, 15 October 2019 |
| Ever released on disc | No On PC it was sold as a download. The boxed copies were for consoles. |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, Steam and GOG, 15 October 2019 |
| In the store to buy today | Yes, US$39.99 on Steam, also on GOG, Epic and the Microsoft Store |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes |
| Disc runs with no patch | Does not exist |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Does not exist |
| Has online features | No Single-player only. |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer ZA/UM Publisher ZA/UM Lead designer and writer Robert Kurvitz Executive producer Kaur Kender Art director Aleksander Rostov Music British Sea Power
Credits
- Publisher
- ZA/UM
- Developer
- ZA/UM
- Released
- 2019-10-15
- Age rating
- ESRB M
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 24.5 hours
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