The promotion is only scheduled to last for a couple of days

Apr 17, 2014 07:24 GMT  ·  By

System Shock 2, a cult classic sci-fi horror FPS-RPG that was initially released back in 1999 and recently made available on Steam for Linux, can now be purchased with a 50% discount.

System Shock 2 is an old game and some people might not even remember it, but in 1999 it was a smashing hit and all the gaming community loved it. Nothing like that has been done before and blending an FPS with an RPG was considered to be a brilliant idea.

For some strange reason, someone thought that it might be fun to port System Shock 2 on the Linux platform and the official announcement was made on April 1, which turned out not to be a joke.

“SHODAN has had access to your root account for a while now without your knowledge and is currently downloading and installing itself onto every Linux-based machine on Planet Earth! To celebrate SHODAN's arrival onto Linux, everyone gets free content. Check your System Shock 2 installation directory bonus content folder to find original artworks, soundtrack, original pitch document, radio interviews and more,” noted the official announcement.

If you didn't get the game when it first launched, you now have the chance to buy it with a 50% discount. This is a midweek offer, which means that it lasts less than two days. The discount will end on April 18.