Gothic is a fantasy-themed single-player action role-playing video game for Microsoft Windows developed by the German company Piranha Bytes. Gothic was well received by critics. Reviewers credited the game for its story, complex interaction with other in-game characters, and graphics, but criticized it for the difficult control scheme and high system requirements. On December 13, 2019 a playable prototype demo of a remake was released by THQ Nordic. The game is developed by THQ Nordic Barcelona. The demo can be downloaded on Steam by users that own a game from Piranha Bytes.