The Saboteur

2009 Pandemic Studios Action, Adventure

Windows 11With a fix

MacNot sold

LinuxPlatinum

Steam DeckPlayable

Gamicality score

Metacritic 765

OpenCritic Not rated

Steam players 871

How it’s combined

Playability today

3.5

Runs today4/5

Design today3/5

Steam user reviews

Very Positive

92%

1,917 reviews1

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Facts checked November 1, 2026

Does The Saboteur run on Windows 11, Apple Silicon Macs, Linux and Steam Deck?

Windows 11With a fix

Runs with a fix. See the steps below.1

Mac (Apple Silicon)Not sold

No Mac version is sold.

LinuxPlatinum

Through Proton. ProtonDB: Platinum, runs perfectly out of the box.3

Steam DeckPlayable

Playable, as rated by Valve. May need some setup.1

Played The Saboteur lately?

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How to get The Saboteur running today

Apply the Origin to GOG patch to the Steam executable; it brings the GOG fixes for the startup crash on CPUs with four or more cores, the broken map overlay at high resolutions, and the 2 GB memory limit (PCGamingWiki).
Install The Saboteur Fusion Fix for a corrected widescreen field of view, working map markers and cursor at high resolutions, and an optional borderless windowed mode (ThirteenAG).
Keep the frame rate at 60 FPS or below, since higher frame rates stop bridges from being destroyed in missions (PCGamingWiki).
If the game freezes at the exit prompt or on the stats screen above 1080p, set the resolution to 1920×1080 or lower (PCGamingWiki).

Synopsis

The Saboteur is an open world action game set in Nazi-occupied Paris, where Irish racing driver Sean Devlin joins the French Resistance for revenge. Players climb rooftops, steal cars, wear disguises and blow up German installations, and districts burst back into color as they are freed from the black and white grip of the occupation.

Developer: Pandemic Studios
Released: 2009
Genre: Action, Adventure
Where to get it: Steam

Reception

Critics in 2009 liked the striking art style, the setting and the climbing, but called the controls stiff, the cover system loose and the whole game short of polish, a result often blamed on Pandemic Studios closing as it shipped; the PC version holds a Metascore of 76. Players today rate it Very Positive on Steam and praise the atmosphere, music and freedom to cause mayhem. Recent reviewers warn that it is short, the stealth is thin and the game needs a few tweaks to run well on modern hardware.

Playability today

The average of two parts, each from 1 to 5. Tap a check to see why. How it works

Runs today

4/5

Sold or given away today by an official source
Needs fan patches to run well on Windows 11
?Not confirmed yetSingle-player works without an internet connection
No source covers the current version yet, so this check counts as open, not passed. Played it lately? Tell us
All of its content still works (servers, DLC, unlocks)
The game is single player only and no modes or content have been removed (PCGamingWiki).
No proper support for modern resolutions and widescreen
Widescreen crops the image vertically and needs the Fusion Fix for a correct view (PCGamingWiki).
Full controller support or remappable controls
Full controller support is built in, though some controllers need a remapping fix (PCGamingWiki).
Steam Deck Verified or Playable
No intrusive DRM or required third-party launcher account
No pay-to-win or pushy microtransactions
No known game-breaking bugs in the current version
The Steam build can crash on startup with many CPU cores and freeze on exit above 1080p, but PCGamingWiki documents working fixes for each issue (PCGamingWiki).

Design today

3/5

Controls feel awkward on a modern controller or mouse and keyboard
Sean feels stiff and heavy to steer on foot, cars turn around their middle and take practice, and the automatic cover system sometimes ignores the player. Source: destructoid.com, gameinformer.com.
Menus, text or interface are hard to read on today's screens
The map sits three clicks deep in the menus, the image is cropped vertically on widescreen displays, and map markers break at high resolutions without a fan fix. Source: gameinformer.com, pcgamingwiki.com, github.fusionfix.io.
Saving is fair: free saves or frequent checkpoints, little lost progress
The game saves freely outside missions and drops Sean back at the latest checkpoint after a death inside one, though quitting mid mission means restarting it from the mission giver, and saving stays locked until the prologue is done. Source: steamcommunity.com, steamcommunity.com.
It teaches itself: no guide needed to make progress
The HUD makes threats easy to read with an alert icon when a Nazi is watching, a suspicion meter while disguised and a red alarm ring on the minimap, though saving stays locked until the prologue mission is finished, which confuses some new players. Source: destructoid.com, steamcommunity.com.
Pacing holds up: little grind, filler or forced backtracking
Story and side missions can be taken in any order, the optional sabotage targets are the main source of repetition, and recent players describe a short campaign. Source: destructoid.com, steamcommunity.com.
Camera or movement fights the player
The camera turns too slowly while aiming moves too fast, which makes combat feel unwieldy until the player adapts. Source: destructoid.com.