Planescape: Torment is a role-playing game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment. It was released for Windows in North America on 10 December 1999 and in the UK on 7 January 2000. Chris Avellone was its lead designer and writer, and the game runs on a modified version of BioWare's Infinity Engine. During development it was titled Last Rites.
The game is known for the sheer volume of its writing: the script contains about 800,000 words. One story behind the box art is also often repeated: producer Guido Henkel's face appears as the Nameless One because the booked model backed out.
GOG.com re-released the original digitally on 28 September 2010. Beamdog's Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition followed on 11 April 2017 for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android, and reached Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 15 October 2019.1
Names and releases
| Region | Title on the box | Platform | Date | Publisher | Src |
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| NA | Planescape: Torment | Windows | Dec 10, 1999 | Interplay Entertainment | 1 |
| EU | Planescape: TormentUK date. | Windows | Jan 7, 2000 | Interplay Entertainment | 1 |
| WW | Planescape: TormentDigital re-release on GOG.com. | Windows | Sep 28, 2010 | GOG.com | 1 |
| WW | Planescape: Torment: Enhanced EditionAlso on macOS, Linux, iOS and Android the same day. | Windows | Apr 11, 2017 | Beamdog | 1 |
| WW | Planescape: Torment: Enhanced EditionReleased together with the PS4 and Xbox One versions. | Switch | Oct 15, 2019 | Skybound Games | 1 |
Also known as: Last Rites WW1Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition WW2
Box art by region
NA Planescape: Torment
Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: Wikipedia.
Version differences
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ContentGOG Enhanced Edition
Buying the Enhanced Edition on GOG also adds the unaltered original 1999 version to the account.3
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AudioOriginal 1999 release
Dark-ambient artist Lustmord was first hired to score the game, but six weeks before release his music was replaced by a new soundtrack from Mark Morgan.1
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TextEnhanced Edition
The Enhanced Edition is available in 11 languages, including Russian and Ukrainian, but not Spanish.2
Translations
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Spanish Fan
—WindowsReleased
There is a fan-made Spanish translation, but no official Spanish version.1
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Polish Official
CD ProjektWindows · original releaseReleased · complete
CD Projekt released an official Polish localization.1
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Russian Official
Beamdog2017Windows · Enhanced EditionReleased · partial
The Enhanced Edition has Russian text but no Russian voice-over.2
Where to play legally today
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GOG Purchase
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Steam Purchase
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
Windows, Mac, Linux
Checked: 2026-10-132store.steampowered.com
How to run it today
Buy the Enhanced Edition on Steam or GOG; it is officially supported on Windows, Linux and macOS, and GOG also adds the original 1999 version to your library. Owners of the original game data can instead use GemRB, an open-source reimplementation of the Infinity Engine.
- Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition on GOG gog.com
- GemRB gemrb.org
Best version
The GOG edition is the most flexible choice, since it contains both the Enhanced Edition for modern systems and the untouched 1999 original.3
Reception
Critics loved it (Metacritic 91/100 and several RPG of the Year awards for 1999), but sales were weak at first: 73,000 copies in the US by March 2000. Brian Fargo estimated about 400,000 retail units over its lifetime.1
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13
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