From combat to puzzles, limiting yourself to a timer or demanding some guidance from the lack of enforcement in the System Shock remake: anything is possible when choosing the difficulty of your new game.

Here's everything you need to know about the System Shock remake's difficulty level, and our recommendation for which difficulty to choose if you're new to the game.

System Shock has a more customizable difficulty setting than most. Much like Silent Hill 2's combat and puzzle settings, System Shock lets players set their difficulty across four categories:

Each category has three settings: Easy, Medium, or Hard. You can fully customize whether you want tough combat with easy puzzles or permadeath mode with enemies and puzzles set to Hard. Below is a summary of what you can expect from each difficulty level in System Shock Remake.