Action · October 7, 2014

Styx: Master of Shadows (2014)

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Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age. Deep inside the vertiginous and multi-layered forsaken Tower of Akenash, where Humans and Elves protect the World-Tree, source of the Amber – a powerful and magical golden sap – is hidden Styx’ chance to understand his true origin... and to make a fortune at the same time. Prowl through the huge, miles-high Tower of Akenash, completing various missions (assassination, information recovery, etc.) and avoiding detection. Progress in the shadows, assassinate your targets in close combat, or orchestrate «accidents». RPG mechanics let you unlock new powerful skills, impressive special moves, and an optimized equipment. Amber will grant you spectacular powers such as invisibility, «amber vision», and the ability to clone yourself. Explore the levels to discover every bit of information about your past, and steal prized treasures to acquire equipment upgrades. Embrace the shadows! Mission areas featuring truly organic player path-finding A strong focus on hardcore stealth and infiltration: progress through the shadows with a sense of verticality, and explore to find hidden treasures Upgrade your skills along six unique skill-trees to improve your stealth, assassination, and technique. Distract, solve, smother and prowl with your clone An intricate story full of twists and revelations

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Stealth · 598
  • Singleplayer · 359
  • Action · 353
  • Adventure · 350
  • Atmospheric · 347
  • Violent · 341
  • Story Rich · 340
  • Third Person · 339
  • Assassin · 337
  • Parkour · 331
  • Dark Fantasy · 327
  • Fantasy · 323
  • RPG · 203
  • Steampunk · 143
  • Magic · 123

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume10.6k Steam reviewsTop 39% in Action
Positive rating83% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 61%
Metacritic71/100Genre average 77 — top 80% of Action titles
Engagement hours8 h averageTop 57% for session depth among Action

Reception Metrics

Steam community

83%Mostly Positive · 10.6k reviews

8.8k positive · 1.8k negative

Metacritic

71/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.2/10

Curator recommendations

9.1k

Press Quotes

“Styx Master of Shadows is one of the best titles the infiltration genre has to offer.” 9/10 – HardcoreGamer “Styx is a success thanks to its extremely varied level design offering multiple ways to play and thus a great replayability. The game also offers a rich atmosphere and allows you to control a hero that does not follow nowadays stereotypes.” 8/10 – Jeuxvideo.cοm “In a lot of ways Styx is a hardcore stealth fan’s ideal game.” 7,2/10 – MMORPG

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (6)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Russian volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Russian

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

8h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

2h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Achievements

33

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 7, 2014
DeveloperCyanide Studio
PublisherCyanide Studio, Nacon
Base price$1.99 -90%
Required age17+
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · [email protected]

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