Action · March 14, 2017
Styx: Shards of Darkness (2017)
Styx returns in a new stealth adventure! Explore and master huge open environments, sneak past or assassinate new enemies and bosses , and experiment with the new array of lethal abilities and weapons in our goblin assassin's arsenal. Sneak your way alone, or with a friend in coop mode! Climb the dizzying Elven city, traverse the perilous territory of the Dwarfs, and survive vast unexplored lands filled with lethal dangers to fulfill your mission… failure to succeed could have huge consequences for your kin. Climb, swing, and hang through multi-layered sandbox environments brought to life with Unreal Engine 4 . Creep and hide in the darkest corners, or reach heights to avoid detection. Spend experience points in assassination , infiltration , magic , etc. to learn new skills and abilities. Explore the world to recover valuable artifacts, find ingredients to craft deadly traps and useful items, and create clones of yourself to distract and deceive the many types of enemies on your way - the choice is yours!
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Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Stealth · 304
- Singleplayer · 232
- Action · 229
- Adventure · 225
- Story Rich · 223
- Atmospheric · 221
- Third Person · 210
- Assassin · 207
- Violent · 201
- Parkour · 199
- Dark Fantasy · 197
- Co-op · 191
- Fantasy · 139
- Dark Humor · 98
- Multiplayer · 96
Peer Action titles
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Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 6.0k Steam reviews | Top 54% in Action |
| Positive rating | 83% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 61% |
| Metacritic | 72/100 | Genre average 77 — top 77% of Action titles |
| Engagement hours | 7 h average | Top 61% for session depth among Action |
Reception Metrics
Steam community
83%Mostly Positive · 6.0k reviews
4.9k positive · 1.0k negative
Metacritic
72/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
7.2/10
Curator recommendations
4.6k
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- Co-op
- Online Co-op
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play on TV
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (8)
- English volume_up
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Polish
- Korean
- Japanese volume_up
Full audio (2)
- English
- Japanese
Press Quotes
“Styx is a jerkbag little goblin who is flippant, profane, and yes, a blast to play” DESTRUCTOID “A love letter to the stealth genre” JEUXVIDEO COM “Styx can hang with the likes of Ezio and Solid Snake” HARDCORE GAMER
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
7h
short (5–15 hours)
Median
4h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
0h
Current engagement
Achievements
38
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Mar 14, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Cyanide Studio |
| Publisher | Nacon |
| Base price | $1.99 -90% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 1 released |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · [email protected] |
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