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Styx: Shards of Darkness: reviews, time to beat & similar games

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Styx: Shards of Darkness

by Cyanide Studio

Released Mar 14, 2017
$19.99
PC (Microsoft Windows)
PlayStation 4
Xbox One

83%positive reviews

5,902 positive1,192 negative

What players say

Pros

Strong stealth mechanics
Improved gameplay over the first game

Cons

Controls and story worse than original
AAA changes dilute the stealth

Mixed

Some call it a great stealth game, others say it lost the original's spirit

Media

Gameplay Trailer (YouTube)

E3 2016 Trailer (YouTube)

Accolades Trailer (YouTube)

Making of a Goblin Trailer (YouTube)

Co-op Trailer (YouTube)

Embark upon a stealthy adventure with new enemies, new environments, and a plethora of new mechanics aimed at refining the abilities and movement of Styx; grappling around corners, climbing ropes, and using his trusty knife as a zip-wire. Shards of Darkness aims to offer unparalleled freedom of…

Ratings

74IGDB players39 ratings
71Critics14 reviews
72Overall53 scores

Details

Publisher

Focus Entertainment

Series

Of Orcs and Men

Tags

Stealth
Singleplayer
Action
Co-op
Story Rich
Adventure
Atmospheric
Third Person
Assassins
Parkour
Dark Fantasy
Violent
Fantasy
Multiplayer
Dark Humor
Open World
Memes
RPG

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Art of Stealth Trailer (YouTube)

Launch Trailer (YouTube)

Gameplay Trailer 2 (YouTube)

System requirements

Minimum:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

OS *: Windows 7/8/10 (64-bit)

Processor: AMD FX-6300 (3,5GHz) / Intel i5-2500 (3,3GHz)

Memory: 8 GB RAM

Graphics: 1 GB, AMD Radeon R7 260X / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

DirectX: Version 11

Storage: 11 GB available space

Additional Notes: INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR THE ONLINE GAME

Age ratings

ACB MA 15+
CLASS_IND 16
ESRB M
PEGI 16
USK 16

Languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Spanish (Spain)

Links

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