Skald: Against the Black Priory
Skald: Against the Black Priory is a classic, turn-based RPG. It's set in a dark and gritty fantasy universe: full of tragic heroes, violent deaths and eldritch, Lovecraftian horror. With a dark, immersive…
Skald: Against the Black Priory is an adventure developed by High North Studios AS, released 30 May 2024 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $7.49 at GOG.
What Skald: Against the Black Priory is
Skald: Against the Black Priory is an adventure game developed by High North Studios AS and released in 2024. It was published by Raw Fury. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 2018.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Gallian Empire is in turmoil: By virtue of it's Wizard Lords, the Empire stood for a thousand years. Now the fabrics of the realm is fraying. Within, the ruling elite is losing its jealously guarded monopoly on the use of magics. Without, hordes of enemies threaten the realms of man. In these troubled times heroes are few and far between. On the isolated island of Idra, lies the Black Priory. Its great libraries were once a haven of enlightenment and wisdom. These days its halls see far darker practices. The Wizard Lord dispatches an elite group of his finest knights to bring Imperial justice to the accursed monastery. However, all is nearly lost when disaster strikes on the high seas…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 15 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Skald: Against the Black Priory holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel i5 or AMD equivalent, 4 GB RAM and Intel Iris / AMD Vega or equivalent. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $7.49 at GOG, 50% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Skald: Against the Black Priory launched on 30 May 2024, within three weeks of Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nine Sols and Animal Well. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nine Sols, Animal Well.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Skald: Against the Black Priory yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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