Styx: Master of Shadows
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…
Styx: Master of Shadows is an adventure developed by Cyanide Studio, released 7 October 2014 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.70 at Gamesplanet. The main story takes about 18 hrs to finish.
What Styx: Master of Shadows is
Styx: Master of Shadows is an adventure game developed by Cyanide Studio and released in 2014. It was published by Focus Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Styx is a cunning goblin gifted with dark magic and unmatched skill in stealth and thievery. He sets his sights on the Tower of Akenash, a colossal fortress held aloft by the power of a great World Tree at its heart. Slipping past its guards and defenses, Styx seeks to reach the tree's core and claim the priceless amber said to reside there. Driven by clouded memories and a whispering voice in his mind, he descends deep into the tower toward secrets far greater than he expects.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 33 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Styx: Master of Shadows holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 5 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 89 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 18 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $1.70, that works out to about $0.09 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.4 GHZ, 3072 MB RAM and 1024 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 AND SHADERS 4.0 COMPATIBLE AMD RADEON HD 5850/NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR HIGHER. At 3GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.70 at Gamesplanet, 92% below its usual price. Across the 3 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $2.99 — a spread of $1.29 for an identical product.
What it launched against
Styx: Master of Shadows launched on 7 October 2014, within three weeks of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition and Bayonetta 2. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Alien: Isolation, Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition, Bayonetta 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Styx: Master of Shadows yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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