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Blackguards

Blackguards

What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and matur

Released Jan 22, 2014 Developer Daedalic Entertainment Platforms Windows RPGTurn-BasedStrategyTacticalFantasy
View on Steam ↗ $0.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

62.2%positive3,745 reviews
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“Briefly about this game: If the chance of hitting is 90%, you will miss 3 times in a row”

— a player, Steam review · 76 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“I was told this is a weird game. But it looked good. The concept was intriguing. Also I kind of liked how the story was told. The character sheets are a bit overwhelming, but nothing a nice guide can’t solve. So let me explain all of the parts of this nice, good and yet…”

— a player, Steam review · 74 hrs played
Not recommended · 7 found this helpful

“Crashes on launch frequently, crashes while in game frequently, doesn't have a proper way to use fullscreen which means that when the game crashes on launch it is not uncommon for the crashed game in fullscreen to eat inputs and either delay or ignore an alt-tab command and…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:48 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

56playing at last check
22624-hour peak
2,604all-time peak
0 500 1k 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 523 avg · Feb 2014

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

45achievements
6.2%median completion
1.3%rarest: Red Salamander
37.1% of players 25.6% of players 17.3% of players 16.9% of players 15.1% of players 14.1% of players 14.0% of players 14.0% of players 13.9% of players 13.9% of players 11.9% of players 10.0% of players 9.9% of players 9.4% of players 8.8% of players 8.6% of players 8.4% of players 8.3% of players 7.9% of players 7.9% of players 7.4% of players 6.2% of players 6.2% of players 6.1% of players 6.0% of players 5.9% of players 5.2% of players 3.9% of players 3.6% of players 3.3% of players 2.9% of players 2.9% of players 2.4% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 37.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
37.1%The Breakout — Tutorial finished
25.6%Double 20 — Hurt one of your heroes
17.3%Servant of Xarfai — Deal 5.000 damage during all battles with all characters
Rarest badges of honor
1.3%Red Salamander — Buy alchemical supplies 50 times
1.3%Traveller — Visit every location
1.4%A True Stoerrebrand — Visit every vendor

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$0.99−90% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99base price
$0.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-16
US0.99 USD−90%
EU0.99 EUR−90%
UK0.79 GBP−90%
Australia1.49 AUD−90%
Canada1.39 CAD−90%
Japan129 JPY−90%
Brazil1.99 BRL−90%
China5.90 CNY−90%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$0.4 Japan China Canada US Australia UK EU≈$1.1

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 21, 2014
Localization update & patch release

http://s7.directupload.net/images/140821/u9m57xry.jpg We’re happy to announce that our Blackguards are now ready to enter your PC & Mac in Turkish, too! Additionally, there have been some small techni

Aug 21, 2014
Localization update & patch release

http://s7.directupload.net/images/140821/u9m57xry.jpg We’re happy to announce that our Blackguards are now ready to enter your PC & Mac in Turkish, too! Additionally, there have been some small techni

Jun 25, 2014
Localization Update – 3 new language packages now available

http://s7.directupload.net/images/140625/fbfxg4tp.png Hi guys, we’re happy that today we are finally releasing our big localization update for our Blackguards. The update contains the reworked Russian

Jun 25, 2014
Localization Update – 3 new language packages now available

http://s7.directupload.net/images/140625/fbfxg4tp.png Hi guys, we’re happy that today we are finally releasing our big localization update for our Blackguards. The update contains the reworked Russian

Jun 16, 2014
New localization patch upcoming, featuring 3 new language packages!

Hi guys, there are three new loca kits upcoming for Blackguards. First there is the reworked Russian localization, and second we are proud to announce that there will be a Japanese and Korean localiza

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsRPG · Turn-Based · Strategy · Tactical · Fantasy · Indie · Singleplayer · Turn-Based Strategy · Adventure · Tactical RPG · Isometric · Hex Grid (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , German * , French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Czech, Turkish, Polish, Simplified Chinese *
Achievements45
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.blackguards-game.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 (32/64 bits versions) Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600 GT, ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 20 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers