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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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
68 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Returned player here. This is the first Styx game which was released in 2014, 12 years ago but I always thought it was much earlier. I think many stealth games were made around that time, but not many got sequels and…”
“honestly a very good stealth game, the level design is fun and it can be very challenging at times. Unlike Dishonered in this game you can't just go and kill everyone once you have been spotted by the enemy which works…”
“It took a while to click. It was quite frustrating starting out, but once I understood what Styx's weaknesses were, I truly felt like a deadly gremlin lurking in the shadows. I played this looking to scratch that…”
23 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“It's a very charming game, the stealth mechanics are good with several unique abilities to utilise to get through each mission. The story had me truly invested with twists and turns and I find Styx to be a delightful…”
“Ugly protagonist. Beautiful game. The fluid stealth gameplay is smoother than a greased goblin. Styx himself has more charisma than a dozen generic AAA heroes combined. Absolute kino of a plot. Damn this is a good game.”
“So when Styx--named for an "underworld river"--says that "Amber" is a "forbidden sap," when he shows that it behaves like a drug and he needs some to get his head right, and that the drug's psychosphere is populated…”
14 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Ugly protagonist. Beautiful game. The fluid stealth gameplay is smoother than a greased goblin. Styx himself has more charisma than a dozen generic AAA heroes combined. Absolute kino of a plot. Damn this is a good game.”
“What a wonderful game. I'm sorry I put it off so long, but I was waiting for a good moment to play it. The story is good, the stealth is great, the atmosphere of the game itself and the tower is great. Everything fits…”
“Solid AA stealth game. Despite the lower budget look and little bit of clunkiness, this first entry excels in mood, atmosphere and tone, with it´s somber music and story. The characters are well executed and the voice…”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“It took a while to click. It was quite frustrating starting out, but once I understood what Styx's weaknesses were, I truly felt like a deadly gremlin lurking in the shadows. I played this looking to scratch that…”
“I wanted to replay the game and do some extra achievement cleanup before jumping back to Styx 2 and then finally the new game. Styx 1 is by far the one with less quality of life stuff. Never made sense to me you can use…”
“Hard stealth game worth playing for sure and an interesting enough plot to keep you wondering”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Solid AA stealth game. Despite the lower budget look and little bit of clunkiness, this first entry excels in mood, atmosphere and tone, with it´s somber music and story. The characters are well executed and the voice…”
“I enjoyed this game as my first "stealth oriented" game and it was really good. It´s a bit old, but it aged gracefully in my opinion. I enjoyed killing the enemies and having more possibilities to finish the level. The…”
“STORY 8.5/10 GAMEPLAY 6.5/10 MUSIC 8.5/10 CHARACTERS 9.5/10 VERY GOOOD PLOT AND THE PROTAGONIST FEELS LIKE GEARLT OF RIVIA VOICE + ARTHUR MORGAN SARCASM ALSO THE GAMEPLAY TAKES ALOT FROM EARLY ASSASSIN'S CREED GAMES…”
29 of the 104 reviews raise this · 15 of them still recommend the game.
“Edit - For the salty and offended ones, I recommend learning what a stealth game actually is and how its mechanics work. If you get upset because it’s your favorite game, that’s unfortunate, I don’t write good reviews…”
“Very overrated game that even for its time falls short in many areas. -Worst AI I've seen since the very first hitman over 20 years ago -Not enough NPC voice lines(I'll be hearing "guess I better be careful" in my…”
“piss poor game with shoddy controls and horrible gameplay.”
9 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Very overrated game that even for its time falls short in many areas. -Worst AI I've seen since the very first hitman over 20 years ago -Not enough NPC voice lines(I'll be hearing "guess I better be careful" in my…”
“piss poor game with shoddy controls and horrible gameplay.”
“A surprisingly decent stealth game, with an unexpectedly decent story. It's not as deep as Dishonored for example, but for the asking price on sales, might as well try it. I have issues with its technical state -…”
8 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a good stealth game. If you like Thief, play this. Decent mechanics, decent story, decent graphics. The skill system is very barebones, you could probably beat the game without unlocking anything. I guess…”
“I'd give this one an 8/10. Good sneaking mechanics but "boss fights" are rather underwhelming.”
“Styx executes well on it's core stealth mechanics. This game doesn't show the enemy's view cones and it can be confusing to new players. Once you get the feel for where the enemy AI can see the game becomes incredibly…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Very overrated game that even for its time falls short in many areas. -Worst AI I've seen since the very first hitman over 20 years ago -Not enough NPC voice lines(I'll be hearing "guess I better be careful" in my…”
“8/10 - Encountered serious bug with the game especially starting Conflagaration mission because it wont start, the waypoint was bugged. I was saved cause i have multiple saves could have been a disastah :D. Anyway, Ez…”
“I really wanted to give Styx: Master of Shadows a fair chance, but the technical issues make it practically unplayable. The game launches to a black screen and completely freezes, leaving me unable to do anything. After…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“I wanted to replay the game and do some extra achievement cleanup before jumping back to Styx 2 and then finally the new game. Styx 1 is by far the one with less quality of life stuff. Never made sense to me you can use…”
“Very nice stealth gameplay. Simple okish story. A bit clunky and inconvenient at times: - Only one quick save slot, hit it at wrong time and your save is ruined, need manual save to be extra safe - NPCs trigger…”
“trash. clearing the levels is too slow and repetitive with not much actually going on. the npc are just there to act as props. the game is unclear in how the progression goes and from what i've seen, there is no way to…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“2026 . And this is still a good game. This is my first time trying the tittle. The story in nice. Gameplay is simple. Ai acts as it should. Maybe only music and sound is what isn't that impactful. But I loved the green guy. Also graphic stands up very good despite its age. I…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“[h1] Styx, goblin that stinks. Half breed, half smelly. Overall ok if you don't like orcs. [/h1]”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Tedious inconsistent stealth with awful checkpoints that will have you wasting a bunch of time if the inconsistent stealth alerts an enemy causing you to die. Hard Pass.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Stealth · Singleplayer · Action · Adventure · Atmospheric · Violent · Story Rich · Third Person · Assassin · Parkour · Dark Fantasy · Fantasy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 33 |
| Official site | http://www.styx-thegame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: WINDOWS VISTA SP2/WINDOWS 7/WINDOWS 8 Processor: AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.4 GHZ Memory: 3072 MB RAM Graphics: 1024 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 AND SHADERS 4.0 COMPATIBLE AMD RADEON HD 5850/NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 OR HIGHER Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: DIRECTX 9 COMPATIBLE Additional Notes: INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR THE GAME ACTIVATION