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Styx: Shards of Darkness
Styx returns in a new stealth adventure! Explore and master huge open environments, sneak past or assassinate new enemies and bosses, and experiment with the new array of lethal abilities and weapons in our goblin assassin's arsenal.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
64 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“[h1] Imagine huge ass orc bending over in front of your ugly face and preparing to launch final assault from rear exhaust directly into your face. You're Styx, small goblin that stinks, apparently trickster. Going…”
“Ahh, such a great sequel honestly - they improved upon the controls, level design, moment-to-moment gameplay, and made the insignia system easier deal with for more casual players (no more single kills ruining the mercy…”
“this game is really awesome and challenging. nice gameplay 9/10, nice graphics for its age 8/10, the story is also nice 9/10. overall i totally recommend this game (the whole series) to anyone that loves stealth games.”
18 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“[h1] Imagine huge ass orc bending over in front of your ugly face and preparing to launch final assault from rear exhaust directly into your face. You're Styx, small goblin that stinks, apparently trickster. Going…”
“this game is really awesome and challenging. nice gameplay 9/10, nice graphics for its age 8/10, the story is also nice 9/10. overall i totally recommend this game (the whole series) to anyone that loves stealth games.”
“That's a masterpiece literally 10/10 STORY 10/10 GAMEPLAY 10/10 CHARACTERS 10/10 GRAPHICS 10/10 WORLD 9.5/10 MUSIC reallllly must try 10/10 HIGHLY RECOMMEND”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“this game is really awesome and challenging. nice gameplay 9/10, nice graphics for its age 8/10, the story is also nice 9/10. overall i totally recommend this game (the whole series) to anyone that loves stealth games.”
“That's a masterpiece literally 10/10 STORY 10/10 GAMEPLAY 10/10 CHARACTERS 10/10 GRAPHICS 10/10 WORLD 9.5/10 MUSIC reallllly must try 10/10 HIGHLY RECOMMEND”
“Tried newest Styx 3 with UE5 engine, couldnt play it. Its total janky mess. Instead bought this which has superb optimised graphics UE4, story so so much better, stealth, gameplay.. superior game in any way. 8/10”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“a very good game I especially recommend co op!!!”
“It is fun to play with a buddy. Co op makes it fun and the different paths to take is also quite good. My only problem is that in the later part of the missions I was not able to make use of some of the skills that I…”
“I'm a gamedev myself, and that's the only review you need [h1]Short description[/h1][hr][/hr] Co-op stealth 3rd-person game where you play as a goblin with cool abilities such as creating clones or turning invisible.…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Ahh, such a great sequel honestly - they improved upon the controls, level design, moment-to-moment gameplay, and made the insignia system easier deal with for more casual players (no more single kills ruining the mercy…”
“Огромный технический шаг вперед, по сравнению с первой частью. Сразу видно, что к бюджету из пачек сухариков добавили еще банку пива. Появились хорошо срежесированные катсцены, улучшения управления, добавили разных…”
“A big improvement over the first game! very smooth and fluent animations, breathtaking scenery and ofcourse sneaky little goblins”
20 of the 103 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Styx: Shards of Darkness started with potential, but it became frustrating as it went on. The co-op mode feels unnecessarily restricted, which takes away a lot of the fun it should have offered. Even worse, the final…”
“I have played many stealth games and this one has to be absolutely one of the worst yet. Terrible stealth. Overly aware enemies every ranged enemy is a damn sniper that will nail you Hiding bodies doesn't mean anything…”
“I'll say first that the story is whatever to me. If you played the first one, Styx: Master of Shadows, it is just more of the same things. Staying in darkness, parkouring, and being as quiet as possible is the game.…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Definitely play this after Master of Shadows. Has more abilities and tools and they are cool to have. Rebirth is definitely awesome. However, there are aspects that I do not quite like, but fine with them: 1. The story…”
“I'll say first that the story is whatever to me. If you played the first one, Styx: Master of Shadows, it is just more of the same things. Staying in darkness, parkouring, and being as quiet as possible is the game.…”
“the game had some really fun stealth and funny references to other games (mainly assassins creed that I heard) but in my opinion the ending was kinda ass . overall good game”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Definitely play this after Master of Shadows. Has more abilities and tools and they are cool to have. Rebirth is definitely awesome. However, there are aspects that I do not quite like, but fine with them: 1. The story…”
“I have played many stealth games and this one has to be absolutely one of the worst yet. Terrible stealth. Overly aware enemies every ranged enemy is a damn sniper that will nail you Hiding bodies doesn't mean anything…”
“I'll say first that the story is whatever to me. If you played the first one, Styx: Master of Shadows, it is just more of the same things. Staying in darkness, parkouring, and being as quiet as possible is the game.…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I'll say first that the story is whatever to me. If you played the first one, Styx: Master of Shadows, it is just more of the same things. Staying in darkness, parkouring, and being as quiet as possible is the game.…”
“I don't know if it's me but I can't get past the rock dude that's like he might be the end boss. I also don't think it's my fault, as the game is trying to mash my SSD by making me load into a different level on every…”
“- graphic is nice - gameplay is cool - level design is awesome - story suck - dialogs suck - Styx breaking the 4th wall also suck, it runis the immersion - enemy AI suck/buggy - genZ/marvel humour also suck - "save"…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Games should be fun and not a mirror showing me what an incompetent loser I am. That's not why I paid money when I purchased the game. But even on story mode this game is way too difficult. And before all the…”
“I have played many stealth games and this one has to be absolutely one of the worst yet. Terrible stealth. Overly aware enemies every ranged enemy is a damn sniper that will nail you Hiding bodies doesn't mean anything…”
“I don't know if it's me but I can't get past the rock dude that's like he might be the end boss. I also don't think it's my fault, as the game is trying to mash my SSD by making me load into a different level on every…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“After finishing Master of Shadows, I came into this one skeptical. The first game felt more like a punishment simulator than a stealth experience, with inconsistent AI, labirynth-style level design and mechanics that didn’t fully support the fantasy of being a goblin assassin.…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“i love the Styx franchise. i had a blast playing this game, the stealth is challenging at times. but that's where the fun is, when you try to sneak around and try to predict their next move or control the situation or utilize the environment and its surroundings. along with…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“This game has a fun stealth loop but the storyline is lacking and the game feels unpolished. I got this in a sale and I wont be getting any more of the franchise. The stealth gameplay has some fun and unique aspects - lots of using the shadows, peaking through locks etc. On…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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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, Adventure |
| Player tags | Stealth · Singleplayer · Action · Adventure · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Third Person · Assassin · Violent · Parkour · Dark Fantasy · Co-op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Korean, Japanese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 38 |
| Official site | http://www.styx-thegame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
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