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Styx: Shards of Darkness cover art

Styx: Shards of Darkness

Cyanide Studio · Nacon · 2017-03-14

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 14, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 14, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Mar 14, 2017 (Xbox One)

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.

24
playing now
83%
positive of 7.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (14 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (39 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Styx: Shards of Darkness is a stealth video game developed by French developer Cyanide and published by Focus Home Interactive. The game was released worldwide on 14 March 2017 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It is the sequel to the 2014 game Styx: Master of Shadows, and the third game set in the fictional world of the Of Orcs and Men series. A sequel, Styx: Blades of Greed, was released in 2026.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 24 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 544 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~68/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 174k–418k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,970 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$1.86-91%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.86-91%
GOG$1.99-90%
Humble Store$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Fanatical (2025-06-20) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 87 of 117 observed days · $0.37 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10910920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7472026-08-06 22:00 — 40 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 46 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 49 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 58 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 33 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 50 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 25 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 21 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 37 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 41 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 36 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 22 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 42 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 18 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 39 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 45 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 18 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 29 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 37 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$40.38$1.532016-12-152026-08-302016-12-15 — best price $33.332017-06-05 — best price $23.992017-10-26 — best price $19.992018-02-01 — best price $32.392018-05-05 — best price $39.992018-09-03 — best price $13.592019-01-28 — best price $12.002019-06-20 — best price $12.002019-10-03 — best price $16.792019-12-26 — best price $19.962020-02-12 — best price $19.632020-04-20 — best price $17.992020-07-17 — best price $19.992020-09-11 — best price $16.792020-10-25 — best price $17.882020-12-07 — best price $16.882021-01-21 — best price $16.882021-03-12 — best price $16.392021-04-29 — best price $3.992021-06-14 — best price $5.002021-10-22 — best price $4.992022-02-21 — best price $4.502022-08-01 — best price $19.992022-11-21 — best price $3.992023-03-01 — best price $3.992023-06-21 — best price $3.992023-09-16 — best price $14.692024-01-14 — best price $14.692024-03-22 — best price $14.692024-07-23 — best price $2.992024-11-04 — best price $19.992025-04-05 — best price $14.692025-07-01 — best price $19.992025-10-07 — best price $1.992026-01-23 — best price $1.992026-05-20 — best price $1.992026-07-22 — best price $19.992026-08-24 — best price $1.962026-08-30 — best price $1.86
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

109302026-05-29 — 55 pageviews2026-06-01 — 58 pageviews2026-06-04 — 51 pageviews2026-06-07 — 79 pageviews2026-06-10 — 61 pageviews2026-06-13 — 47 pageviews2026-06-16 — 109 pageviews2026-06-19 — 75 pageviews2026-06-22 — 33 pageviews2026-06-25 — 66 pageviews2026-06-28 — 69 pageviews2026-07-01 — 57 pageviews2026-07-04 — 47 pageviews2026-07-07 — 48 pageviews2026-07-10 — 45 pageviews2026-07-13 — 42 pageviews2026-07-16 — 52 pageviews2026-07-19 — 53 pageviews2026-07-22 — 43 pageviews2026-07-25 — 31 pageviews2026-07-28 — 39 pageviews2026-07-31 — 38 pageviews2026-08-03 — 59 pageviews2026-08-06 — 37 pageviews2026-08-09 — 47 pageviews2026-08-12 — 40 pageviews2026-08-15 — 42 pageviews2026-08-18 — 48 pageviews2026-08-21 — 45 pageviews2026-08-24 — 50 pageviews2026-08-26 — 51 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
59.7%
earned "Slowly but surely?"
17%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,2538%38
Xbox One (Xbox)4,9600%38
PS4 (PlayStation)4,70619%38

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

Co-opActionFantasyParkourStealthViolentAssassinAdventureDark HumorStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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