Styx: Master of Shadows overview

Overview

Styx: Master of Shadows comes from Cyanide Studio and is published by Cyanide Studio, Nacon. It arrived on Steam on Oct 7, 2014, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Styx: Master of Shadows's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 26 players at 22 September 2026 - 05:52:13 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1,622. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 83% positive across 11,540 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Styx: Master of Shadows is available in 6 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, and usk

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Styx: Master of Shadows has sold up to 805,000 units and has 9,658 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $13,600,000. On Twitch, 2 streamers are live with around 3 total watchers.

Styx: Master of Shadows overview details

Styx: Master of Shadows combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

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 inside the vertiginous and multi-layered forsaken Tower of Akenash, where Humans and Elves protect the World-Tree, source of the Amber – a powerful and magical golden sap – is hidden Styx’ chance to understand his true origin... and to make a fortune at the same time. Prowl through the huge, miles-high Tower of Akenash, completing various missions (assassination, information recovery, etc.) and avoiding detection. Progress in the shadows, assassinate your targets in close combat, or orchestrate «accidents». RPG mechanics let you unlock new powerful skills, impressive special moves, and an optimized equipment. Amber will grant you spectacular powers such as invisibility, «amber vision», and the ability to clone yourself. Explore the levels to discover every bit of information about your past, and steal prized treasures to acquire equipment upgrades. Embrace the shadows! Mission areas featuring truly organic player path-finding A strong focus on hardcore stealth and infiltration: progress through the shadows with a sense of verticality, and explore to find hidden treasures Upgrade your skills along six unique skill-trees to improve your stealth, assassination, and technique. Distract, solve, smother and prowl with your clone An intricate story full of twists and revelations

SteamPulse editorial summary

Styx: Master of Shadows is listed as a game with $19.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on TV, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action. SteamPulse's latest observation records 26 players at 22 September 2026 - 05:52:13 UTC, a tracked peak of 1,622, and 83% positive reviews.

Overview tags

StealthSingleplayerActionAdventureAtmosphericViolentStory RichThird PersonAssassinParkourDark FantasyFantasyRPGSteampunkMagic

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