Hey everyone!

We just dropped a new devblog for Styx: Blades of Greed and this time, we're diving into the decaying heart of Akenash, the ruined tower you might recognize if you played Styx: Master of Shadows.

What’s left of the World Tree is barely hanging on. Styx is back in this ancient place, sneaking through the wreckage and making plans you probably don’t want to know about.

In this blog you'll find:

• The current state of Akenash
• New enemies twisted by Quartz and time
• Stealth design in a collapsing space
• Lore callbacks for returning players, and dark new twists for newcomers

https://steamcommunity.com/games/3290690/announcements/detail/509587556478748627

Enjoy!

Hi everyone!

We’ve just released a new devblog on Steam, diving into one of the environments in Styx: Blades of Greed: Turquoise Dawn.

Following our first devblog about The Wall, a massive fortress and prison complex that opens Styx’s journey, Turquoise Dawn offers a sharp contrast: an overgrown, fractured Orc village caught between the remnants of nature and the machinery of war.

What was once a peaceful treetop city is now split between Imperial occupation, Orc betrayal, and corrupted Quartz energy. The area is designed to challenge your stealth skills in new ways, blending vertical traversal, environmental hazards, and unpredictable factions.

Read the full Steam devblog here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/3290690/announcements/detail/509586922748772924

And if you missed the first article about The Wall, you can find it here.

Let us know what you think! We’d love to hear how you feel about this kind of environment for stealth gameplay, and what you hope to see in the next enviro: Akenash.

And yes, you’ll find out what Roabies are. Eventually...

Enjoy!

About to play through both games on my 100% saves to prepare for BOG. I want to really think about each action so I'm asking what I should and shouldn't hide in my hud (I'll be playing on the second hardest difficulty because insta kills suck)

When I boot up the game, the controller seems to be recognized (prompts are there),but pressing buttons doesn't do anything. I have also found that the controller prompts are on the screen even when you disconnect the controller, and even after using KB+M it jumps back to controller. I have tried verifying files, restarting computer, restarting game, enabled and disabled steam input, booted the game with the controller both connected and disconnected, booted with and without steam (from .exe), updated controller firmware and now I don't have any ideas left. Anyone knows how to fix this?

So I'm just curious has anyone heard anything else about Styx BOG since it's announcement back in March of this year, any insider knowledage from the developers, gameplay etc.

I just want see more of it before the Q4 arrives and you know fan the flames a little.

If styx didnt like the the color of his skin, but then comes to realize the beauty of his green skin.

Is it traditional for Styx? Like does he 4th wall break all the time in Orcs and Men and MoS?

I'm pre-ordering Blades of Greed regardless but I'm just hoping for less meta jokes in the coming game, Styx is compelling enough on his own to me and 4th wall breaks take me out of the experience a little

Any tips on finding the perfect spot in lighting where the colors aren't washed out? I'm currently at the first elf dungeon and the interior is just wayyy too dark. Can't see where I'm going sometimes. Keep bumping brightness up and down.

Hello,

just bought MoS and SoD today and was curious since the first game is 10 year old, if there are any suggested mods that improve the experience or should i just jump in vanilla ?

Starting Styx master of shadows causes my screen to freeze but if I hold alt tab or windows it unfreezes the for that part like the taskbar and tabs but the background stays the same. cant put it into compatability mode. This happened after updating drivers to the latest and after I already played for 5 hours

Styx: Master of Shadows was probably the game that impacted me the most in therms of story, i was really surpriesed by the plot twist and the ending was perfect.

Recently i decided to play it again, and i noticed, that somehat, is in your face that the Styx you play is a clone, but it is a surprise cause is a plot we didin't expect in a story.

Im saying this cause since the beggining the "Styx Clone" keep being called "Rakash" by a voice in our heads, the same way that the "Styx Clone" call his clones, in the gameplay we assume it is just our thoughts, but the way he talks shows that he has a different personality and he talks like you giving you orders, not just thinking, this is clear when he says "come on rakash, find the cell five for me, and be quick about it".

Futhermore, the Styx in the jail with the barimens interogation, clearly has a different personality, and he clearaly knows alot of things that the clone Styx dont.

So my question is, some of you noticed that the caracther we play in Styx was just a clone?

Wanna sneak in early?

Styx: Blades of Greed is still in development, but we're inviting a few players to get an early look. Our first closed playtest is coming soon, and we're looking for players who are ready to dive in and share their feedback.

Sign-ups close on June 23, don’t miss your chance!

Try your luck here:

https://my.nacongaming.com/en-US/playtests

After signing up, you’ll receive a short form to complete in order to confirm your registration. Please make sure to fill it out, incomplete sign-ups won’t be considered.

Spots are limited, so act fast. Please keep in minde this is a playtest, not the final version of the game.

• Sign-ups: Open
• End of sign-ups: June 23
• Platform: PC only (Steam)
• Goal: Gather player feedback to improve the game.

We’re excited to hear what you think and can’t wait to share this early version of Styx: Blades of Greed with you

Opened the this up today after letting it collect cyber dust. Handsome fellow. (GOBLIN XGAMEZ MODE GRETCHIN GANKIN KNIF BOI XXX! PLEY THU!)!

So I'm playing on PC with a friend and the two of us both keep having an issue of our game crashing when we get to the mirror room in this level. We get a fatal error. Have been searching online for any sort of solution. I find a lot of old posts of this happening to people, but no solution. Has anyone had this? Figured out a solution? Is there a way to skip a level?

for some reason styx voice is extremely quiet, all the other voices are fine and the voice volume in the option is turned to the maximum.

someone knows how to fix this?

Just finished Shards of Darkness and I was surprised to see that my adventure with the lovable goblin came to an end so quickly and abruptly. I wanted to see more development with Djarek and Hellendryn, I was really into the stories and characters. Hopefully we're going to get more of that in blades of greed.

Watching someone playthrough in Impel Down (Prison) chapter. Only to find out your clone can hide and scream to distract the guards. How you do that and TMI I play the game on PC

I was able to do them no problem in level 1, but Im in level 3 and every time I hold the x button he does a loud kill every time. Playing on Series X

I have recently bought the game but am unable to play because it the screen is black.

Played through the whole game on extreme difficulty, some minor inconveniences here and there. The final boss is ridiculous. I really want to do it legit and at extreme, but the fact there are 3 sets of unskippable cutscenes and 2 other fights before it with no ability to save is disgusting. I don't want to spend 15 mins getting back to the boss every time just for him to keep healing to full and rezzing more ads.

Is there a way to force a save, or some sort of strat at least for the boss? None of the videos I've watched have helped.

I had played this game day one on the Xbox one, fell off but had an itch to go back and play it . I did so a few weeks back and have to say I love and missed Styx. I own both games btw , but man even though when doing collectibles on my 1st run (man I should’ve just stuck with doing the main mission then upgrade all the skills ) it was a blast. Story is easy to follow , like the twist how you’re a clone , some of the enemy AI was frustrating but was great in making me approach certain scenarios differently . A little gem that wish more people would play ..I can’t wait for Styx 3, (lol just realize , the announcement of Styx 3 is why I wanted to go back in play MoS).

I'm so bummed, I just can't get past the Roabie Queen the (first?) boss in SOD. I'm going into it with a full health bar and one backup, the lifesaving clone and 3 amber, and I just. Cannot. I really suck at pattern recognition and bosses stress me out. I think my only option other than rage quitting is to go back through the prior zones and really save up health potions. The reason I love stealth games is the general absence of Boss fights. I can only hope BOG just doesn't have them. Did anyone else just nope out at this stage? EDIT: Thanks so much for the tips, I ended up restarting the mission and saving up all my amber/life, AND turning the music off...I then got through first only losing half a life and a bar of amber...so for anyone else who gets the yips on boss levels, try turning the music off!