Buy it if you like
- Story: 157 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 125 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Characters: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Gameplay: 123 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Interface: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 4k player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
46% of themes are praise18% are divided36% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
157 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Blackguards is a turn-based RPG, the game has an intriguing story and pretty decent voice acting.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
125 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
For example, you start with 10000 AP and you can spend points freely in the many attributes, weapons, talents, spells and abilities.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The playable characters are all full of personality but some performance of more important npcs come across a little flat at times.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
This game kind of feels like old-school Amiga-RPG with better graphics etc.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story is decent enough that you should have fun, and the voice acting is really high quality.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Story157 reviews
Combat125 reviews
Characters30 reviews
Graphics29 reviews
Audio28 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty66% still recommend
Linux compatibility33% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay52% still recommend
Bugs44% still recommend
Interface64% still recommend
Crashes21% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
Steam lists no controller support.
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Trading Cards
Platforms
- Windows
Valve device support
Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Lowest ever recorded
$0.99$9.99−90%
That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
11 points recordedtoday · $0.99
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