Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

Wait66%

Mixed · 3k player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Cultic Games · RPG · Sep 26, 2019

Player review score
66%
Mixed
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
98
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
7
Full audio0 of 7
Subtitles7 of 7

Should I buy Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 142 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Characters: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 125 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Gameplay: 100 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 60 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k 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
33% of themes are praise17% are divided50% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
142 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The dialogue and the quests are in principle great and can be solved in many different ways.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Characters kinda look like paper cutouts, but it fits the art style.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
More combat options and varied, hand-crafted fights, greater variety and balancing of character advancement, more and more detailed different routes for handling quests, that sort of things.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The soundtrack is also very good, from the smooth jazz tunes in the bar and the spooky exploration music, to the more intense battle music.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story142 reviews
Graphics49 reviews
Characters28 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Divided opinion
Optimization
0% still recommend
Monetization
67% still recommend
Players complain
Combat
59% still recommend
Gameplay
59% still recommend
Bugs
55% still recommend
Difficulty
45% still recommend
Interface
35% still recommend
Crashes
44% 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 Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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