"If you get spotted during your skulking, there's usually an easy escape hatch, whether that's an ability that lets you quickly zip back to the shadows, or the fact that stealth protagonists tend to have combat abilities as honed as their sneaking skills. The Styx games tread a more hardcore path, demanding you stay in the shadows by making their titular goblin anti-hero incredibly easy to take down once he's spotted."
"Styx is incredibly agile from the start, able to scamper up ledges and between covers quickly enough to sneak right under the noses of the guards he's trying to evade. Especially in the first game, Master of Shadows, ledge-clinging can be a bit buggy, but usually not so much that it will ruin your good time. Levels are designed to let you use your mobility to its fullest, offering multiple paths to sneak around patrolling guards to your objectives."
From January 15 to 22, Styx: Master of Shadows and Shards of Darkness are free to claim on the Epic Games Store ahead of Blades of Greed launching on February 19. The series enforces hardcore stealth by making the protagonist extremely vulnerable when detected, removing easy combat escapes common in other stealth titles. Styx offers high mobility for vertical and cover-based sneaking, with levels designed for multiple approaches around patrolling guards. The games emphasize environmental manipulation like extinguishing torches and creating noise. Utility-focused magic, including brief invisibility, supports evasion rather than direct offensive power.
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