Fit check
Is Blade of Darkness worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want graphic melee combat with combo attacks and dismemberment
- Action-adventure fans who prefer dark fantasy settings with environmental puzzles
- Players interested in choosing among four characters with different combat profiles
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking non-graphic combat may bounce off the blood, dismemberment, and use of severed limbs as weapons.
- Players who want a simple action game may hit a wall at the combination of character-specific fighting, physics-based puzzles, and lethal traps.
- Players looking for stealth, shooting, or survival-crafting systems will find a different gameplay focus.
Our take on Blade of Darkness
The bounce point arrives during combat and trap-based exploration. Players expecting a light fantasy adventure may stop at the graphic dismemberment, while those seeking a simple action game may hit a wall when puzzles, hydraulic systems, and lethal hazards enter the progression.
What is Blade of Darkness?
Blade of Darkness is a grim fantasy action-adventure that combines role-playing features with four selectable heroes: a barbarian, dwarf, knight, or amazon.
Their abilities, vulnerabilities, and combat techniques differ. The journey moves through varied hostile locations, including underground burial sites, icy strongholds, infernal towers, arid regions, sacred buildings, and royal residences, while enemies include orcs, trolls, golems, demons, and skeletons. Fighting centers on linked strikes and dismemberment; severed body parts can become weapons.
The environments contain breakable items, flames, riddles, mechanical water systems, physics-driven interactions, and deadly hazards. This release includes high-definition graphics, displays up to 4K in widescreen, revised anti-aliasing, HDR, bloom, motion blur, a redesigned camera, controller support, and improved stability. The original story, content, and gameplay are unchanged.
How Blade of Darkness plays
- 01Four Playable Heroes
- The barbarian, dwarf, knight, and amazon have different strengths, weaknesses, and combat skills.
- 02Dismemberment Combat
- Combo attacks can sever enemy limbs, which can then serve as weapons.
- 03Interactive Environments
- Objects can be destroyed with fire or fists while puzzles combine physical systems, hydraulics, and traps.
- 04Modern Display Support
- The updated edition includes widescreen presentation up to 4K resolution and revised visual effects.
- 05Gamepad Support
- The reworked PC edition adds gamepad support alongside changes for modern hardware.
Blade of Darkness compared to similar games
Ghost of a Tale is an action-RPG about a mouse minstrel that emphasizes stealth, disguises, conversations, and exploration in a medieval animal world. Blade of Darkness instead centers on direct melee combat, four selectable characters, dismemberment, environmental puzzles, and traps. Vagante also uses a dark fantasy setting with monsters and demons, but its description presents adventuring through dangerous lands, while Blade of Darkness follows a quest through locations including tombs, fortresses, deserts, temples, and palaces.
Blade of Darkness: platforms & release
Is Blade of Darkness worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want graphic melee combat with combo attacks and dismemberment. Skip it if: players seeking non-graphic combat may bounce off the blood, dismemberment, and use of severed limbs as weapons.
Where can I download Blade of Darkness?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Blade of Darkness's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Blade of Darkness on?
Windows only.
