Fit check
Is Six Sides of Obscurity worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- RPG fans who want class experimentation and equipment customization
- Small groups seeking cooperative combat for up to 4 players
- Players who enjoy puzzles, hidden chests, and elemental tactics alongside battles
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly linear RPG may find the branching builds, secrets, and map exploration less directed
- Players who prefer simple combat may not want to manage 70 bonuses, elemental resistances, runes, and changing boss abilities
- Players looking for open-world exploration will find 6 maps rather than an open world
Our take on Six Sides of Obscurity
Rather than centering progression on a fixed character path, the game makes build variation a central part of its RPG structure. Its maps also combine combat with puzzles, hidden chests, and platforming routes, while optional team PvP sits alongside the story.
What is Six Sides of Obscurity?
Six Sides of Obscurity is a story-based RPG for solo play or teams of up to 4 players.
Choose from 6 classes, develop passive and active abilities, and shape builds with equipment, bonuses, and rune stones. Combat uses 70 special bonuses, 5 elements, enemy resistances, and class-based progression. Each map ends with a distinct boss and includes a puzzle, hidden passages, and 2 special chests. The story follows a character with missing memories who encounters a captive devil offering guidance. Six maps cover different environments, while hunting monsters provides items for crafting and upgrades. Players can also activate PvP to damage team members.
How Six Sides of Obscurity plays
- 01Solo and Co-op
- The game supports individual play or groups of up to 4 participants.
- 02Class-Based Builds
- Six classes provide different paths for improving passive and active abilities.
- 03Flexible Combat Effects
- Seventy special bonuses include effects such as pushing, poisoning, blinding, burning, and stealing health.
- 04Elemental Combat
- Five elements can be mastered, while enemies may have their own elemental strengths and resistances.
- 05Crafting and Runes
- Monster drops can be used to produce equipment and add upgrades or rune stones.
- 06Map Secrets
- Each monster-filled map contains 2 hidden chests reached through secluded areas or platforming routes.
- 07Optional Team PvP
- Players can damage one another when PvP is enabled for both sides.
Six Sides of Obscurity compared to similar games
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened combines cooperative action RPG play with tower defense, loot, pets, and character customization, while Six Sides of Obscurity focuses on class builds, elemental combat, puzzles, and hidden map rewards. Quasimorph uses high-stakes roguelike missions where extracted resources strengthen a PMC; Six Sides of Obscurity instead presents 6 maps with exploration, crafting, bosses, and a story. Force of Nature covers broader sandbox management, gathering, mining, and creation across more than 10 zones, whereas Six Sides of Obscurity uses 6 maps and emphasizes combat abilities, runes, and story progression.
Six Sides of Obscurity: platforms & release
Is Six Sides of Obscurity worth it?
It is worth it if: RPG fans who want class experimentation and equipment customization. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly linear RPG may find the branching builds, secrets, and map exploration less directed.
Where can I download Six Sides of Obscurity?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Six Sides of Obscurity's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Six Sides of Obscurity on?
Windows only.
