Fit check
Is The Black Masses worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who prefer first-person fantasy RPGs over other RPG perspectives
- Co-op groups looking for an open-world game rather than a solo-focused adventure
- Players who want parkour traversal alongside direct combat instead of combat-only movement
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly bounded setting may find the 16-square-kilometer island broad in scope.
- Players who prefer small-scale encounters may not suit a game populated by hundreds of thousands of hostile inhabitants.
- Players looking for a primarily stealth-based RPG may prefer a game centered on stealth rather than parkour and direct combat.
Our take on The Black Masses
The store presentation foregrounds the island’s immense population and rendering technology, while giving less detail about the structure of the player’s objectives. The premise explains the corruption and intended cleansing more clearly than the progression through that setting.
What is The Black Masses?
The Black Masses is a cooperative fantasy role-playing game viewed from a first-person perspective.
Players become stranded on a 16-square-kilometer island where a mysterious dark material has corrupted the population, turning hundreds of thousands of residents into hostile creatures. Movement across rooftops, structures, and environmental hazards uses parkour, allowing players to flee large crowds or confront them with special abilities and close-range combat. The narrative centers on purifying the afflicted land with guidance from an enigmatic stranger. Exploration, traversal, fighting, and cooperative play are combined within an open setting shaped by the island’s supernatural corruption.
How The Black Masses plays
- 01Large island setting
- Explore a 16-square-kilometer island where vast numbers of residents have become possessed.
- 02Obstacle traversal
- Parkour provides a way to move across buildings and other obstacles while dealing with the hordes.
- 03Cooperative RPG play
- The first-person fantasy RPG supports cooperative play.
- 04Ability-based combat
- Direct encounters use first-person combat together with character abilities.
The Black Masses compared to similar games
The Black Masses combines an open-world first-person fantasy RPG with co-op, parkour traversal, and large hostile crowds. Dungeon Defenders: Awakened is also a cooperative action RPG, but adds tower defense, loot, leveling, pets, and character customization. Ghost of a Tale focuses on a mouse protagonist, exploration, stealth elements, disguises, and conversations in a medieval animal world.
The Black Masses: platforms & release
Is The Black Masses worth it?
It is worth it if: players who prefer first-person fantasy RPGs over other RPG perspectives. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly bounded setting may find the 16-square-kilometer island broad in scope.
Where can I download The Black Masses?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Black Masses's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Black Masses on?
Windows only.
