Mission areas featuring truly organic player path-findingĪ strong focus on hardcore stealth and infiltration: progress through the shadows with a sense of verticality, and explore to find hidden treasures Explore the levels to discover every bit of information about your past, and steal prized treasures to acquire equipment upgrades. Amber will grant you spectacular powers such as invisibility, «amber vision», and the ability to clone yourself. RPG mechanics let you unlock new powerful skills, impressive special moves, and an optimized equipment. Progress in the shadows, assassinate your targets in close combat, or orchestrate «accidents». Prowl through the huge, miles-high Tower of Akenash, completing various missions (assassination, information recovery, etc.) and avoiding detection.
Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age.ĭeep inside the vertiginous and multi-layered forsaken Tower of Akenash, where Humans and Elves protect the World-Tree, source of the Amber – a powerful and magical golden sap – is hidden Styx’ chance to understand his true origin.
