All Games > Strategy Games > Blackguards
Community Hub
Blackguards
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.
All Reviews:
Mixed (2,805) - 63% of the 2,805 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Jan 22, 2014
Developer:
Publisher:
Daedalic Entertainment

Sign in to add this item to your wishlist, follow it, or mark it as ignored

Curator Review

Recommended
By RPGWatch September 23, 2014

“Tactical combat CRPG out of the Dark Eye universe - challenging and fun!”

Features
Languages:
Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English ✔ ✔ ✔
German ✔ ✔ ✔
French ✔ ✔
Spanish - Spain ✔ ✔
Portuguese - Brazil ✔ ✔
Russian ✔ ✔
Italian ✔ ✔
Japanese ✔ ✔
Korean ✔ ✔
Czech ✔ ✔
Turkish ✔ ✔
Polish ✔ ✔
Simplified Chinese ✔ ✔
See all 13 supported languages
Includes 45 Steam Achievements
View
all 45
Points Shop Items Available
View
all 5
68
metacritic
Awards


Buy Blackguards - Standard Edition

SPECIAL PROMOTION! Offer ends in

-90%
$9.99
$0.99
Add to Cart

Buy Blackguards - Deluxe Edition

Includes Blackguards, PLUS Artbook with ~150 pages, Soundtrack, digital World Map, Developer Interview Videos and 6 Exclusive Wallpapers

SPECIAL PROMOTION! Offer ends in

Package info
-90%
$11.99
$1.19
Add to Cart

Buy The Dark Eye Universe Bundle

Includes 4 items: Blackguards, Blackguards: Untold Legends, The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav, The Dark Eye: Memoria

Blackguards
Blackguards: Untold Legends
The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav
The Dark Eye: Memoria

SPECIAL PROMOTION! Offer ends in

Package info
-90%
$34.99
$3.49
Add to Cart

Buy Daedalic - Gigantic Bundle

Includes 14 items: Anna's Quest, Blackguards, Blackguards 2, Cultures - 8th Wonder of the World, Cultures - Northland, Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today, Decay: The Mare, Gomo, Journey of a Roach, Munin, Randal's Monday, SKYHILL, The Last Tinker™: City of Colors, Zanzarah: The Hidden Portal Show less … Show more

Anna's Quest
Blackguards
Blackguards 2
Cultures - 8th Wonder of the World
Cultures - Northland
Dead Synchronicity: Tomorrow Comes Today
Decay: The Mare
Gomo
Journey of a Roach

SPECIAL PROMOTION! Offer ends in

Package info
-90%
$69.99
$6.99
Add to Cart
 

Reviews

“Blackguards is a real gem.”
4/5 – The Guardian

“A thrilling story, mixed with a deep, tactical and engaging gameplay.”
8/10 – EveryEye

“Blackguards feels like the gift that keeps on giving. At the heart of its brilliance is an enormously engaging story.”
8.7/10 – Hooked Gamers

Blackguards Deluxe Edition:

About This Game

What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.

Play as a warrior, mage or hunter and customize your character's skills as you see fit. The challenging campaign delivers a story of doubt, treason and loss. You decide the course of the story at key turning points and determine its outcome.

Key Features


  • More than 180 unique battlemaps provide ever-evolving and novel challenges.
  • Make sure you have plenty of snacks, as this dark fantasy adventure has 40+ hours of exciting play time.
  • Lead up to five characters in your party to glorious victory or devastating defeat.
  • Enjoy enchanting hand drawn backdrops. They're beautiful even when your party members get their asses handed to them.
  • Your choice of spells, skills and abilities determine your battlefield tactics. Aggressive? Defensive? Tactical? It's your call how to tackle each challenging encounter!
  • Use interactive objects like bee hives or barrels to your advantage in combat, or blow yourself up by carrying a torch into flammable swamp gas.
  • Dish out some serious damage with 40 special abilities and more than 90 spells... or find yourself on the other end and get obliterated.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 (32/64 bits versions)
    • Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600 GT, ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 20 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers
    Recommended:
    • OS *: Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8 (32/64 bits versions)
    • Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core CPU
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275, ATI Radeon 4770 Series or higher
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 20 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card with Latest Drivers
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
View all

What Curators Say

71 Curators have reviewed this product. Click here to see them.

Customer reviews for Blackguards

Review Type


Purchase Type


Language


Customize
Date Range
To view reviews within a date range, please click and drag a selection on a graph above or click on a specific bar.

Show graph



Playtime
Filter reviews by the user's playtime when the review was written:



No minimum to No maximum

Display
Show reviews in selected display order





Learn More
Show graph
 
 Hide graph
 
Filters
Excluding Off-topic Review Activity
Playtime:
Played Mostly on Steam Deck
There are no more reviews that match the filters set above
Adjust the filters above to see other reviews
Loading reviews...