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.
- Price:$9.99
- Release Date:1/22/2014
- Developer:Daedalic Entertainment
- Publisher:Daedalic Entertainment
- Last Updated:1/8/2025
- Steam App Id:249650
Blackguards
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Blackguards has 4 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 89% lower than its previous all-time peak of 36 players achieved on 8/14/2023.
Blackguards Review
Blackguards has achieved a Steambase Player Score of 62 / 100. This score is calculated from 3,699 total reviews on the Steam store — giving it a Mixed rating. These are split between 2,302 positive reviews, 1,397 negative reviews, and will be updated in real-time as more players leave their feedback. Additionally, Blackguards has earned a metascore of 68 on Metacritic.
Track historical reviews and overall rating trends for Blackguards using the chart below.
Blackguards Price
Blackguards costs $9.99 in the Steam store as of 1/8/2025. At the moment, it can only be purchased as a standalone game but may be included in future bundles for a discount.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Blackguards.
Blackguards DLC
Blackguards has 2 downloadable add-ons available for purchase on Steam which are Blackguards: Untold Legends or Blackguards Deluxe Edition Upgrade.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Blackguards: Untold Legends | DLC | 3/4/2014 | View |
 | Blackguards Deluxe Edition Upgrade | DLC | 5/27/2016 | View |
About Blackguards
Blackguards is a RPG, Indie, Action, Adventure, and Strategy game developed by Daedalic Entertainment. On 1/22/2014, it was released on the Steam Store by Daedalic Entertainment.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Blackguards on the Steam Deck but some functionality may not be fully supported.
It also supports 13 languanges in-game including English, German, French, Spanish (Spain), and Portuguese-Brazil. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Blackguards supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Blackguards has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Character Customization
- Difficult
- Isometric
- Fantasy
- Story Rich
- Tactical
- Turn-Based
- RPG
- Turn-Based Tactics
- CRPG
- Dark Fantasy
- Strategy
- Indie
- Turn-Based Strategy
- Turn-Based Combat
- Action
- Adventure
- Singleplayer
- Tactical RPG
- Hex Grid
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Blackguards and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
Related Packages
Blackguards is referenced by 5 packages in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| The Dark Eye Universe Bundle | $3.49 | View |
| Blackguards - Deluxe Edition | $1.19 | View |
| Blackguards - Commercial License | $9.99 | View |
| Daedalic - Gigantic Bundle | $6.99 | View |
| Blackguards - Standard Edition | $0.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Blackguards is available in 13 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| German | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Portuguese-Brazil | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
| Korean | Yes | No | Yes |
| Czech | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Blackguards data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, January 8). Blackguards on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/249650
- Valve Corporation. (2025, January 8). Blackguards. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/249650
- Metacritic. (2025, January 8). Blackguards for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/blackguards
- Daedalic Entertainment. (2023, July 8). Blackguards. Blackguards. http://www.blackguards-game.com