Status anarchistica Dec 28, 2025
Free @ Epic for the next 21 hours:
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/skald-against-the-black-priory-cffcc0
New mystery game tomorrow.
Skald: Against the Black Priory (2024)
4.13 from 8 ratings
383 members have it in their collection · 4 playing now · 219 backlogged · 24 wish listed
How long? · with extras 18h (from 2 logged playthroughs)
Skald: Against the Black Priory is a classic, turn-based RPG. It's set in a dark and gritty fantasy universe: full of tragic heroes, violent deaths and eldritch, Lovecraftian horror.
With a dark, immersive plot and inspired by legendary titles such as Ultima and the gold box series, this is my love letter to classic roleplaying.
It is a tile and …
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Skald: Against the Black Priory is a classic, turn-based RPG. It's set in a dark and gritty fantasy universe: full of tragic heroes, violent deaths and eldritch, Lovecraftian horror.
With a dark, immersive plot and inspired by legendary titles such as Ultima and the gold box series, this is my love letter to classic roleplaying.
It is a tile and turn based roleplaying game where you lead a party of up to six characters on an epic and perilous quest.
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Details
- Developers
- High North Studios AS
- Publishers
- Raw Fury
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Fantasy, Open world
- Events
- The Mix Next 2022, Bitsummit X-Roads, Guerrilla Collective 3 2022
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- May 30, 2024 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Also available on
- Skald: Against the Black Priory - Deluxe Edition (2024) · MAC, PC
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Community All Reviews Statuses
Status garamir Apr 8, 2025
Had bit difficulty rating this one. if we go with first half, I'd give it 4 out of 5, but latter part is bit dull and ending is bit of a nonending(I know it goes with eldritch horror genre, but I still found it meh.)
Great atmosphere helped a lot by the music, solid combat that gets repetitive in second …
Had bit difficulty rating this one. if we go with first half, I'd give it 4 out of 5, but latter part is bit dull and ending is bit of a nonending(I know it goes with eldritch horror genre, but I still found it meh.)
Great atmosphere helped a lot by the music, solid combat that gets repetitive in second half.
Review Vakil 5/5 · Jun 18, 2024
The remedy for AAA woes
It’s a common trope that the latest AAA release is horrible and exploits customers, or at least delivers a substandard product for $70-$100. From comments I’ve seen here and other game forums, I get the sense that some gamers are concerned that this type of money-grabbing puts the future of video games in peril. I think people should consider that …
It’s a common trope that the latest AAA release is horrible and exploits customers, or at least delivers a substandard product for $70-$100. From comments I’ve seen here and other game forums, I get the sense that some gamers are concerned that this type of money-grabbing puts the future of video games in peril. I think people should consider that pixels may be the industry’s savior.
This game was, for me, just a ton of fun. I honestly can’t say that BG3 gave me more fun than this, although it’s only about ⅓ the length of Larian’s masterpiece. I’m certainly comparing the two games. I just know playing through Skald was pure fun in a way not many games manage to achieve for me.
It has it’s flaws. Most notably the inability to select characters when asked to perform a skill check and that, if there’s a way to undo a selection in combat, I never figured it out. But the story, the music, the mechanics, and the artwork all work to make a very nice game. The difficulty is completely customizable and the puzzles are never too difficult. If you enjoy party-based RPGs, pixel art, and the cosmic horror genre, you’ll probably enjoy this game. I even thought I was almost done about 15 hours in but there was almost another 10 hours to go.
It worked fine on my Deck but 95% of my playtime was on my laptop.
