Bleak Sword (2019)

more8bit

Mac · iOS

3.38 from 21 ratings

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Bleak Sword is a dark fantasy action game tasking players to struggle across compact, cursed diorama battlefields. Through nine tense chapters, heroes must lift the curse of the legendary Bleak Sword by striking down all manner of creatures in every forest, swamp, castle, and dungeon on their journey. Invoke powerful magic, uncover helpful items, and level up your character to … Read more
Bleak Sword is a dark fantasy action game tasking players to struggle across compact, cursed diorama battlefields. Through nine tense chapters, heroes must lift the curse of the legendary Bleak Sword by striking down all manner of creatures in every forest, swamp, castle, and dungeon on their journey. Invoke powerful magic, uncover helpful items, and level up your character to upgrade your stats before facing down menacing guardians. Once the curse has been lifted the challenging Arena Mode and thirty unlockable achievements await even the most accomplished warrior. Bleak Sword is designed to be able to play it easily with elegant controls allowing heroes to roll, parry, attack and counter-attack using basic movements on gamepads and touch controls. Scored by award-winning composer Jim Guthrie with sound by famed designer Joonas Turner. Read less
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Details

Developers
more8bit
Publishers
Devolver Digital
Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Indie
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Horror
Steam
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Release dates

  • Sep 19, 2019 (Worldwide) iOS
  • Oct 08, 2019 (Worldwide) Mac

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Trost

Review Trost 5/5 · May 18, 2022

Distilled soulslike combat experience

Parry, roll, charge a heavy hit. Mind the timings.
It's a fairly simple arcade game, but it gets straight to the point and the combat feels nice and tight. I played on IPad + gamepad and enjoyed learning the timings.
And I love the sound design. The sounds of heavy hit landing and when you win the stage and raise …

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Parry, roll, charge a heavy hit. Mind the timings.
It's a fairly simple arcade game, but it gets straight to the point and the combat feels nice and tight. I played on IPad + gamepad and enjoyed learning the timings.
And I love the sound design. The sounds of heavy hit landing and when you win the stage and raise your sword are pleasant to hear over and over again.
The music gives soulslike vibes.
Aesthetically, the art style reminds me of Crawl. It's a matter of taste ofc.

I'd rate this 4.5
It's a very simple, but a well polished game that manages to make my picky gamer brain feel entertainmed.

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