Bleak Sword box art
Playing Played Wish List Backlog
Add to Shelf Add to List

See more on IGDB

Bleak Sword (2019)

more8bit

Mac · iOS

3.38 from 21 ratings

85 members have it in their collection · 1 playing now · 31 backlogged · 16 wish listed

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
Remove Ads with Grouvee Gold

Details

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

Release dates

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

Also available on

Remove Ads with Grouvee Gold

Rating distribution

5 stars
4
4 stars
5
3 stars
7
2 stars
5
1 star
0
Remove Ads with Grouvee Gold

Community All Reviews Statuses

BMO

Status BMO Feb 6, 2023

Three years ago I said:

Bleak Sword is certainly well made, and does provide touch controls that are better than some other action games I've played via touch interface, but I still think the game is hampered by its control UX and would be vastly superior if played with a controller. I like Bleak Sword, but I am not …

Read more

Three years ago I said:

Bleak Sword is certainly well made, and does provide touch controls that are better than some other action games I've played via touch interface, but I still think the game is hampered by its control UX and would be vastly superior if played with a controller. I like Bleak Sword, but I am not loving it, and that's all down to touch controls.

Although I did follow that comment up with confirmation that the iOS version was playable with a controller (and confirmed it was a much better experience), I still take the following as spectacular news:

P.S. this is going to look phenomenal on the OLED Switch!

Read less
2 Comment Permalink
BMO

Status BMO Sep 26, 2019

Kotaku said that Bleak Sword Does Action Better Than A Mobile Game Should and that

When it comes to games, touchscreen controls are a thing that we just kind of deal with in the hopes that someone comes up with an ingenious use for them, like with The Room series of games. Barring that, most just settle for fine—rare is …

Read more

Kotaku said that Bleak Sword Does Action Better Than A Mobile Game Should and that

When it comes to games, touchscreen controls are a thing that we just kind of deal with in the hopes that someone comes up with an ingenious use for them, like with The Room series of games. Barring that, most just settle for fine—rare is the truly bad touchscreen control scheme these days, but few are exceptional. This is doubly true for precise, intense action games—touchscreens are just not the best input medium.
At least that’s what I used to think before Bleak Sword (emphasis mine)

I don't know if I can agree. Bleak Sword is certainly well made, and does provide touch controls that are better than some other action games I've played via touch interface, but I still think the game is hampered by its control UX and would be vastly superior if played with a controller. I like Bleak Sword, but I am not loving it, and that's all down to touch controls.

Read less
2 Comment Permalink