Bleak Sword DX
Discover and destroy increasingly horrifying creatures across an oppressive lofi world, wielding fierce weaponry and powerful magic in this pocket-sized action adventure.
Bleak Sword DX is an adventure developed by more8bit, released 8 June 2023 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $2.49 at Fanatical.
What Bleak Sword DX is
Bleak Sword DX is an adventure game developed by more8bit and released in 2023. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Discover and destroy increasingly horrifying creatures across an oppressive lofi world, wielding fierce weaponry and powerful magic in this pocket-sized action adventure.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Bleak Sword DX holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 14 points above the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.49 at Fanatical, 75% below its usual price. Across the 4 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $3.99 — a spread of $1.50 for an identical product.
What it launched against
Bleak Sword DX launched on 8 June 2023, within three weeks of Diablo IV, Final Fantasy XVI, System Shock and Dave the Diver. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Diablo IV, Final Fantasy XVI, System Shock, Dave the Diver.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Bleak Sword DX yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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