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Styx: Shards of Darkness vs Song of the Deep

If you are torn between Styx: Shards of Darkness and Song of the Deep, the two share Full controller support, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud; here is how the numbers split. On raw data, Styx: Shards of Darkness takes 3 categories against 0 for Song of the Deep.

MetricStyx: Shards of DarknessSong of the DeepEdge
Player rating ★ 3.36 ★ 3.34 Styx: Shards of Darkness by 0.02 (1%)
Metacritic 72 71 Styx: Shards of Darkness by 1 (1%)
Catalog popularity 2,631 adds 766 adds Styx: Shards of Darkness by 1865 (71%)
Avg. playtime 3h 3h Similar length
Platform families 3 3 Tie
Release year 2017 2016 Styx: Shards of Darkness is newer by 1 yr

Verdict

Styx: Shards of Darkness takes 3 of 4 measurable categories. Both lean on Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements, so whichever you pick, the core feel carries over.

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Base game data via RAWG. Comparison computed by us.