Beautiful pixel art and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Intriguing story, amazing pixel graphics, very cool and well-done weapon mechanics.”
Steam review · 15 h played ↗
Black Skylands: Origins
Worth buying? What 209 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 209 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Hungry Couch Games2020Twin Stick Shooter · Base Building · RPG
The verdict
A pixel-art airship twin-stick shooter with base building and lovely art, but clunky ship handling, grapple hook and camera. Skip it if you want tight controls.
Great for
Fans of pixel-art steampunk, Stardew-meets-Gungeon mixes and airship exploration who forgive rough edges
Main risk
Floaty ship, finicky grappling hook and nauseating camera make controls frustrating; content is demo-short.
What players love
Free, promising demo with great potential
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Given that it's free, there's no reason NOT to try it out.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Fun combat, grappling hook and weapon mods
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It makes me feel badass at times, especially with the combination of the grappling hook and dashing.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Fun mix of genres
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Hotline Miami meets Stardew on airships...Yes, this is exactly what I needed!”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
Airship flying and exploration are satisfying
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“it's a little weird to control but god damn is it satisfying when you more or less pilot it properly”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗
Good soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“Good OST Fun to shoot”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Crashes, bugs and performance problems
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Barely ran at 1080P on a d3cent mid range machine. I was getting sub 20 fps.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Floaty ship controls, hard to dock
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Ship movement is way too slippery, fine movements are almost impossible.”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
Clunky, unsatisfying combat and dumb AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Combat is very unsatisfying, with no grace or strategy - just keep pecking at the randomly twitching bullet-sponge enemies.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Finicky grappling hook
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“The hook is god awful.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Camera and cursor cause motion sickness
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“I didn't know it was psosible to get motion sickness from a Top-down 2D game.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Tedious chores and no keybinding
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The game is a chore.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnknownController support4 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 or newer
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo E8400, 3.0GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+, 3.0GHz or higher
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsGeforce 9600 GT or AMD HD 3870 512MB or higher
Storage4 GB available space
OSWindows 7 or newer
ProcessorIntel Core2 Duo E8400, 3.0GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+, 3.0GHz or higher
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsGeforce 9600 GT or AMD HD 3870 512MB or higher
Storage4 GB available space
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