- September 22, 2020
- Robin Allen
Blackshift
Platforms
Buy Now
About Blackshift
Blackshift is a single player casual action adventure game with mystery and science fiction themes. It was developed by Robin Allen and was released on September 22, 2020. It received very positive reviews from players.
Blackshift is an action puzzle game that isn't afraid of complexity. Curse your way through 100 basically impossible levels, or create your own and share them with the world.
+5
Games Like Blackshift
Looking for games like Blackshift? Here are top casual action adventure recommendations with a mystery and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Patrick's Parabox, Toki Tori 2 or Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube.
Reviews
- Innovative and complex puzzle mechanics with a wide variety of challenges and secrets that keep gameplay fresh and engaging.
- Includes a powerful level editor and access to community-made levels, greatly extending replayability and creative opportunities.
- Well-balanced mix of puzzle-solving and action with polished controls, rewarding exploration, and a dedicated developer continuously updating the game.
- Occasional performance issues including lag and crashes reported by some users, affecting playability.
- Input lag and control responsiveness can cause frustration during timing-sensitive sections, hampering the gameplay experience.
- Lack of certain quality-of-life features such as an undo/back button, which some players feel would make the game more accessible.
gameplay
11 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe gameplay is a complex and challenging puzzle experience reminiscent of Chip's Challenge but significantly expanded with a wide variety of interacting mechanics, secrets, and surprises. It offers a deep, rewarding challenge requiring logic, reflexes, and timing, with added value through a robust level editor and community-created content. The game successfully blends nostalgia with fresh elements and polished 3D visuals, ensuring it remains engaging and far from stale.
“After several hours of playing it I gotta say this game truly is something special, all the mechanics interact with each other in smart and interesting ways and the puzzles are brutally difficult.”
“In conclusion this game will really challenge your logic, quick thinking, reflexes and timing skills simultaneously with many mechanics all interacting with each other in ways that will constantly surprise you, it has a level editor and a community level browser built in.”
“The massive variety of different puzzles that can be created with these mechanics is actually amazing, and I do mean create as this game has an amazing level editor and access to community made levels.”
“Easy gameplay.”
“The base description of the mechanics are the same (ok, you blow up a thing instead of finding an exit) but the 'etc.' above keeps on going and going.”
“It's challenging enough to keep you thinking, and with new mechanics the further in you go, it doesn't get stale.”
Buy Blackshift
Videos
Frequently Asked Questions
Blackshift is a casual action adventure game with mystery and science fiction themes. Common tags for Blackshift include grid-based movement, sokoban, indie, exploration, 2.5d and others.
Blackshift is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.
Blackshift was released on September 22, 2020.
Blackshift was developed by Robin Allen.
Blackshift has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked Blackshift for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.
Blackshift is a single player game.
Similar games include Patrick's Parabox, Toki Tori 2, Qbeh-1: The Atlas Cube, Escape Goat 2, ElecHead and others.