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Forge the legend of Baba Yaga, a girl accused of witchcraft and expelled from her home. Live out the origins of the Slavic myth in this one-of-a-kind blend of intense archery combat and dark storytelling set in a vibrant fairy tale world.

BLACKTAIL is a story rich, action-adventure and archery game developed by THE PARASIGHT and published by Focus Entertainment.
Released on December 15th 2022 is available only on Windows in 13 languages: English, Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Czech, Korean and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 2,276 reviews of which 1,854 were positive and 422 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.66€ on Gamivo.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 (64bit only)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K / AMD FX-4300
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 4 GB VRAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 / Radeon RX 470
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 20 GB available space

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March 2026
I think I have to describe this game as... American McGee's Baba Yaga. This is definitely a game in the spirit of American McGee's Alice and Alice: Madness Returns. It's got that quirky look to the world and character design, with charming voice acting and character personalities. Side quests are absurd, but in a good way. It's got its own sense of humor too. Combat was simple and fun enough, but not very demanding, though there's a few times where you have to use the skills available to you or you'll have a rough time. There's some collectibles that you can hunt down, but it's optional. It's a fairy large open world, with some really interesting (and large) places that you could miss entirely and never know they were there. There's a basic crafting system which is streamlined enough that it's just a two click process to craft the items you need, and I definitely appreciate when a crafting system doesn't annoy me. I was surprised that I got about 26 hours out of the game, and that was without 100% achievement hunting, which would add a few more hours to it. I had fun.
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Feb. 2026
The morality system changing the way you interact with the world at a fundamental level was very interesting and I would love to see it expanded on. Two major criticisms: the path not affecting the ending was a big miss to me, and the title progression was often very unclear. Solid game, I had fun! Devs if you see this you guys should do an FPS defense game, that gnoll cave siege was a standout.
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Feb. 2026
As for the game itself, I’m very satisfied. I love jumping into something unknown with an unusual story that pulls me in, and this game absolutely did that. It doesn’t feel like a copy of anything β€” it really has its own identity, something fresh that you don’t often see in other games. That’s exactly why I liked it so much. I even love the visuals β€” they feel like someone painted the world on a canvas, especially the sky, which really stood out to me. The overall style and story are both very well done. For achievement hunters, I want to clarify something, because one achievement in particular β€” β€œA Friend in Need” β€” is a bit tricky. There’s an interactive Blacktail map where you can mark Mr. Larva and the Ant Queen. You’ll most likely be playing on the β€œgood” path, helping the larva during every interaction. As for the Queen, simply refuse her and don’t help her. Now this part is IMPORTANT: after restarting your save from the main base, go to the Summer area and follow the main road that leads to what looks less like a cave and more like a hollow rock formation β€” the exact spot where a large stone previously blocked your path. Continue straight just a little further. You’ll see that you can jump onto a platform and spot a climbable route upward. This isn’t really a road, more like a short climb that takes you to a side passage where the final interaction with the larva happens. The conversation is about a broom. THIS LOCATION IS NOT MARKED ON THE MAP, AND THERE’S NO PROPER GUIDE THAT EXPLAINS IT β€” which is why many people miss it.
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Dec. 2025
---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful β˜‘ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Donβ€˜t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay β˜‘ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good β˜‘ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- β˜‘ Kids β˜‘ Teens β˜‘ Adults β˜‘ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato β˜‘ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☐ Old Fashioned β˜‘ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' β˜‘ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks β˜‘ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average β˜‘ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee β˜‘ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☐ Worth the price β˜‘ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of β˜‘ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 β˜‘ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10
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June 2025
TLDR: Great game. Definitely recommend to all fans of the "protagonist running around with a bow" gameplay and to the fans of Kena in particular. As someone who's pretty much a one-trick pony when it comes to stuff game developers give to figure out the fights and such, I am so very pleasantly surprised that by the end I was using the whole arsenal of the provided ammo to its (hopefully) full potential. The exploration is fun and rewarding, the world is very vibrant and colorful with very distinct art style, and the story is great for those who loves slavic folklore and rethinking of popular fairy-tales. Voice actors, in my personal opinion, are absolutely great. Does the game has quite a cooky sort of humor that relies on the delivery? Yes, and it does deliver. Played with Russian subtitles for clarify and was doubly so pleasantly surprised by how well the translations match in all regards, that's just a separate point for applause for the development team. Having collected all the stuff that could be collected (outside of achievements, because I'm not playing around with that Good playthough), can definitely say that it's by far my favorite game collectibles-wise, with how intuitive they are to find without having to restort to guides. And when I did resort to guides, the answer I was looking for usually was simply "Get better and win the fight". Oh well. I think the most fascinating, and for some frustrating, part of the game would be not so much the main plot as much as the identity of the main character. At first, I too was a bit frustrated after the ending, in a "That's it?" kind of way. But after sitting on it for a couple of hours of some proper thinking time, I came to an answer that feels satisfying to me personally, and I feel like that's enough. I think that the Voice is actually Yaga's older self, hence why it sounds more mature, knows more things and can talk to the cat. Now, as always with plots based on timelines, the big question is what came first, chicken or the egg? And to that I think, it doesn't matter. Perhaps the game is a journey of making the right choice this time. Perhaps the game is Yaga's way of facing her past and its demons. Either way, I think it ties neatly the identity of the Voice and the game loop of going good-bad-neutral whichever you prefer. Will definitely be following the studio's journey should they make any new projects for us to enjoy. Blacktail is an amazing breath of fresh air among RPGs, and it's lovely to see such high-quality, fun titles outside of Big-A developments. Thank you for the adventure!
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Frequently Asked Questions

BLACKTAIL is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.

BLACKTAIL is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.

BLACKTAIL received 1,854 positive votes out of a total of 2,276 achieving a rating of 7.84.
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BLACKTAIL was developed by THE PARASIGHT and published by Focus Entertainment.

BLACKTAIL is playable and fully supported on Windows.

BLACKTAIL is not playable on MacOS.

BLACKTAIL is not playable on Linux.

BLACKTAIL is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for BLACKTAIL. Explore additional content available for BLACKTAIL on Steam.

BLACKTAIL does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

BLACKTAIL does not support Steam Remote Play.

BLACKTAIL is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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