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Robin Allen · Published by Robin Allen
Positive — 95% positive (39 reviews) · 23 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Grid-based action puzzle game full of guns, blocks, robots, bombs, lasers, conveyor belts, mirrors, machines, landmines, keys, doors, teleports, crystals, force fields, secrets and mysteries.
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Indie · 2020 · More £5 - £15 games
Navigate through complex levels filled with robots, bombs, and conveyor belts in Blackshift, an innovative grid-based puzzle game from indie developer Robin Allen.
About this game
Blackshift is an action puzzle game with over 100 carefully crafted levels full of mysteries and danger.
New items and mechanics are introduced steadily throughout the entire game, with almost every level containing something you haven't seen before.
Secrets and hidden paths abound; if you stray from the main path and thoroughly investigate, there are hidden things to discover on each level, as well as secret levels to find.
Testimonials for Blackshift
I've played a lot of puzzle games before, but it's been a very long time since I've been this enthralled by one! — Jasmine_Steel
I could not think of a better puzzle game. — dr omsk
If you like solving mazes with different mechanics, this is for you! It's challenging enough to keep you thinking, and with new mechanics the further in you go, it doesn't get stale. — Ashman The Guy
A true hidden gem. — randomized0000
As far as Chip's Challenge like puzzle games go, Blackshift is probably the strongest one I've played. — Asp
If you've never heard of it, but like puzzle/platformers, this is one of the best. — peterbres
I had so much fun playing this, feels like it was made for me. Uncountable mechanics, surprises, secrets, different ways to play. — Novato Zotto
Best puzzle game on Steam! — Ubu
(All quotes from Steam reviews)
The Level Pit
Make your own levels with the built-in level editor, and upload them to the Level Pit where other people can play them. There are thousands of user-created levels in the Pit, each with its own leaderboard. You can even watch replays of other people playing your levels. The Editor and the Pit are both built into the game; you can do everything from within Blackshift itself.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 2.53 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GT 425M, 2GB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 100 MB available space
Recommended
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
The Radiant Update
Graphical Changes Added a new lighting system called "Radiance". Makes stuff look nicer but if it's too heavy on your machine you can turn it off in the options. Renamed the "Glow Effects" option to "Bloom". Added a bit more variety to the soil tiles. Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where, if you managed to destroy a silicon crystal with an explosive, the game could wrongly record which silicon crystals you collected. Fixed a bug where if you enabled the Level Pit Timer it would sometimes not be enabled when you quit and ran the game again. Fixed a bug where the framerate would sometimes drop the first time you saw certain objects. Fixed a bug where Blackshift could sometimes crash on exit. Graphical Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where there would sometimes be gaps between a level's outer walls and the surrounding decorative terrain. Fixed a bug where the particles dropped by the glowing maze-runner enemy would draw above it. Fixed a bug where, when the game started up in full-screen mode, the white outline of a window would be visible while it loaded. Fixed a bug where switching off "Glow Effects" (now "Bloom") would make some things look too dark. Editor Changes Added a new tileset for the walls. You can choose it for your Level Pit levels if you like, using the "Walls" selector in the "Info" window. The maximum map size is big but not infinite. The editor now clearly shows you the maximum map boundaries if you build a level big enough to get near them. Fixed an editor bug where copying or moving chunks of the level with the Select tool close to the maximum map boundaries was glitchy. The editor now recalculates the maximum map boundaries when you delete tiles from your map. The origin cell, which the maximum map boundaries always include, is now marked with an O if empty. Holding Space to pan the view now also works when the Select tool is active. Level Pit UI Improved performance of scrolling in the Level Pit while level previews are being rendered. The Level Pit browser now cach...Read full article on Community Announcements (foon)Patch NotesOfficial
Blackshift 2.5.6 Released
Fixed a bug that stopped one of the new items introduced in the last update from being unlocked. The Mac version no longer supports Apple's Game Mode. I'm sorry, the popup is just too annoying.Read full article on Community Announcements (foon)Patch NotesOfficial
Blackshift 2.5.5 Released
Bug Fixes: Fixed an editor bug where, if you placed an enemy gate, then placed some enemies, then deleted the enemies, the gate would open and would never close again. Fixed a bug where, if the last diamond in the level disappeared by being overwritten by a copier, the diamond gates would show zero but not open. Fixed a design bug in level 6/4 that let you skip a puzzle. Graphical Changes: Reduced the prominence of dark spots in the soil texture that could look like holes even though it's just normal ground you can drive over. Added an option to turn on Triple Buffering. Added an option to use multi-threaded rendering. New Editor Stuff: Added the item from one of the very secret levels that turns you into a bullet. It's unlocked if you've beaten that level. If you've beaten the other very secret level, this now unlocks another item in the editor. It's not something that appears in the level, or in the game at all, it's just something I thought might be fun. Mac-Specific Changes: Removed OpenGL support. Blackshift now declares itself a game, so MacOS will run it in Game Mode.Read full article on Community Announcements (foon)Patch NotesOfficial
Blackshift 2.5.4 Released
This update fixes a bug that caused glitchy artifacts to appear on soil tiles on some hardware.Read full article on Community Announcements (foon)Patch NotesOfficial
Blackshift 2.5.1 Released
Bug fixes: Fix mirror shadows drawing wrong when mirrors retract underground. Fix bullet directors behaving oddly on slow floors. Fix possible crash when clicking "Discard Edit" in the Level Pit.Read full article on Community Announcements (foon)
