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Black Academy cover art

Black Academy

Catdoors · 2023-05-26

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 26, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

'School life like hell... Actually, it’s a school run by the devil?!’ Black Academy combines Side-scrolling shooting and Rogue-lite with storyline of students transforming into magical girls to confront demons after finding out the real identity of the Academy.

82%
positive of 88 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.79
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 66% of 12,689 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 88 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.79-70%
GOG$6.39-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2025-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 40 of 67 observed days · $1.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820232026Week of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$15.99$4.792023-03-172026-09-072023-03-17 — best price $13.592023-06-23 — best price $11.992023-08-12 — best price $8.792023-09-18 — best price $8.792023-11-02 — best price $15.992023-12-13 — best price $8.792024-01-25 — best price $8.792024-02-22 — best price $15.992024-03-20 — best price $6.392024-05-13 — best price $6.392024-06-27 — best price $6.392024-08-13 — best price $15.992024-09-19 — best price $6.392024-10-28 — best price $6.392024-11-27 — best price $6.392025-01-09 — best price $15.992025-02-13 — best price $6.392025-03-13 — best price $6.392025-04-09 — best price $15.992025-05-16 — best price $15.992025-06-17 — best price $15.992025-07-21 — best price $15.992025-08-25 — best price $6.392025-10-06 — best price $15.992025-12-03 — best price $8.792026-01-06 — best price $4.792026-02-20 — best price $4.792026-03-15 — best price $15.992026-04-09 — best price $6.552026-04-30 — best price $15.992026-05-30 — best price $4.792026-06-25 — best price $4.792026-07-28 — best price $15.992026-08-24 — best price $6.392026-09-07 — best price $6.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud

5 supported languages: Korean, English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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