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Black Beacon Hill

Kowloon Drop Bear · 2023-11-16

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 16, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Follow the story of the [Phantoms] as forces beyond their control drag them back into a vendetta in the streets, the Ulstanian-Kostakovian war they left behind rages on in the distance, and an existential threat looms over all. A visual novel with a unique design minimalistic top-down shooter game.

98%
positive of 58 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 70% of 13,148 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2k–2.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-06-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220232026Week of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$1.992023-11-162026-07-092023-11-16 — best price $4.792023-12-22 — best price $3.992024-01-15 — best price $3.992024-02-26 — best price $3.992024-03-14 — best price $3.992024-04-08 — best price $3.992024-05-20 — best price $3.992024-06-27 — best price $3.992024-07-22 — best price $3.992024-09-02 — best price $3.992024-10-14 — best price $3.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992024-12-20 — best price $3.992025-01-17 — best price $3.992025-02-23 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-04-01 — best price $3.992025-06-16 — best price $3.992025-06-27 — best price $3.992025-07-23 — best price $3.992025-09-05 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-10-19 — best price $3.992025-11-25 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-01-08 — best price $3.992026-02-12 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $3.992026-06-08 — best price $3.992026-06-30 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DPvEAnimeDramaActionLinearMilitaryStylized2D FighterHand-drawn

Census log

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

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