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Black Book

Morteshka · HypeTrain Digital · 2021-08-10

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AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 10, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 10, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 10, 2021 (Xbox One), Aug 10, 2021 (Mac), Mar 20, 2023 (iOS), Aug 10, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.

16
playing now
92%
positive of 6.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
IGDB user rating (37 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 32h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.49
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Black Book is an adventure role-playing video game, developed by Morteshka, which created The Mooseman, and published by HypeTrain Digital. The game was released on August 10, 2021.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 318 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~40/week).
  • · Review velocity up 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,111 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 134k–302k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,718 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.47-73%
GameBillet$5.85-77%
WinGameStore$5.89-76%
Gamesplanet$6.78-73%
GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.78 at GameBillet (2025-04-13) · bundled 12×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 140 of 190 observed days · $20.21 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20212026Week of 2021-08-01: 1,047 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

7092026-08-07 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 44 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 48 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 38 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 33 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 54 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 42 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 30 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 22 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 70 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 52 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 40 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 52 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$4.812021-08-032026-08-302021-08-03 — best price $24.992021-11-15 — best price $18.742022-02-04 — best price $16.242022-04-28 — best price $11.992022-09-06 — best price $24.992022-11-25 — best price $12.502023-01-12 — best price $12.492023-04-06 — best price $12.492023-06-01 — best price $12.492023-08-07 — best price $24.992023-11-17 — best price $10.002023-12-16 — best price $19.912024-02-01 — best price $19.742024-03-06 — best price $9.992024-05-03 — best price $7.922024-06-18 — best price $17.992024-08-07 — best price $20.012024-10-04 — best price $9.992024-11-12 — best price $24.992024-12-27 — best price $10.002025-03-03 — best price $4.992025-04-24 — best price $24.992025-06-11 — best price $8.502025-08-07 — best price $8.742025-10-07 — best price $7.122025-11-21 — best price $6.842026-01-23 — best price $8.742026-04-06 — best price $8.792026-05-08 — best price $21.432026-06-02 — best price $18.362026-06-25 — best price $7.792026-07-20 — best price $21.072026-08-10 — best price $21.302026-08-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3172026-05-29 — 26 pageviews2026-06-01 — 23 pageviews2026-06-04 — 18 pageviews2026-06-07 — 17 pageviews2026-06-10 — 18 pageviews2026-06-13 — 19 pageviews2026-06-16 — 16 pageviews2026-06-19 — 16 pageviews2026-06-22 — 21 pageviews2026-06-25 — 23 pageviews2026-06-28 — 22 pageviews2026-07-01 — 17 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-07 — 20 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-13 — 25 pageviews2026-07-16 — 13 pageviews2026-07-19 — 12 pageviews2026-07-22 — 21 pageviews2026-07-25 — 13 pageviews2026-07-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-31 — 13 pageviews2026-08-03 — 19 pageviews2026-08-06 — 12 pageviews2026-08-09 — 12 pageviews2026-08-12 — 14 pageviews2026-08-15 — 25 pageviews2026-08-18 — 24 pageviews2026-08-21 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 29 pageviews2026-08-26 — 28 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
61.7%
earned "Initiation"
15.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,9646%50
PS4 (PlayStation)25326%51
Xbox One (Xbox)1966%50
PS4 (PlayStation)7718%51
Switch (Nintendo)190%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGStrategyCard GameMythologyRogue-likeRogue-liteStory RichTurn-BasedCard BattlerDeckbuilding

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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