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Black Chapter

Spire Studio · 2020-10-24

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 24, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Your class trip to Durhal Cathedral turns into a nightmare when everyone gets trapped inside. A killer demon hides among your classmates—can you uncover the truth before it’s too late?

Black Chapter is a 2020 Adventure, Indie and RPG game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 56 reviews).

0
playing now
93%
positive of 56 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 60% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.1k–2.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 56 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2021-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620202026Week of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.992020-10-242026-08-102020-10-24 — best price $8.992020-10-31 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $7.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $6.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $7.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $7.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-03 — best price $7.492026-08-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

4
achievements tracked
21.8%
earned "Heartbreak"
20.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-10-24 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DRPGGoreAnimeIndieRetroHorrorMysteryRPGMakerSurvival

Census log

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

Recent updates

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