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Black Future '88 cover art

Black Future '88

SUPERSCARYSNAKES · Good Shepherd Entertainment · 2019-11-21

SteamGOGAmazon

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Apr 24, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 21, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.

1
playing now
72%
positive of 749 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Black Future '88 is a roguelike video game developed by SUPERSCARYSNAKES and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment. The game was released on November 21, 2019, for Windows and Nintendo Switch. Set in an alternate version of 1988, the game follows survivors of a nuclear apocalypse climbing to the top of a tower to before their hearts explode.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 39% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 749 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-90%
Humble Store$1.99-90%
GOG$1.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Fanatical (2023-11-20) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 94 of 129 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.592019-11-212026-08-302019-11-21 — best price $17.992020-01-20 — best price $18.132020-03-29 — best price $12.872020-06-19 — best price $10.192020-08-20 — best price $17.882020-10-04 — best price $14.692020-11-15 — best price $19.992021-01-09 — best price $19.992021-02-27 — best price $16.882021-04-19 — best price $9.992021-06-07 — best price $16.882021-08-13 — best price $6.662021-10-07 — best price $19.992021-11-26 — best price $7.002022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-04-09 — best price $19.992022-05-31 — best price $19.992022-08-13 — best price $1.652022-11-11 — best price $3.992023-02-07 — best price $2.492023-05-04 — best price $3.312023-07-24 — best price $3.442023-11-16 — best price $17.882024-02-08 — best price $2.592024-04-10 — best price $1.992024-06-17 — best price $19.992024-08-17 — best price $15.082024-10-24 — best price $3.992025-01-01 — best price $19.992025-03-03 — best price $1.592025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-08-22 — best price $17.882025-10-28 — best price $1.992026-01-19 — best price $1.592026-04-19 — best price $14.692026-07-22 — best price $19.992026-08-25 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2402026-06-01 — 2 pageviews2026-06-04 — 8 pageviews2026-06-07 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-13 — 2 pageviews2026-06-16 — 2 pageviews2026-06-19 — 0 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-28 — 8 pageviews2026-07-01 — 0 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3 pageviews2026-07-13 — 3 pageviews2026-07-16 — 2 pageviews2026-07-19 — 3 pageviews2026-07-22 — 2 pageviews2026-07-25 — 5 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 7 pageviews2026-08-06 — 6 pageviews2026-08-09 — 5 pageviews2026-08-12 — 6 pageviews2026-08-15 — 3 pageviews2026-08-18 — 2 pageviews2026-08-21 — 9 pageviews2026-08-24 — 5 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews2026-08-29 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,6481%29
Switch (Nintendo)170%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

1980sCo-opIndieActionAdventureCyberpunkDifficultPlatformerRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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