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Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness

GrapeOcean Technologies · V Publishing · 2022-03-17

SteamGOG

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 17, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 17, 2022 (Linux), Mar 17, 2022 (Mac)

Black Geyser is an isometric, party-based fantasy RPG inspired by genre classics. Recruit characters with unique personalities and explore a land ravaged by civil war and a mysterious curse of greed. Your choices, good or evil, will decide the fate of the Kingdom of Isilmerald.

75%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness. Explore a land plagued by war, pestilence, and mysterious abductions, and uncover the hidden legacy of your birth. Recruit powerful allies to your cause; achieve your goals through sorcery, stealth, a silver tongue, or brute force; and discover the truth of the Black Geyser. Developed by a small indie team and inspired by cRPG classics like Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale, Black Geyser features challenging real-time tactical combat with pause, deep lore, and memorable companions, all set in a sprawling, unique fantasy world. Chaos and despair spread through(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 75 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 23,562 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,034 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

50
achievements tracked
63.4%
earned "Chapter 1"
6.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Hungarian, Russian, Turkish, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, French, Italian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-10-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3741%50

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

Player tags

RPGCRPGIndieFantasyIsometricOpen WorldStory RichCrowdfundedExplorationTactical RPG

Census log

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

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