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Black Mirror

KING Art · THQ Nordic · 2017-11-28

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 28, 2017 (Mac), Nov 28, 2017 (Xbox One), Nov 28, 2017 (Linux), Nov 28, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Nov 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Scotland, 1926. Following the death of his father, David Gordon visits his ancestral home for the first time in his life. A life that is soon threatened by the dark secrets that claimed the sanity of many Gordons before him. Black Mirror Castle demands an offering.

Black Mirror is an Adventure game released in 2017, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment from 49% of 724 reviews.

2
playing now
49%
positive of 724 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
25/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
52/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
3.44★
PlayStation Store rating (1,142 ratings)
15h
to beat · rushed 14h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Black Mirror is a 2017 gothic adventure horror video game developed by KING Art Games and published by THQ Nordic. It is a reboot of The Black Mirror series, a trilogy of point-and-click games for Microsoft Windows, so is sometimes called Black Mirror IV or Black Mirror 4.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 29,063 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 724 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at MacGameStore (2024-05-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 76 of 136 observed days · $28.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920172026Week of 2017-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$32.30$2.892017-11-282026-10-152017-11-28 — best price $26.992018-04-27 — best price $29.992018-08-02 — best price $29.992018-10-29 — best price $14.992019-01-04 — best price $29.992019-04-22 — best price $27.282019-07-28 — best price $10.332019-10-21 — best price $10.792019-12-11 — best price $9.892020-02-13 — best price $29.352020-05-15 — best price $29.992020-08-10 — best price $29.992020-12-16 — best price $7.492021-04-08 — best price $7.492021-07-18 — best price $29.992021-10-28 — best price $7.492022-01-06 — best price $29.992022-04-22 — best price $7.502022-07-09 — best price $25.192022-10-25 — best price $4.862022-12-21 — best price $7.492023-03-20 — best price $7.492023-06-08 — best price $7.492023-09-01 — best price $7.492023-11-22 — best price $7.492024-03-04 — best price $7.492024-05-10 — best price $7.502024-09-02 — best price $7.502024-12-02 — best price $29.992025-02-12 — best price $7.502025-05-22 — best price $29.992025-09-11 — best price $29.992025-11-27 — best price $7.492026-03-09 — best price $7.492026-06-05 — best price $22.992026-08-29 — best price $29.992026-09-23 — best price $29.992026-10-15 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

48212026-05-30 — 35 pageviews2026-06-03 — 26 pageviews2026-06-07 — 31 pageviews2026-06-11 — 27 pageviews2026-06-15 — 23 pageviews2026-06-19 — 26 pageviews2026-06-23 — 24 pageviews2026-06-27 — 42 pageviews2026-07-01 — 42 pageviews2026-07-05 — 38 pageviews2026-07-09 — 36 pageviews2026-07-13 — 27 pageviews2026-07-17 — 28 pageviews2026-07-21 — 36 pageviews2026-07-25 — 27 pageviews2026-07-29 — 44 pageviews2026-08-02 — 28 pageviews2026-08-06 — 36 pageviews2026-08-10 — 38 pageviews2026-08-14 — 35 pageviews2026-08-18 — 35 pageviews2026-08-22 — 35 pageviews2026-08-26 — 37 pageviews2026-08-30 — 36 pageviews2026-09-03 — 23 pageviews2026-09-07 — 30 pageviews2026-09-11 — 33 pageviews2026-09-15 — 21 pageviews2026-09-19 — 31 pageviews2026-09-23 — 37 pageviews2026-09-27 — 40 pageviews2026-10-01 — 25 pageviews2026-10-05 — 31 pageviews2026-10-09 — 31 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
70.8%
earned "Welcome to Sgathan Dub"
37.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-11-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)9,42465%22
Xbox One (Xbox)1,82451%21
Steam (Steam)59844%21

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

Player tags

HorrorMysteryViolentAdventureDetectiveStory RichAtmosphericLovecraftianPoint & ClickPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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