The Game Census
Black Mirror I cover art

Black Mirror I

Future Games · THQ Nordic · 2014-06-17

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 17, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Black Mirror is a dark adventure game that details the aftermath of the tragic death of William Gordon. Playing as his grandson Samuel players must unveil the truth behind the events of that fateful, stormy night.

Black Mirror I is an Adventure game released in 2014, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 1499 reviews).

9
playing now
84%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (78 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

The Black Mirror is a third-person point-and-click horror adventure game developed in 2003 by Czech company Future Games. Its original name is Posel Smrti. The game features 150 locations and 5 hours of spoken dialogue. The Black Mirror became a commercial success, with 500,000 units sold worldwide by 2008. It was particularly successful in Germany, under publisher DTP Entertainment. Two sequels, Black Mirror II: Reigning Evil and Black Mirror III: Final Fear, were released.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 60 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 37k–90k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,499 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at GamesPlanet UK (2016-07-11) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 144 of 145 observed days · $9.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2102026-09-14 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 21 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
201Jun 2014Aug 2026Jun 2014 — avg 5 · peak 18Oct 2014 — avg 7 · peak 28Feb 2015 — avg 18 · peak 86Jun 2015 — avg 5 · peak 20Oct 2015 — avg 10 · peak 34Feb 2016 — avg 11 · peak 33Jun 2016 — avg 7 · peak 26Oct 2016 — avg 14 · peak 50Feb 2017 — avg 8 · peak 26Jun 2017 — avg 13 · peak 54Oct 2017 — avg 11 · peak 47Feb 2018 — avg 10 · peak 33Jun 2018 — avg 7 · peak 31Oct 2018 — avg 7 · peak 23Feb 2019 — avg 7 · peak 21Jun 2019 — avg 7 · peak 27Oct 2019 — avg 8 · peak 24Feb 2020 — avg 7 · peak 25Jun 2020 — avg 8 · peak 26Oct 2020 — avg 10 · peak 27Feb 2021 — avg 12 · peak 46Jun 2021 — avg 7 · peak 27Oct 2021 — avg 7 · peak 27Feb 2022 — avg 7 · peak 27Jun 2022 — avg 7 · peak 22Oct 2022 — avg 6 · peak 27Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 28Jun 2023 — avg 6 · peak 20Oct 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18Feb 2024 — avg 9 · peak 31Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Oct 2024 — avg 7 · peak 25Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 25Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 31Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 31Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 24Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 29Aug 2026 — avg 8 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-06-21 — best price $9.992015-11-10 — best price $10.952016-04-04 — best price $4.972016-10-21 — best price $2.492017-04-17 — best price $2.502017-10-30 — best price $1.842018-01-09 — best price $8.502018-02-24 — best price $9.992018-04-10 — best price $9.992018-05-25 — best price $2.492018-07-09 — best price $9.992018-08-23 — best price $2.492018-10-07 — best price $9.992018-12-21 — best price $2.492019-06-25 — best price $2.492019-11-01 — best price $2.492020-02-17 — best price $2.502020-06-26 — best price $9.892020-08-10 — best price $9.992020-09-27 — best price $9.992020-11-30 — best price $2.502021-06-14 — best price $2.502021-11-03 — best price $9.992022-03-01 — best price $8.432022-07-03 — best price $2.492022-11-23 — best price $2.492023-03-24 — best price $9.992023-06-20 — best price $9.992023-09-13 — best price $9.992024-01-05 — best price $2.492024-05-19 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $2.492025-04-21 — best price $9.992025-10-07 — best price $2.492026-03-09 — best price $2.492026-07-25 — best price $9.992026-10-02 — best price $2.492026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

128302026-05-31 — 59 pageviews2026-06-04 — 47 pageviews2026-06-08 — 46 pageviews2026-06-12 — 55 pageviews2026-06-16 — 37 pageviews2026-06-20 — 37 pageviews2026-06-24 — 55 pageviews2026-06-28 — 105 pageviews2026-07-02 — 60 pageviews2026-07-06 — 64 pageviews2026-07-10 — 48 pageviews2026-07-14 — 66 pageviews2026-07-18 — 43 pageviews2026-07-22 — 53 pageviews2026-07-26 — 68 pageviews2026-07-30 — 44 pageviews2026-08-03 — 50 pageviews2026-08-07 — 53 pageviews2026-08-11 — 45 pageviews2026-08-15 — 54 pageviews2026-08-19 — 32 pageviews2026-08-23 — 50 pageviews2026-08-27 — 33 pageviews2026-08-31 — 39 pageviews2026-09-04 — 57 pageviews2026-09-08 — 48 pageviews2026-09-12 — 52 pageviews2026-09-16 — 45 pageviews2026-09-20 — 31 pageviews2026-09-24 — 46 pageviews2026-09-28 — 46 pageviews2026-10-02 — 36 pageviews2026-10-06 — 45 pageviews2026-10-10 — 44 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

DarkGothicHorrorPuzzleClassicMysteryThrillerAdventureStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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