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Black Paradox

Fantastico Studio · 2019-05-02

SteamPlayStation Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 30, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Nov 14, 2018 (iOS), Jul 27, 2018 (Mac), Nov 22, 2019 (Android), May 03, 2019 (Xbox One), May 03, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

Buckle up for shoot ‘em up chaos in this fast-paced and hyper-stylized roguelite. As the infamous bounty hunter Black Paradox, it’s up to you to travel through space and defeat the Hellraisers – the most dangerous criminal organization in the galaxy.

Black Paradox is a 2019 Action game priced at $8.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 133 reviews) and an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000.

68%
positive of 132 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
4.41★
PlayStation Store rating (130 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.3k–7.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 132 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.79 at Fanatical (2023-08-07) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 11 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720182026Week of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.242018-07-282026-07-272018-07-28 — best price $8.992019-09-09 — best price $7.492019-12-09 — best price $5.092020-02-20 — best price $5.092020-05-07 — best price $4.492020-06-07 — best price $13.392020-06-25 — best price $2.992020-07-30 — best price $13.392020-08-17 — best price $13.392020-09-14 — best price $14.992020-10-02 — best price $13.392020-10-20 — best price $13.392020-11-05 — best price $11.012020-12-07 — best price $13.392021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-01-20 — best price $13.392021-02-11 — best price $5.092021-03-24 — best price $13.392021-04-18 — best price $14.992021-05-06 — best price $14.992021-06-06 — best price $14.992021-08-04 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $4.492021-12-03 — best price $13.392022-01-18 — best price $13.392022-02-21 — best price $14.992022-04-13 — best price $2.992022-06-13 — best price $14.992022-08-08 — best price $2.242022-11-18 — best price $2.242023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-04-17 — best price $14.992023-07-24 — best price $14.992024-01-22 — best price $14.992024-07-22 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-06-26 — best price $4.492026-07-27 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
70.9%
earned "First of Many"
9.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-07-27 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieRetroActionSci-fiShooterAdventureRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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