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Black River

Thorne Games · 2017-04-04

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 04, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Black River is a Survival-Horror RPG worth 3-5 hours of intense gameplay where you ultimately have to turn the table on those who want to harm you. It is not about escaping the village of Black River, it's about putting an end to its misery!

Black River is an Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2017, priced at $0.79, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (54% of 59 reviews).

1
playing now
54%
positive of 59 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.79
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 48% of 27,663 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 59 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.30 at GreenManGaming (2021-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 23 of 42 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6802026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 37 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 38 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 68 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 56 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.352017-04-052026-08-242017-04-05 — best price $4.892018-02-15 — best price $1.042018-08-10 — best price $0.692019-01-19 — best price $6.992019-06-25 — best price $0.692019-11-01 — best price $6.992019-12-03 — best price $6.992020-03-08 — best price $0.522020-06-25 — best price $0.692020-10-01 — best price $0.522021-01-07 — best price $0.522021-04-02 — best price $6.992021-08-06 — best price $6.992021-11-24 — best price $1.392022-02-03 — best price $6.992022-04-12 — best price $6.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-10-08 — best price $4.992022-12-24 — best price $4.992023-03-20 — best price $4.992023-07-21 — best price $0.452023-10-16 — best price $4.992023-12-24 — best price $0.602024-03-18 — best price $6.992024-05-18 — best price $6.992024-07-11 — best price $0.582024-10-10 — best price $0.582024-12-20 — best price $0.582025-02-10 — best price $6.992025-05-14 — best price $6.992025-07-21 — best price $0.832025-12-03 — best price $9.992026-04-13 — best price $9.992026-08-24 — best price $0.80
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
1.6%
earned "STARE AT THE CRYER"
1.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGIndieActionCasualHorrorRPGMakerStrategyAdventureSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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