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Black River cover art

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!

0
playing now
55%
positive of 58 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$0.79
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 76% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.80-92%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 27 of 49 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

802026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 14:00 — 0 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).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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