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Black Sails - The Ghost Ship

Deck13 · 2015-09-17

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 17, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Best played with the lights turned off and the volume turned up, Black Sails is a creepy and mysterious point-and-click adventure game.Two survivors of a shipwreck try to survive in the raging sea. Until another ship appears. Hoping for rescue, they are calling, but nobody answers. They manage to go on board. Will this be their rescue?

Black Sails - The Ghost Ship is an Adventure game released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Mixed (68% of 317 reviews).

0
playing now
68%
positive of 317 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

In a dark night, a ship sinks in a thunderstorm. Two survivors are lost in the endless space of the merciless ocean, when gradually they perceive a dark, mysterious sailing vessel slowly emerging from the mist. Is it abandoned? Soon after they decide to go aboard and they get the feeling that this might have been the biggest mistake of their lives… Inspired by a true story, the player experiences a journey to the deepest abyss of the human soul as she discovers the secrets of the ghost ship “Mary Celeste”, until finally she will not be able to distinguish the difference between reality and fic(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 29,021 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.9k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 317 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-02-04) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2016-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 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 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
70Sep 2015Jan 2025Sep 2015 — avg 6 · peak 39Nov 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2016 — avg 7 · peak 79Mar 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2016 — avg 7 · peak 82Jul 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 5Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 5Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2023 — avg 1 · peak 35Jan 2025 — avg 1 · peak 3

▼ −1 avg players (−45.6%) vs prior month — Jan 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.80$0.992015-09-172021-02-152015-09-17 — best price $7.492015-10-30 — best price $6.692015-11-25 — best price $5.992015-12-15 — best price $10.972015-12-23 — best price $7.232016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-02-05 — best price $4.992016-02-29 — best price $2.722016-04-03 — best price $9.992016-04-25 — best price $11.252016-07-07 — best price $11.072016-08-22 — best price $9.992016-10-18 — best price $7.992016-11-01 — best price $7.992016-11-23 — best price $4.992016-12-05 — best price $10.552017-03-06 — best price $3.992017-04-27 — best price $2.732017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-10-26 — best price $2.992017-11-11 — best price $11.622017-12-12 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $2.292018-03-26 — best price $9.992018-06-24 — best price $1.492018-07-17 — best price $7.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-12-06 — best price $11.332019-02-04 — best price $0.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-11-27 — best price $3.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-03-27 — best price $8.992020-07-13 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $1.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $2.992021-02-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

HorrorMysteryPiratesAdventureAtmosphericSingleplayerPoint & ClickFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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