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BLACK SOULS

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe? · OTAKU Plan · 2025-08-15

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 15, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Long, long ago, there existed a kingdom shrouded in dense mist: the Lost Empire. This mist twisted humans into terrifying beasts, plunging the world into despair. War raged endlessly. Heroes rose, seeking fame and glory. It is in this place you awaken—a nameless undead.

BLACK SOULS is an Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2025, priced at $11.19, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 7359 reviews).

95%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
90/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
11h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 22h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.19
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 680 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~85/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,932 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 147k–331k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,359 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$13.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.19 at Steam (2026-04-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $13.99 · on sale 3 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20252026Week of 2025-08-16: 1,848 positiveWeek of 2025-08-16: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-08-23: 418 positiveWeek of 2025-08-23: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-08-30: 213 positiveWeek of 2025-08-30: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-06: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-09-06: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-13: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-09-13: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-20: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-09-20: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-27: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-09-27: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-04: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-10-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-11: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-10-11: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-18: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-10-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-25: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-10-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-08: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-11-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-15: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-11-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-22: 436 positiveWeek of 2025-11-22: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-29: 307 positiveWeek of 2025-11-29: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-06: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-12-06: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-13: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-12-13: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-20: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-12-20: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-27: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-12-27: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-03: 115 positiveWeek of 2026-01-03: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-10: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-01-10: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-17: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-01-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-24: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-01-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-31: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-01-31: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-07: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-02-07: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-14: 113 positiveWeek of 2026-02-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-21: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-02-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-28: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-02-28: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-07: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-14: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-03-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-21: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-03-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-28: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-03-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-04: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-04-04: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-11: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-04-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-18: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-04-18: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-25: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-04-25: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-02: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-05-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-09: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-05-09: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-16: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-05-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-23: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-05-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-30: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-05-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-06: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-06-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-13: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-06-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-20: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-06-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-27: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-06-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-04: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-07-04: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-11: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-07-11: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-18: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-07-18: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-25: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-07-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-08: 18 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$13.99$11.192025-08-162026-08-172025-08-16 — best price $12.592025-08-29 — best price $13.992025-09-29 — best price $12.592025-10-06 — best price $13.992025-11-03 — best price $12.592025-11-10 — best price $13.992025-12-18 — best price $12.592026-01-05 — best price $13.992026-02-09 — best price $12.592026-02-23 — best price $13.992026-03-19 — best price $12.592026-03-29 — best price $13.992026-04-30 — best price $11.192026-05-07 — best price $13.992026-06-25 — best price $11.192026-07-09 — best price $13.992026-08-10 — best price $11.192026-08-17 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
56.6%
earned "Drake Helkaiser"
33.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)95731%65

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

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

Recent updates

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