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Black The Fall cover art

Black The Fall

Sand Sailor Studio · Square Enix · 2017-07-11

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 11, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jul 11, 2017 (Xbox One), Jul 11, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 14, 2017 (Nintendo Switch)

After decades of toil, an old machinist plots his escape from Communism, through manipulation and scheming. Along the road, he befriends the most unlikely creature, an abandoned robot. Could they solve the puzzles and flee this bleak world together?

Black The Fall is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2017, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (78% of 1835 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
4.20★
PlayStation Store rating (768 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Black the Fall is a puzzle-platform video game developed by Sand Sailor Studio and published by Square Enix for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. The player controls a machinist in a dystopic world inspired by the Romanian Revolution, solving environmental puzzles and avoiding death.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 51 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 46k–110k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,835 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.60 at GreenManGaming (2021-11-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 20 of 41 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.602017-07-112026-10-102017-07-11 — best price $13.492017-12-21 — best price $8.992018-05-28 — best price $14.992018-10-18 — best price $7.672019-02-04 — best price $7.492019-04-04 — best price $6.752019-09-24 — best price $5.992020-01-03 — best price $14.992020-03-16 — best price $14.992020-05-27 — best price $14.992020-06-15 — best price $12.782020-07-16 — best price $3.822020-08-20 — best price $14.992020-10-29 — best price $4.492021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-02-23 — best price $3.742021-04-16 — best price $14.992021-06-18 — best price $14.992021-08-20 — best price $4.492021-11-02 — best price $14.992022-01-13 — best price $14.992022-03-31 — best price $14.992022-06-14 — best price $14.992022-08-19 — best price $4.492022-12-22 — best price $4.502023-05-10 — best price $4.492023-10-18 — best price $14.992024-02-20 — best price $14.992024-07-12 — best price $14.992024-11-04 — best price $14.992025-02-13 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $3.742025-10-06 — best price $14.992026-01-06 — best price $14.992026-05-13 — best price $3.742026-09-05 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4832026-05-31 — 4 pageviews2026-06-04 — 4 pageviews2026-06-08 — 10 pageviews2026-06-12 — 4 pageviews2026-06-16 — 5 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-02 — 9 pageviews2026-07-06 — 7 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 9 pageviews2026-07-22 — 5 pageviews2026-07-26 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 5 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 6 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 10 pageviews2026-08-31 — 27 pageviews2026-09-04 — 8 pageviews2026-09-08 — 14 pageviews2026-09-12 — 15 pageviews2026-09-16 — 5 pageviews2026-09-20 — 12 pageviews2026-09-24 — 4 pageviews2026-09-28 — 10 pageviews2026-10-02 — 8 pageviews2026-10-06 — 7 pageviews2026-10-10 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
60.3%
earned "Outlaw"
15%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,71723%14
Xbox One (Xbox)3,20466%14
PS4 (PlayStation)2,47586%15
PS4 (PlayStation)1,87589%15
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

2.5DDarkIndieActionHorrorPuzzleStealthAdventurePoliticalDystopian

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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