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Blackguards 2

Daedalic Entertainment · 2015-01-20

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Franchise: The Dark Eye · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Jan 20, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 20, 2015 (Mac), Sep 19, 2017 (Xbox One), Jun 15, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 15, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!

Blackguards 2 is an Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2015 priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 1312 reviews).

29
playing now
67%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
3.44★
PlayStation Store rating (254 ratings)
27h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Blackguards 2 is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Daedalic Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and OS X in January 2015. It was ported to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in September 2017 and Nintendo Switch in June 2022. It is a sequel to 2014's The Dark Eye: Blackguards.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 86 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 219% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 33k–79k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,312 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$0.79-92%
GOG$0.99-90%
Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$0.99-90%
GamersGate$1.00-90%
GreenManGaming$1.00-90%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.56 at GameBillet (2025-10-30) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 201 of 204 observed days · $0.23 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020172026Week of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

16712026-09-15 14:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 57 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 15 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 12 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 61 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 59 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 37 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3411Dec 2014Aug 2026Dec 2014 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2015 — avg 29 · peak 158Aug 2015 — avg 32 · peak 144Dec 2015 — avg 42 · peak 104Apr 2016 — avg 23 · peak 59Aug 2016 — avg 17 · peak 44Dec 2016 — avg 31 · peak 101Apr 2017 — avg 15 · peak 43Aug 2017 — avg 15 · peak 58Dec 2017 — avg 13 · peak 34Apr 2018 — avg 22 · peak 98Aug 2018 — avg 12 · peak 36Dec 2018 — avg 10 · peak 26Apr 2019 — avg 12 · peak 35Aug 2019 — avg 10 · peak 25Dec 2019 — avg 14 · peak 48Apr 2020 — avg 12 · peak 31Aug 2020 — avg 8 · peak 21Dec 2020 — avg 7 · peak 20Apr 2021 — avg 8 · peak 25Aug 2021 — avg 5 · peak 26Dec 2021 — avg 6 · peak 19Apr 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 13Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 61Apr 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 208Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 73May 2026 — avg 38 · peak 1,478Aug 2026 — avg 45 · peak 4,514
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$34.99$0.572015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $29.992015-05-04 — best price $20.992015-07-27 — best price $26.342015-11-11 — best price $34.992016-02-08 — best price $8.242016-06-07 — best price $31.152016-10-28 — best price $6.992017-03-28 — best price $3.012017-09-26 — best price $34.992018-03-20 — best price $19.992018-07-22 — best price $12.592018-12-20 — best price $2.992019-05-17 — best price $14.992019-10-09 — best price $12.592020-02-07 — best price $7.492020-06-01 — best price $1.502020-09-09 — best price $14.992020-12-05 — best price $12.592021-03-04 — best price $14.992021-05-29 — best price $7.162021-09-15 — best price $9.992021-12-20 — best price $0.992022-04-30 — best price $9.992022-08-13 — best price $8.492022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-04-17 — best price $9.992023-07-31 — best price $8.992023-12-08 — best price $0.992024-03-22 — best price $7.342024-06-20 — best price $0.992024-10-03 — best price $8.392024-12-13 — best price $1.002025-05-19 — best price $0.992025-08-18 — best price $1.002025-11-02 — best price $0.572026-03-02 — best price $1.002026-06-16 — best price $0.992026-09-03 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2442026-05-31 — 10 pageviews2026-06-04 — 12 pageviews2026-06-08 — 6 pageviews2026-06-12 — 9 pageviews2026-06-16 — 16 pageviews2026-06-20 — 13 pageviews2026-06-24 — 10 pageviews2026-06-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-02 — 16 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-14 — 9 pageviews2026-07-18 — 6 pageviews2026-07-22 — 13 pageviews2026-07-26 — 12 pageviews2026-07-30 — 13 pageviews2026-08-03 — 15 pageviews2026-08-07 — 6 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 15 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 10 pageviews2026-08-27 — 20 pageviews2026-08-31 — 13 pageviews2026-09-04 — 13 pageviews2026-09-08 — 9 pageviews2026-09-12 — 12 pageviews2026-09-16 — 9 pageviews2026-09-20 — 8 pageviews2026-09-24 — 13 pageviews2026-09-28 — 12 pageviews2026-10-02 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 8 pageviews2026-10-10 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
18.7%
earned "The Gladiator"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3642%50
PS4 (PlayStation)3644%50
Xbox One (Xbox)1920%50
Switch (Nintendo)110%0

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

Player tags

RPGIndieFantasyHex GridStrategyTacticalAdventureTurn-BasedDark FantasySingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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