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Blacksad: Under the Skin

Pendulo Studios · Microids · 2019-11-14

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Adventure

Franchise: Blacksad · Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 05, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Nov 14, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 27, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Nov 28, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 27, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 14, 2019 (Mac)

BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!

3
playing now
83%
positive of 7.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (71 ratings)
13h
to beat · rushed 12h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Blacksad: Under the Skin is a 2019 adventure game developed by Pendulo Studios and published by Microïds. The game is an adaptation of the Spanish comic series Blacksad by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido. It follows John Blacksad as he investigates the suspicious death of a boxing club owner.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 508 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~64/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 174k–417k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,953 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-85%
GOG$2.99-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-85%
Microsoft Store$2.99-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.05 at AllYouPlay (2026-07-30) · bundled 14×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 98 of 150 observed days · $0.94 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18818820192026Week of 2019-11-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2922026-08-07 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 25 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 20 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 25 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 29 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 18 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 19 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 16 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$2.362019-10-012026-08-302019-10-01 — best price $39.992020-01-25 — best price $37.482020-03-23 — best price $39.992020-06-19 — best price $33.892020-08-15 — best price $17.992020-10-06 — best price $39.992020-12-03 — best price $39.992021-01-24 — best price $33.892021-04-02 — best price $10.542021-05-22 — best price $31.882021-07-08 — best price $39.992021-08-23 — best price $33.992021-10-25 — best price $10.002021-12-02 — best price $10.002022-02-14 — best price $7.032022-05-06 — best price $39.992022-07-20 — best price $29.392022-10-24 — best price $7.032023-01-19 — best price $5.992023-04-04 — best price $39.992023-05-30 — best price $17.972023-08-06 — best price $18.492023-11-08 — best price $19.992023-12-22 — best price $19.992024-05-25 — best price $18.492024-08-23 — best price $19.992024-11-21 — best price $4.992025-02-20 — best price $3.992025-04-14 — best price $14.392025-07-04 — best price $4.992025-08-29 — best price $19.992025-11-09 — best price $16.572026-01-15 — best price $2.992026-03-20 — best price $19.792026-05-19 — best price $16.842026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

69242026-05-30 — 43 pageviews2026-06-02 — 43 pageviews2026-06-05 — 55 pageviews2026-06-08 — 39 pageviews2026-06-11 — 24 pageviews2026-06-14 — 50 pageviews2026-06-17 — 31 pageviews2026-06-20 — 44 pageviews2026-06-23 — 37 pageviews2026-06-26 — 39 pageviews2026-06-29 — 51 pageviews2026-07-02 — 44 pageviews2026-07-05 — 49 pageviews2026-07-08 — 39 pageviews2026-07-11 — 37 pageviews2026-07-14 — 42 pageviews2026-07-17 — 44 pageviews2026-07-20 — 39 pageviews2026-07-23 — 62 pageviews2026-07-26 — 42 pageviews2026-07-29 — 51 pageviews2026-08-01 — 40 pageviews2026-08-04 — 43 pageviews2026-08-07 — 54 pageviews2026-08-10 — 35 pageviews2026-08-13 — 42 pageviews2026-08-16 — 48 pageviews2026-08-19 — 37 pageviews2026-08-22 — 43 pageviews2026-08-25 — 64 pageviews2026-08-27 — 46 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
91.6%
earned "Hitting a brick wall"
18.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Dutch

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,2813%39
Xbox One (Xbox)1,4152%39
PS5 (PlayStation)52711%40
Switch (Nintendo)530%0

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

Player tags

NoirCrimeMatureMysteryAdventureCinematicDetectiveComic BookStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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