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BLACKSHARD

Redlock Studio · 2025-04-02

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Apr 02, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

BLACKSHARD is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take?

BLACKSHARD is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2025 priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 456 reviews).

5
playing now
92%
positive of 456 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (25 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (82 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.1k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 456 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.00 at Dreamgame (2025-06-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 103 of 111 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
777720252026Week of 2025-04-02: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-16: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-23: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-21: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-19: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.002025-03-042026-08-222025-03-04 — best price $9.992025-04-09 — best price $9.992025-06-03 — best price $6.992025-06-27 — best price $7.992025-07-11 — best price $6.392025-07-26 — best price $9.992025-08-04 — best price $6.692025-08-19 — best price $7.652025-09-12 — best price $7.492025-09-25 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-24 — best price $9.992025-11-06 — best price $9.992025-11-21 — best price $6.092025-12-04 — best price $9.992025-12-19 — best price $7.492025-12-31 — best price $9.992026-01-15 — best price $6.372026-01-30 — best price $9.992026-02-13 — best price $9.552026-02-27 — best price $9.992026-03-10 — best price $6.992026-03-23 — best price $7.652026-04-07 — best price $5.692026-04-17 — best price $10.492026-05-07 — best price $6.992026-05-25 — best price $9.992026-06-11 — best price $9.992026-07-05 — best price $14.992026-07-14 — best price $5.492026-07-28 — best price $8.012026-08-08 — best price $9.752026-08-17 — best price $6.492026-08-22 — best price $9.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
81.2%
earned "Mind your step!"
27.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, French

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-06-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12812%20

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

Player tags

3DSci-fiMysterySurrealNarrationRealisticAtmosphericExplorationFirst-PersonLovecraftian

Census log

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

Recent updates

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