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BlackShot: Mercenary Warfare FPS

Vertigo Games America · Papaya Play · 2016-05-31

Steam

ActionCasualFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: May 31, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

BlackShot is a free-to-play, first-person shooter set in a post-apocalyptic world.Join other mercenaries in brutal team combat, multiple game modes, and experience in-depth customization to create your perfect warrior!

20
playing now
54%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

BlackShot is a multiplayer first-person shooter game developed by Vertigo Games. It was released in Korea for Microsoft Windows on 15 November 2007. There were initially several different versions of the game for different regions of the world, but it is currently published by Vertigo's subsidiary Papaya Play for the global service.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 20 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 37 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 11,000 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2022-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 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negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3502026-08-06 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 29 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 35 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 16 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 16 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 18 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
42.7%
earned "Fresh out of the Cloner"
3.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,4151%48

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

Player tags

FPSWarFunnyActionCasualShooterZombiesOpen WorldMultiplayerFirst-Person

Census log

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

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