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BlackShot: Mercenary Warfare FPS cover art

BlackShot: Mercenary Warfare FPS

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

Steam

ActionCasualFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person

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!

BlackShot: Mercenary Warfare FPS is an Action, Casual, and Free To Play game released in 2016, free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (54% of 3060 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
54%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
borked
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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.

Trailer

BlackShot: Mercenary Warfare FPS trailer thumbnail

Трейлер игры BlackShot: Mercenary Warfare FPS

≈6,790 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 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 9% of 28,023 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 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 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

2802026-09-16 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 17 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 22 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 11 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 21 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 22 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 21 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1k0May 2016Aug 2026May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2016 — avg 147 · peak 350Jan 2017 — avg 100 · peak 196May 2017 — avg 110 · peak 235Sep 2017 — avg 93 · peak 201Jan 2018 — avg 77 · peak 159May 2018 — avg 60 · peak 125Sep 2018 — avg 49 · peak 111Jan 2019 — avg 49 · peak 99May 2019 — avg 35 · peak 77Sep 2019 — avg 30 · peak 60Jan 2020 — avg 36 · peak 86May 2020 — avg 33 · peak 78Sep 2020 — avg 24 · peak 55Jan 2021 — avg 25 · peak 59May 2021 — avg 25 · peak 60Sep 2021 — avg 20 · peak 53Jan 2022 — avg 20 · peak 53May 2022 — avg 17 · peak 48Sep 2022 — avg 15 · peak 38Jan 2023 — avg 20 · peak 51May 2023 — avg 15 · peak 39Sep 2023 — avg 15 · peak 37Jan 2024 — avg 19 · peak 58May 2024 — avg 15 · peak 38Sep 2024 — avg 16 · peak 41Jan 2025 — avg 14 · peak 39May 2025 — avg 15 · peak 39Sep 2025 — avg 15 · peak 40Jan 2026 — avg 15 · peak 36May 2026 — avg 12 · peak 34Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 32
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Attention

2952026-06-01 — 15 pageviews2026-06-05 — 22 pageviews2026-06-09 — 15 pageviews2026-06-13 — 18 pageviews2026-06-17 — 15 pageviews2026-06-21 — 10 pageviews2026-06-25 — 11 pageviews2026-06-29 — 12 pageviews2026-07-03 — 13 pageviews2026-07-07 — 14 pageviews2026-07-11 — 20 pageviews2026-07-15 — 12 pageviews2026-07-19 — 11 pageviews2026-07-23 — 17 pageviews2026-07-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-31 — 14 pageviews2026-08-04 — 15 pageviews2026-08-08 — 17 pageviews2026-08-12 — 9 pageviews2026-08-16 — 14 pageviews2026-08-20 — 12 pageviews2026-08-24 — 17 pageviews2026-08-28 — 15 pageviews2026-09-01 — 10 pageviews2026-09-05 — 8 pageviews2026-09-09 — 13 pageviews2026-09-13 — 16 pageviews2026-09-17 — 14 pageviews2026-09-21 — 5 pageviews2026-09-25 — 23 pageviews2026-09-29 — 10 pageviews2026-10-03 — 29 pageviews2026-10-07 — 14 pageviews2026-10-10 — 12 pageviews
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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSWarFunnyActionCasualShooterZombiesOpen WorldMultiplayerFirst-Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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