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BLACKTAIL

THE PARASIGHT · Focus Entertainment · 2022-12-15

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 15, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 15, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Dec 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Forge the legend of Baba Yaga, a girl accused of witchcraft and expelled from her home. Live out the origins of the Slavic myth in this one-of-a-kind blend of intense archery combat and dark storytelling set in a vibrant fairy tale world.

BLACKTAIL is a 2022 Action, Adventure and RPG game priced at $29.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 2831 reviews) and an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners.

5
playing now
81%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (107 downloads)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (450 ratings)
27h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Blacktail is a 2022 first-person shooter developed by Polish studio The Parasight and published by Focus Entertainment. It was released for Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S on 15 December 2022. In the game, players take control of a girl named Yaga, as she attempts to hunt down memories of her past that have come to life as spirits. The game received generally positive reviews on release.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 179 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,660 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 57k–129k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,862 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-80%
Humble Store$5.99-80%
Steam$5.99-80%
GOG$5.99-80%
GamersGate$6.00-80%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.06 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 127 of 179 observed days · $0.93 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
35135120222026Week of 2022-12-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2212026-09-15 13:00 — 16 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 16 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
21910Dec 2022Aug 2026Dec 2022 — avg 219 · peak 502Feb 2023 — avg 20 · peak 61Apr 2023 — avg 21 · peak 56Jun 2023 — avg 15 · peak 52Aug 2023 — avg 15 · peak 57Oct 2023 — avg 13 · peak 50Dec 2023 — avg 22 · peak 53Feb 2024 — avg 15 · peak 45Apr 2024 — avg 17 · peak 57Jun 2024 — avg 15 · peak 46Aug 2024 — avg 43 · peak 126Oct 2024 — avg 32 · peak 85Dec 2024 — avg 21 · peak 55Feb 2025 — avg 24 · peak 63Apr 2025 — avg 17 · peak 48Jun 2025 — avg 17 · peak 46Aug 2025 — avg 13 · peak 42Oct 2025 — avg 19 · peak 47Dec 2025 — avg 15 · peak 40Feb 2026 — avg 16 · peak 104Apr 2026 — avg 15 · peak 41Jun 2026 — avg 16 · peak 40Aug 2026 — avg 10 · peak 24
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$4.422022-08-232026-10-142022-08-23 — best price $23.992023-01-01 — best price $27.592023-03-09 — best price $23.992023-04-24 — best price $19.492023-05-18 — best price $19.492023-06-26 — best price $24.892023-07-28 — best price $13.502023-09-04 — best price $26.992023-10-19 — best price $13.492023-11-27 — best price $13.792024-01-31 — best price $29.992024-03-20 — best price $9.892024-04-25 — best price $29.992024-06-01 — best price $29.992024-07-18 — best price $9.892024-08-26 — best price $9.892024-10-21 — best price $8.992024-12-05 — best price $24.892025-01-17 — best price $10.352025-02-24 — best price $7.492025-04-07 — best price $8.932025-05-16 — best price $10.202025-06-18 — best price $8.992025-08-04 — best price $9.592025-09-04 — best price $8.992025-10-23 — best price $5.992025-11-25 — best price $5.992026-01-07 — best price $29.992026-02-05 — best price $5.992026-03-09 — best price $4.502026-04-13 — best price $29.992026-06-03 — best price $5.992026-07-16 — best price $5.992026-08-17 — best price $5.992026-09-01 — best price $5.302026-09-16 — best price $29.992026-10-01 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2942026-05-29 — 22 pageviews2026-06-02 — 20 pageviews2026-06-06 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 29 pageviews2026-06-14 — 18 pageviews2026-06-18 — 16 pageviews2026-06-22 — 10 pageviews2026-06-26 — 14 pageviews2026-06-30 — 13 pageviews2026-07-04 — 14 pageviews2026-07-08 — 20 pageviews2026-07-12 — 12 pageviews2026-07-16 — 16 pageviews2026-07-20 — 21 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-28 — 14 pageviews2026-08-01 — 8 pageviews2026-08-05 — 14 pageviews2026-08-09 — 15 pageviews2026-08-13 — 9 pageviews2026-08-17 — 9 pageviews2026-08-21 — 4 pageviews2026-08-25 — 13 pageviews2026-08-29 — 27 pageviews2026-09-02 — 19 pageviews2026-09-06 — 11 pageviews2026-09-10 — 17 pageviews2026-09-14 — 17 pageviews2026-09-18 — 19 pageviews2026-09-22 — 9 pageviews2026-09-26 — 9 pageviews2026-09-30 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 12 pageviews2026-10-08 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
19.1%
earned "Tooth fairy"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportSave AnytimeStereo Sound1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Czech, Korean

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-12-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,41521%32
PS5 (PlayStation)40929%33
Xbox Series (Xbox)28016%32

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

ArcherySurrealMythologyAction RPGDark HumorOpen WorldStory RichAtmosphericExplorationDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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