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Blackwake

Mastfire Studios Pty Ltd · 2020-02-19

Steam

ActionCasualIndieStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 24, 2017 (Mac), Feb 24, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 24, 2017 (Linux)

Blackwake is a multiplayer naval FPS focused on teamwork and cooperation. Fire the cannons, sink enemy ships or board them with firearms and steel.

Blackwake is an Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy game released in 2020, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 26057 reviews).

8
playing now
81%
positive of 26k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
51/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (44 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Blackwake trailer thumbnail

Blackwake - Steam Game Trailer

≈337,073 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 254 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,087 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2021-09-06) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1,223 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 318 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 877 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 308 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,869 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 218 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,105 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 385 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2412026-09-15 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 18 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 8 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.0k3Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 3 · peak 52Mar 2017 — avg 1,994 · peak 6,054Jun 2017 — avg 325 · peak 957Sep 2017 — avg 149 · peak 339Dec 2017 — avg 188 · peak 592Mar 2018 — avg 452 · peak 1,559Jun 2018 — avg 242 · peak 843Sep 2018 — avg 123 · peak 433Dec 2018 — avg 112 · peak 326Mar 2019 — avg 69 · peak 167Jun 2019 — avg 50 · peak 148Sep 2019 — avg 76 · peak 504Dec 2019 — avg 128 · peak 530Mar 2020 — avg 135 · peak 308Jun 2020 — avg 171 · peak 640Sep 2020 — avg 194 · peak 1,229Dec 2020 — avg 122 · peak 515Mar 2021 — avg 158 · peak 768Jun 2021 — avg 51 · peak 240Sep 2021 — avg 62 · peak 264Dec 2021 — avg 39 · peak 165Mar 2022 — avg 26 · peak 85Jun 2022 — avg 34 · peak 117Sep 2022 — avg 25 · peak 133Dec 2022 — avg 22 · peak 77Mar 2023 — avg 20 · peak 80Jun 2023 — avg 21 · peak 104Sep 2023 — avg 11 · peak 45Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 46Mar 2024 — avg 411 · peak 2,099Jun 2024 — avg 50 · peak 141Sep 2024 — avg 35 · peak 101Dec 2024 — avg 22 · peak 68Mar 2025 — avg 26 · peak 76Jun 2025 — avg 39 · peak 106Sep 2025 — avg 18 · peak 60Dec 2025 — avg 18 · peak 74Mar 2026 — avg 15 · peak 65Jun 2026 — avg 13 · peak 50Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002017-02-252024-02-272017-02-25 — best price $17.992017-06-22 — best price $15.992017-09-25 — best price $15.992017-11-16 — best price $12.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-03-09 — best price $11.992018-04-02 — best price $19.992018-05-30 — best price $19.992018-08-06 — best price $19.992018-09-17 — best price $19.992018-11-01 — best price $19.992018-12-10 — best price $7.992019-01-10 — best price $7.992019-02-04 — best price $7.992019-04-22 — best price $6.792019-06-26 — best price $6.792019-07-22 — best price $4.992019-09-12 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992020-01-23 — best price $1.992020-02-14 — best price $9.992020-04-20 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-09-21 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-03-08 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-09-06 — best price $0.492021-11-24 — best price $0.492022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-04-11 — best price $0.492022-06-24 — best price $0.492022-09-26 — best price $0.492022-12-22 — best price $0.492023-05-08 — best price $0.492023-06-30 — best price $0.492023-10-30 — best price $3.042023-12-11 — best price $3.042024-02-27 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
1.6%
earned "Powder Monkey Gold Medal"
0.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opPartial Controller SupportRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-03-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)73814%39

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

FPSCo-opFunnyIndieNavalActionPiratesSailingStrategySwordplay

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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