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Blackwake cover art

Blackwake

Mastfire Studios Pty Ltd · 2020-02-19

Steam

ActionCasualIndieStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

6
playing now
81%
positive of 26k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
51/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 6 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 6% of 10,791 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

5412026-08-06 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 34 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 24 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 33 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 17 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 23 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 12 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 19 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 16 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 25 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 13 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

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.

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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