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Blackwell Deception cover art

Blackwell Deception

Wadjet Eye Games · 2012-01-13

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 23, 2015 (iOS), Oct 12, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.

2
playing now
96%
positive of 648 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
IGDB user rating (45 ratings)
5.8h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

The Blackwell Deception is a 2011 graphic adventure game developed and published by Wadjet Eye Games. It is the fourth entry in the Blackwell series, preceded directly by The Blackwell Convergence.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 36% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 648 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2014-06-24) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-09-07 — best price $9.992015-11-02 — best price $19.992015-12-22 — best price $3.392016-03-28 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $2.992018-10-30 — best price $1.992018-12-20 — best price $2.492019-05-16 — best price $2.992019-10-07 — best price $3.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992020-01-23 — best price $2.992020-05-18 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $2.992020-12-22 — best price $2.992021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $2.992022-01-27 — best price $2.992022-06-24 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $2.992023-03-16 — best price $2.992023-10-26 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $3.192024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-10-28 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-10-27 — best price $2.992026-01-12 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1512026-05-29 — 7 pageviews2026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 15 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-13 — 9 pageviews2026-06-16 — 6 pageviews2026-06-19 — 11 pageviews2026-06-22 — 10 pageviews2026-06-25 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-01 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 7 pageviews2026-07-16 — 4 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 10 pageviews2026-07-25 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 6 pageviews2026-08-09 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 5 pageviews2026-08-15 — 10 pageviews2026-08-18 — 8 pageviews2026-08-21 — 8 pageviews2026-08-24 — 12 pageviews2026-08-26 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
56.4%
earned "Teamwork"
49%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudCommentary availableFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,85833%18

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

Player tags

2DNoirIndiePuzzleMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

Blackwell UnboundMasochisiaRusty Lake HotelOmensight: Definitive EditionUnforeseen IncidentsRusty Lake: RootsIris.FallBlacksad: Under the Skin

Similarity via IGDB.

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