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Blackwell Deception

Wadjet Eye Games · 2012-01-13

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

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.

Blackwell Deception is a 2012 Adventure and Indie game priced at $9.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 649 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

0
playing now
96%
positive of 649 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 649 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 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 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

1832026-05-29 — 7 pageviews2026-06-02 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 4 pageviews2026-06-10 — 5 pageviews2026-06-14 — 10 pageviews2026-06-18 — 5 pageviews2026-06-22 — 10 pageviews2026-06-26 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 6 pageviews2026-07-08 — 9 pageviews2026-07-12 — 8 pageviews2026-07-16 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 8 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 12 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-09 — 11 pageviews2026-08-13 — 10 pageviews2026-08-17 — 11 pageviews2026-08-21 — 8 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-29 — 4 pageviews2026-09-02 — 3 pageviews2026-09-06 — 10 pageviews2026-09-10 — 10 pageviews2026-09-14 — 6 pageviews2026-09-18 — 8 pageviews2026-09-22 — 4 pageviews2026-09-26 — 8 pageviews2026-09-30 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 12 pageviews2026-10-07 — 13 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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-06-16 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

Players also track

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

Similarity via IGDB.

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