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Blackwell Epiphany cover art

Blackwell Epiphany

Wadjet Eye Games · 2014-04-24

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 24, 2014 (Linux), Apr 24, 2014 (Mac), Apr 24, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The last game in the Blackwell series.

Blackwell Epiphany is a 2014 Adventure and Indie game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (98% of 1004 reviews).

3
playing now
98%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
8.3h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

The Blackwell Epiphany is a 2014 graphic adventure game developed and published by Wadjet Eye Games. It is the fifth and final game in the Blackwell series.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 44 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–60k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,005 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2016-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 23 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-122015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-08-06 — best price $4.492015-11-11 — best price $2.992016-02-11 — best price $2.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-04-03 — best price $1.992017-09-14 — best price $2.992017-12-21 — best price $1.992018-04-17 — best price $14.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-10-07 — best price $3.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-05-28 — best price $4.492020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-04-26 — best price $14.992021-11-26 — best price $4.492022-02-14 — best price $4.492022-09-26 — best price $4.492023-01-03 — best price $14.992023-04-04 — best price $4.492023-07-18 — best price $4.492023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-02-14 — best price $14.992024-06-06 — best price $7.492024-10-08 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $3.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-09-25 — best price $4.492025-11-19 — best price $4.492026-03-05 — best price $4.492026-05-06 — best price $4.492026-08-12 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2732026-05-31 — 10 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-08 — 8 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 15 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-24 — 7 pageviews2026-06-28 — 22 pageviews2026-07-02 — 17 pageviews2026-07-06 — 5 pageviews2026-07-10 — 10 pageviews2026-07-14 — 14 pageviews2026-07-18 — 12 pageviews2026-07-22 — 11 pageviews2026-07-26 — 10 pageviews2026-07-30 — 5 pageviews2026-08-03 — 17 pageviews2026-08-07 — 7 pageviews2026-08-11 — 13 pageviews2026-08-15 — 25 pageviews2026-08-19 — 10 pageviews2026-08-23 — 27 pageviews2026-08-27 — 3 pageviews2026-08-31 — 20 pageviews2026-09-04 — 15 pageviews2026-09-08 — 8 pageviews2026-09-12 — 11 pageviews2026-09-16 — 18 pageviews2026-09-20 — 15 pageviews2026-09-24 — 10 pageviews2026-09-28 — 23 pageviews2026-10-02 — 15 pageviews2026-10-06 — 17 pageviews2026-10-10 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
75.9%
earned "Teamwork"
44.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudCommentary availableRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,95620%18

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

Player tags

2DNoirIndieMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichSingleplayerSupernaturalPoint & Click

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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