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Blackwell Unbound cover art

Blackwell Unbound

Wadjet Eye Games · 2012-01-13

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 10, 2014 (iOS), Sep 04, 2007 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 23, 2014 (Android), Sep 23, 2014 (Linux), Sep 23, 2014 (Mac)

The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.

0
playing now
94%
positive of 787 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (54 ratings)
2.6h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Blackwell Unbound is a 2007 graphic adventure game developed and published by Wadjet Eye Games. It is the sequel to The Blackwell Legacy, and the second entry in the Blackwell series.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 34% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 31k–63k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 787 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2014-06-24) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-06-11 — best price $1.492015-12-22 — best price $1.692016-06-23 — best price $1.492016-12-22 — best price $0.992017-10-26 — best price $1.492017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-03-26 — best price $1.992018-10-29 — best price $0.992018-12-20 — best price $1.242019-05-16 — best price $1.492019-10-07 — best price $1.992019-12-19 — best price $1.492020-05-11 — best price $2.492020-10-29 — best price $1.492020-12-22 — best price $1.492021-06-24 — best price $1.492021-11-24 — best price $1.492022-01-27 — best price $1.492022-06-24 — best price $1.492022-11-22 — best price $1.492023-03-16 — best price $1.492023-10-26 — best price $3.042023-12-21 — best price $3.042024-03-14 — best price $2.492024-10-28 — best price $1.492024-12-19 — best price $1.992025-06-26 — best price $1.492025-10-27 — best price $1.492026-01-12 — best price $1.492026-06-25 — best price $1.492026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,06729%10

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

Player tags

2DNoirIndieShortMysteryAdventureDetectiveStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

Players also track

Blackwell ConvergenceBlackwell DeceptionGone HomeUnclaimed WorldENDLESS Legend™Little NightmaresMomodora: Reverie Under The MoonlightUnforeseen Incidents

Similarity via IGDB.

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