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Blackwell Unbound cover art

Blackwell Unbound

Wadjet Eye Games · 2012-01-13

SteamGOG

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Blackwell Unbound is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2012, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 789 reviews).

2
playing now
94%
positive of 789 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 32k–63k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 789 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 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
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

3122026-05-31 — 2 pageviews2026-06-04 — 10 pageviews2026-06-08 — 5 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-16 — 10 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-24 — 13 pageviews2026-06-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-02 — 6 pageviews2026-07-06 — 31 pageviews2026-07-10 — 11 pageviews2026-07-14 — 11 pageviews2026-07-18 — 20 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-26 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 24 pageviews2026-08-07 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 6 pageviews2026-08-15 — 14 pageviews2026-08-19 — 10 pageviews2026-08-23 — 14 pageviews2026-08-27 — 5 pageviews2026-08-31 — 12 pageviews2026-09-04 — 20 pageviews2026-09-08 — 14 pageviews2026-09-12 — 12 pageviews2026-09-16 — 12 pageviews2026-09-20 — 7 pageviews2026-09-24 — 13 pageviews2026-09-28 — 13 pageviews2026-10-02 — 20 pageviews2026-10-06 — 15 pageviews2026-10-10 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
50.6%
earned "Medium Well Done"
13.6%
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)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.

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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