The Game Census
Into Black cover art

Into Black

The Binary Mill · 2025-08-27

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 10, 2024 (Meta Quest 2), Aug 28, 2025 (PlayStation VR2), Aug 27, 2025 (SteamVR)

Explore, mine, craft, & fight for survival in the dark depths of this solo or co-op VR action adventure.

89%
positive of 131 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

In Into Black, players take on the role of a deep space scavenger stranded on an alien world, tasked with exploring its dark secrets, mining valuable resources, and battling hostile alien creatures to repair their ship and escape. Accompanied by a quirky robot companion, players will embark on a thrilling journey through a vast, mysterious world. The game features a fully voice-acted campaign, solo and co-op gameplay, and a competitive PvPvE mode.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (39 reviews).
  • · Top 65% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–5.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 131 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 11 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620252026Week of 2025-08-28: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$11.992025-08-282026-07-202025-08-28 — best price $23.992025-09-03 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $19.492025-10-06 — best price $20.992025-10-13 — best price $29.992025-11-17 — best price $19.492025-11-24 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $17.992026-01-05 — best price $19.492026-01-12 — best price $29.992026-02-16 — best price $19.492026-02-23 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $16.492026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-03-30 — best price $16.492026-04-06 — best price $29.992026-05-11 — best price $14.992026-05-18 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-07-13 — best price $11.992026-07-20 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
76.8%
earned "Lock and load"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyCustom Volume Controls

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Latin America

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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