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SCP: Blackout cover art

SCP: Blackout

Mahelyk · 2024-03-26

Steam

IndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 09, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A VR/Desktop game where you are a new D-Class personnel in secret SCP Research Site-50 when everything falls apart. Use what you can find as you explore the facility, access logs to learn about the SCP entities in containment, and run for your life from the SCP entities that have escaped.

68%
positive of 336 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (72 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 50,697 Indie games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2023-11-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
606020192026Week of 2019-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.002019-08-102024-03-262019-08-10 — best price $19.992019-10-28 — best price $15.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $15.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-09-03 — best price $16.992020-09-07 — best price $19.992020-10-29 — best price $15.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $16.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $15.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-10-25 — best price $13.392022-11-01 — best price $19.992023-11-16 — best price $4.992024-03-26 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
50.4%
earned "Scared to Death"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedCaptions availableStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-09-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3341%42

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

Player tags

VRIndieActionHorrorDifficultStory RichAtmosphericMultiplayerEarly AccessFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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