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SKYHILL: Black Mist cover art

SKYHILL: Black Mist

Mandragora · 2020-06-11

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 11, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In this psychological survival horror your daughter was kidnapped and whole building is overrun by dark monsters and crazy cultist for whom you are a prey. Survive and save your family in a face of danger from the mysterious black mist that covered entire city and changes human into vile creatures.

45%
positive of 239 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

In SKYHILL: Black Mist you awake inside a huge interconnected buildings conglomerate, a condominium built by Skyhill Inc. an omnipotent corporation that literally controls entire city. You being one of its employees were granted an luxurious apartment and just moved in. What was supposed to be a beginning of a new life, unexpectedly changed into a nightmare. Things have gone terribly wrong your daughter was kidnapped and whole building is suddenly overrun by some dark monsters and mad people that want to hunt you down like an animal. AIt must be this mysterious black mist that changes human i(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (81 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 26,543 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 239 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.59 at Steam (2025-10-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
454520202026Week of 2020-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek 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 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$2.592020-06-112026-07-092020-06-11 — best price $17.992020-06-22 — best price $16.662020-08-21 — best price $17.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-02-01 — best price $19.992021-03-15 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $11.992021-09-06 — best price $11.992021-11-24 — best price $11.992022-01-29 — best price $11.992022-05-16 — best price $9.992022-07-11 — best price $7.992022-09-19 — best price $7.992022-11-22 — best price $4.992023-01-23 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-05-24 — best price $4.992023-08-08 — best price $3.992023-11-21 — best price $3.992023-12-22 — best price $3.992024-03-14 — best price $2.992024-05-10 — best price $2.992024-07-15 — best price $2.992024-10-28 — best price $17.992024-12-09 — best price $4.992025-01-20 — best price $4.992025-06-27 — best price $2.792025-09-29 — best price $2.792025-12-08 — best price $2.992026-03-23 — best price $3.392026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
77.5%
earned "Sansara"
4.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-05-28, latest 2020-06-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2520%16

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

Player tags

3DDarkActionCombatHorrorZombiesSurvivalAdventureDifficultNonlinear

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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