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The Black Heart cover art

The Black Heart

Andrés Borghi · Saibot Studios · 2021-10-21

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 21, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Black Heart is a VS 2d fighting game in the tradition of Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat, where 6 creatures face each other in cruel battles with gothic aesthetic.

96%
positive of 347 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 21 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 26,310 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.9k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 347 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2021-03-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820202026Week of 2020-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play Together1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-21 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DDarkArcadeCombatHorrorCartoonFightingNarration2D FighterOld School

Census log

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

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