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The Black Ice

RED CRAB GAMES · Antelus Games · 2025-12-24

Steam

ActionAdventureEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Dec 24, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A survival horror game where every breath could be your last. Explore a sinister Antarctic complex, unravel its mysteries, and try to survive before the darkness consumes you.

The Black Ice is an Action, Adventure, and Early Access game released in 2025 priced at $14.99, featuring a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 181 reviews).

82%
positive of 184 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 63% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (59 reviews).
  • · Top 30% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.7k–8.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 184 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.99 at IndieGala Store (2026-06-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
474720252026Week of 2025-12-24: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$8.992025-12-242026-07-092025-12-24 — best price $13.492026-01-07 — best price $14.992026-02-07 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-28 — best price $11.992026-05-01 — best price $11.242026-05-07 — best price $14.992026-05-10 — best price $14.992026-06-17 — best price $14.992026-06-19 — best price $8.992026-06-25 — best price $10.492026-06-27 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil

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