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The Black Ice

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

Steam

ActionAdventureEarly Access

Modes: Single player

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.

82%
positive of 181 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
$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 60% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 181 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

Census log

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

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