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The Black Masses

Brilliant Game Studios · 2024-10-03

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 03, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Black Masses is an open world first-person fantasy co-op RPG. You find yourself stranded on an island corrupted by a strange black substance. Its unsuspecting inhabitants, once a strong flourishing society, have been possessed into mindless creatures, bent on the destruction of life.

The Black Masses is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2024, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (58% of 1230 reviews).

3
playing now
58%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (192 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–55k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,230 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.79 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14114120202026Week of 2020-03-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.792020-03-122026-07-092020-03-12 — best price $17.992020-05-01 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $13.992020-07-31 — best price $13.192020-10-29 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $7.992021-06-24 — best price $6.992021-09-21 — best price $6.792021-10-28 — best price $7.992021-11-24 — best price $7.192021-12-22 — best price $6.992022-10-26 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $1.992023-07-21 — best price $2.992023-10-26 — best price $3.992023-11-21 — best price $3.792023-12-21 — best price $1.992024-03-15 — best price $1.992024-10-03 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $1.992024-12-19 — best price $1.992025-02-12 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

7
achievements tracked
99.3%
earned "Thanks for playing!"
7.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1251%7

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

Player tags

RPGGoreCo-opIndieActionFantasyViolentZombiesMedievalSurvival

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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