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The Black Pool

Smug Marmot Studios · 2024-06-19

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 29, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In the forest outside of town, four friends discover a mysterious black pool that transports them to an unknown world. To fight their way home, they must unlock and master supernatural abilities. Play cooperative or solo in this high-paced action game of skill that varies each session.

85%
positive of 128 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 58% of 13,396 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–5.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 128 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520232026Week of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$4.992023-08-292026-08-312023-08-29 — best price $17.992023-10-09 — best price $17.992023-11-21 — best price $15.992023-12-11 — best price $15.992023-12-22 — best price $14.992024-02-26 — best price $14.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-05-13 — best price $14.992024-06-19 — best price $13.992024-06-27 — best price $13.992024-07-19 — best price $14.992024-08-02 — best price $19.992024-09-09 — best price $14.992024-10-21 — best price $14.992024-11-05 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992024-12-09 — best price $9.992024-12-16 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-01-20 — best price $9.992025-03-03 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-04-14 — best price $9.992025-05-26 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $9.992025-07-14 — best price $9.992025-08-25 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992025-11-17 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $9.992026-02-16 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-03-30 — best price $4.992026-05-11 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-13 — best price $4.992026-08-24 — best price $7.992026-08-31 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
91.1%
earned "Complete a level"
1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, French, German, Japanese, Russian

Player tags

3DPvERPGCo-opActionSci-fiShooterAdventureControllerRogue-like

Census log

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

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