The Game Census
The Black Watchmen cover art

The Black Watchmen

Alice & Smith · 2015-08-27

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Aug 27, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 27, 2015 (Mac)

Become a Secret Agent and investigate paranormal activities in this dark Lovecraftian universe. This Alternate Reality Game will have you explore complex puzzles in-game but also in real-life; interacting with real websites, companies, and NPCs that we created as part of our universe.

0
playing now
88%
positive of 744 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 34% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 744 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2017-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$0.992015-06-262026-07-092015-06-26 — best price $34.992015-11-25 — best price $10.492016-02-05 — best price $7.492016-07-18 — best price $11.992016-08-23 — best price $14.992016-11-01 — best price $14.992017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-04-17 — best price $5.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-01 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-05-14 — best price $9.992018-09-13 — best price $9.992018-10-30 — best price $3.742018-12-20 — best price $2.492019-05-04 — best price $2.492019-07-15 — best price $2.492019-10-28 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $4.992020-03-14 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-05-10 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-05-22 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing5 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,7300%48

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

Player tags

RPGIndieHorrorPuzzleHackingMysteryAdventureDifficultConspiracyIlluminati

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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