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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.

The Black Watchmen is an Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 744 reviews).

1
playing now
88%
positive of 744 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 54% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (33 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 29,175 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

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)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820162026Week of 2016-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 1 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).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
73.7%
earned "Accuracy"
2.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing5 DLC

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2015-11-02, latest 2017-12-15 (Steam store data)

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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