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The Black Whale

Marrit · 2026-03-13

Steam

IndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

The factory chip began to malfunction. Your horrible headaches don’t bother anyone in this dystopian world. “Black Whale”, the attractive white powder, is the only thing that can stop the pain. And show you the life without the horrors of harsh reality.

86%
positive of 100 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 19,279 Indie games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120262026Week of 2026-03-13: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-28: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Achievements#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

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