The Game Census
The Blackout Club cover art

The Blackout Club

Question · 2019-07-29

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 30, 2019 (Xbox One), Jul 30, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jul 30, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Blackout Club is a first-person co-op horror game centered around a group of teenage friends investigating a monstrous secret beneath the skin of their small town. 1-4 players explore procedurally-generated missions against a fearsome enemy you can only see with your eyes closed.

3
playing now
77%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
64/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (176 reviews).
  • · Top 22% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 72k–173k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,887 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at IndieGala Store (2024-11-12) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days · $27.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16316320182026Week of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 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

602026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$2.992018-10-312026-08-292018-10-31 — best price $17.992019-01-04 — best price $19.992019-06-25 — best price $15.992019-10-16 — best price $23.992019-12-03 — best price $29.992020-01-23 — best price $19.492020-04-01 — best price $29.992020-10-15 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $29.992021-02-03 — best price $14.992021-05-25 — best price $29.992021-08-13 — best price $14.992021-11-05 — best price $29.992021-12-22 — best price $14.992022-02-25 — best price $29.992022-05-30 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $29.992022-10-25 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-11-21 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $29.992024-03-14 — best price $14.992024-05-20 — best price $29.992024-10-28 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $14.992025-05-03 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $14.992025-11-03 — best price $29.992026-02-18 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-06-27 — best price $14.992026-08-29 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
55.1%
earned "My Hero!"
15.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TV9 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,9832%14
PS4 (PlayStation)1,8512%13
Xbox One (Xbox)9292%13

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

Player tags

Co-opIndieActionHorrorStealthSurvivalSimulationAtmosphericMultiplayerFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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