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What is in the Black Box?

SQRT Games · 2024-12-11

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 12, 2024 (Linux), Dec 12, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Prepare to embark on a journey of reflection, where you’ll seek answers to profound questions and uncover the ultimate truth: What truly lies within the black box?

What is in the Black Box? is a Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $1.99, with an estimated owner count of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 42 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-14

71%
positive of 42 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Dormant
  • · 0 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · No new reviews since week of 2025-07-03.
  • · Top 58% of 14,142 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120242026Week of 2024-12-12: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian…

Census log

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