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BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!

Release DateNov 14, 2019
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)85.8% (very positive) / 85.3%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82.8% Top 15% / 82.6%  Top 15%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)4K  Top 5% / 5.1K  Top 5%
Curators189 reviews  Top 3%
Median Play Time11.7 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar35 minutes
Followers19.6K  Top 5%
Owners± 282.4K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 129.5K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1.8M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Blacksad: Under the Skin steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Blacksad: Under the Skin's Steam rating and reviews between November 2019 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a narrow range going from 89% (November 2019) to 84.2% (December 2021).

The 5.1K reviews Top 5% suggest that Blacksad: Under the Skin is an AAA level success.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Blacksad: Under the Skin and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Blacksad: Under the Skin's reviewers. The most popular language is Russian (37%), followed by English (35%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 26 different languages represented. The game is translated in 7 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying Blacksad: Under the Skin percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Blacksad: Under the Skin, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 15 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews median playtime closely matches the median for positive reviews, meaning that there is no major difference between the players' experiences and the reviews probably reflect personal preferences more than anything else. The negative review time is high (median is 9 hours), it can be a sign that Blacksad: Under the Skin crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult towards the end. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Cool characters design
  • Very well-done detective story
  • Good Jazz soundtracks
  • Useful journal, full of information
  • Clues matching board
  • Chapter select
  • OK voice-over (Except for the main character)
  • Multiple endings
  • Steam achievements
  • Fantastic story and setting
  • Collectibles (Very annoying to spot and collect)
  • Crashed too many times (Has bugs)
  • Clunky controlling
  • Way too many QTEs
  • Technical flaws
  • Old style of controls
  • FPS in many places is very sagging
  • Secondary characters design not great
  • Autosave with only one single slot
  • Minor troubles happened here and there

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 85.8% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Blacksad: Under the Skin's review data that Steam provides. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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