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Blackwind is a top-down sci-fi action game that puts you in the shoes of a teenager trapped inside a prototype battle armor suit during an alien invasion. Face off against enemies, cut through their ranks, and fight back to stop a planetary invasion.

Release DateJan 19, 2022
Price$ 24.99  Top 5%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)48.8% (mixed) Bottom 10% / 55.2%  Bottom 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)49.2% Bottom 15% / 53.8%  Bottom 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)43  / 67
Curators15 reviews
Median Play Time3.1 hours
Play Time per Dollar7 minutes  Bottom 15%
Followers2.3K  Top 25%
Owners± 2.3K 
Copies Sold± 1.5K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 16K 

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Blackwind steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Blackwind's Steam rating and reviews between January 2022 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 41.1% (January 2022) to 57.1% (July 2023).

With 67 reviews, Blackwind could be a small indie success if it didn't take too long to produce. The chart is compatible with a long tailed distribution, which suggests there was a good visibility at launch but that it was not followed by significant updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Blackwind and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of Blackwind's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (39%), followed by Simplified Chinese (24%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 13 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is available in 8 languages, which is great.

Time Played

Chart displaying Blackwind percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Blackwind, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time in game is acceptable, with 7 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is similar to the median for positive reviews, hinting that there is no significant difference in the player's experience and that is more a question of personal taste.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Graphics look great
  • Sound effects & music good
  • Design and execution are great
  • Gameplay is responsive
  • Creative balance of ranged and melee combat
  • Robust tech tree for upgrades
  • Fun to collect and upgrade
  • Environments look great
  • Music is rather fun
  • Simple yet enjoyable melee combat
  • Voice acting is cringe
  • Storyline is bland and unoriginal
  • Gameplay is repetitive and boring
  • Camera control is super bad and confusing
  • Major turn off with the poor sound design
  • Melee combat feels terrible
  • Bad level design and platforming puzzles
  • Environment and dialogue repititive
  • Glitches and bugs
  • Poor animations for finishing moves

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 48.8%  Bottom 10% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Blackwind's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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