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When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.

Release DateJan 13, 2012
Price$ 4.99
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)89.1% (very positive) Top 30% / 89.2%  Top 25%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)84.4% Top 15% / 84.8%  Top 10%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.2K  Top 15% / 1.4K  Top 10%
Curators126 reviews  Top 4%
Median Play Time4.3 hours
Play Time per Dollar52 minutes  Top 30%
Followers2.8K  Top 20%
Owners± 205.2K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 102.2K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 196.5K  Top 20%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of The Blackwell Legacy steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows The Blackwell Legacy's Steam rating and reviews from January 2012 to December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 98.2% (March 2013) to 88.7% (April 2019).

With 1.4K reviews Top 10%, The Blackwell Legacy could be an indie success or even a small AAA success. Peaks in the chart suggest that major updates or discounts happened.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for The Blackwell Legacy and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows The Blackwell Legacy's review languages. The most popular language is English (74%), followed by Russian (4%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 23 languages represented. The game has only one translation (English). Having more translations could have boosted the game's popularity.

Time Played

Chart displaying The Blackwell Legacy percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in The Blackwell Legacy, 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
  • Great voice acting
  • Interesting story
  • Good animation
  • Good soundtracks
  • Interesting concept
  • Good atmosphere
  • Manual save files
  • Automatic save files
  • Fast travel map
  • Good character design
  • No hinting system
  • Game crashes
  • Long hover texts cut off
  • Can't overwrite save files
  • Content is sparse
  • One-dimensional story
  • Initial puzzles are dumb
  • Buggy game
  • Lack of direction
  • Game hangs

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 89.1% rating  Top 30% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of The Blackwell Legacy's review data that Steam provides. 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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