BLACKTAIL
Skip · Shooter · 2022
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 40, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 8.2h
- Value
- $3.66/hr
- Reviews
- 81% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, 4 GB VRAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 / Radeon RX 470, 20 GB of storage. Windows only.
Forge the legend of Baba Yaga, a girl accused of witchcraft and expelled from her home. Live out the origins of the Slavic myth in this one-of-a-kind blend of intense archery combat and dark storytelling set in a vibrant fairy tale world.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $5.99. That was September 2025. 35 discounts in the 4 years on record. They run about 70 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Assassin's Creed® Odyssey ($11.99, scores 68) beats it on value, while it beats The Shore ($11.99, scores 28).
Of the 618 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 13 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 55 percent of the 233 reviews written there were positive, against 81 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.
8.2 hours to finish it, 23 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.8 times the campaign.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 8.2 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
19% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
3 players online when we last checked, on Sep 28, 07:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
this game cant decide if its a kids game or a dark fantasy adult game! initially I thought the protagonist was a child (and maybe they were, initially?). they certainly 'acted' like a child and looked like children.. until I saw facial hair on one of the 'boys' in the story plot.. so I'd say given the seemingly eastern european influence.. the devs are adolescent minded adults.. and/or there is some kind of...
Played it whilst high af... was very scary, especially the weird dream things or whatever they were...
Boring gameplay and story. Feels like an art project rather than a game. Girly, emotional stuff, im definetly not the target audience for this one...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
BLACKTAIL scores 40/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1532690/blacktailReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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