BLACKSHARD
Fair · Narrative · 2025
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $9.74. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 5.2h 9.1h to 100%
- Value
- $1.87/hr
- Reviews
- 92% of 464 positive
Full price
Today
Watch this gameOne alert at $8.66 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 6 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
BLACKSHARD is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GTX 1070 or AMD equivalent. Windows only.
The value story
17 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 25 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today's $9.74 at 35 percent off still sits 30 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
Value puts it in the top 8 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 76 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 92 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Riven ($20.99, scores 68) beats it on value, while it beats Event[0] ($19.99, scores 41).
More about BLACKSHARD
Of the 335 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 1 comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2025 to August 2026.
The drop-off
81% start to 5% 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
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 14, 00:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I've played many games, for many hours, such as Destiny 2 for nearly 10,000 hours. I've played EQ and WoW for just as long. I have played countless console games across countless systems. I've won tournaments, I've lost tournaments. I've had world firsts, and I've had disappointments too. I've been stressed out in so many games, and also witnessed wonder and awe, experienced excitement and beauty, made friends and...
2 more reviews
If you like a Kairo, or a NaissanceE, or a Fugue In Void, this is one of those x infinity.
Truly an hidden gem if you like Megastructures and walking simulator games. Loved every single second
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
BLACKSHARD scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/3223390/blackshardReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.