Blackwake
Fair · Multiplayer · 2020
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Free and middling. Worth a look if the genre is yours.
- PriceS
- Free to play
- Reviews▼
- 81% of 26,059
- Genre rank
- Top 14% Multiplayer
Holding it back: Reviews, Reach
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 2.1h
- To 100%
- 6h 2.9x the story
- Achievements
- 39
Players and genre
- Online
- 8 now
- Better reviewed
- 81% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
2% start to <1% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Its score puts it in the top 14 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 81 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Blazing Sails ($14.99, scores 62) beats it on value, while it beats Piratopia (free, scores 54).
It is still busy. 8 players were online when we last checked, on Oct 26, 02:45 UTC, across 28 days of weekly checks.
More about Blackwake
Inside the two-hour refund window, 54 percent of the 4,702 reviews written there were positive, against 81 percent overall, and those are 23 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 2.1 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 6, 2.9 times as much.
Buy now or wait
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Mastfire, I'm not sure if you'll ever see this, but I just want to say thank you so, so, so incredibly much. I met my wife through here, and it was the start of 7 years of true bliss, I cannot stress enough how thankful I am that this game was created, as it allowed me to meet the love of my life. Unfortunately, she's passed on to somewhere better, but no matter what, I will never forget how we met: Her throwing...
1 more review
Its fun but the people who play it are chinese hackers and random russians who i dont really know what to say about becaue im scared they will throw the mafia at me now the game is fun but its only fun because its free because if it was paid i would say not worth it but it isnt the game is fun the ships are fun but weird the guns are fun to use and i guess thats it
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About the game
Blackwake is a multiplayer naval FPS focused on teamwork and cooperation. Fire the cannons, sink enemy ships or board them with firearms and steel.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 10 GB of memory, R9 270, GTX 660, 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Blackwake scores 56/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/420290/blackwakeReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.