Black Future '88
Skip · Roguelike · 2019
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 29, under the fair line, at $19.99.
- Length
- 5.3h 10h to 100%
- Value
- $3.77/hr
- Reviews
- 72% of 750 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- 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
Black Future ’88 is a Synth-Punk roguelike 2D action Shooter. Vertically climb an always evolving procedural tower to reach the top and kill its insane owner…before your heart explodes. Shoot, slash, dash and upgrade yourself to survive the endless waves of Homicidal AI, Traps & Colossal Wardens.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, GeForce 7600 GS (512 MB) or equivalent, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 47 times in the 7 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 86 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 78 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Vagante ($14.99, scores 73) beats it on value, while it beats Hero Siege ($7.99, scores 19).
More about Black Future '88
This site sampled 258 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 5 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 58 percent of the 222 reviews written there were positive, against 72 percent overall, and those are 45 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 5.3 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
82% start to 2% 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
What players say
This game is really fun at times, and although there are some super clear upgrades to pick everytime, theres just barely anything in here. The upgrades and variation in characters dont hold up at all to some similar games like enter the gungeon (foreverglaze) and voidigo. Weapons are super casino monkey activation clapping but in a good way, definitely my fav part of the game. The whole vibe and setup is so cool, I...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Game looks good, music is awesome. Level design wise is a bit confusing and the mechanics are a tad weird sometimes, but fun nonetheless.
Super stylish, super buggy, it's like an unfinished good game ! which makes it bad :(
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Black Future '88 scores 29/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/751820/black-future-88Reviews 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 Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.