Blackwell Deception
Worth it · Narrative · 2012
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 70% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$9.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$2.9970% offBANGER
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.22/hr
- ReviewsS
- 96% of 655
- Critics
- 73 players 23 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 4% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 4.5h
- To 100%
- 6.1h 1.4x the story
- Finish
- 49% reach the ending
- Achievements
- 18
Price and sales
- Sales
- 72 on record
- Typical cut
- 70% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 June 2014
- Sale every
- 52d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 2 now
- Cheaper than
- 30% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 97% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
56% start to 49% finishSteam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 2 when we last checked, on Oct 31, 21:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
The value story
The value story
Across all 72 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 70 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Past sales have already crossed the $5.98 BANGER line 67 times.
Its score puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Unavowed ($14.99, scores 79) beats it on value, while it beats The Blackwell Legacy ($4.99, scores 75).
More about Blackwell Deception
The press gave it 73; the people who bought it give it 96 percent. A 23-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Steam's global achievement data puts 49 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 18. Of the 254 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026.
At 4.5 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4, at about $2.99 (70% off). Predictions like this were right 87% of the time when tested on 70 past weeks.
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
Playing the Blackwell games back to back, and they just keep getting better. This has been my favourite story in the series so far its incredibly dark, with a mysterious villain and a really satisfying payoff at the end. The voice acting and music are fantastic once again. Just a genuinely great series of games.
2 more reviews
The toughest, ghostiest game in the series yet featuring FOUR spooks in need of spiritual consulting! Combining clues system makes a very welcome return and puzzle difficulty in Blackwell Deception cranks it up a notch -- which is for the better. I love how Wadjet Eye interconnects characters (Ken and Cecil Sharpe, Sam Durkin) so their stories are never forgotten.
By far the longest and hardest Blackwell game so far. Had me stuck a few times. Must say I liked the art in Convergance better. However, the writing it the best so far and character development is excellent. If you liked the other Blackwell games, you will like this one too.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 61 MB of memory, 640x400, 32-bit colour: 700 Mhz system minimum, 348 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Blackwell Deception scores 76/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/80360/blackwell-deceptionReviews 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 Nov 2, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.