Black The Fall

Black The Fall

Steam Deck Playable

Sand Sailor Studio · Indie · Jul 11, 2017

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $3.74.

78%
Mostly Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 89 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 71 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 63 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise25% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
It witnessed a successful Kickstarter campaign and the support of Square Enix, during the final phase of development.
89 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Black the fall pleasantly suprised me in a few ways but mostly with its absolutely gorgeous art style.
71 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay focuses on complex puzzle solving that eventually requires the aid of a laser device and a small robot companion.
63 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack is decent enough, but there’s always room for improvement and the sound effects are in ample supply.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters89 reviews
Graphics71 reviews
Gameplay63 reviews
Audio20 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty19 reviews
79%
Controls16 reviews
63%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs9 reviews
78%
Crashes7 reviews
57%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $3.74 (−75%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $3.74

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
78%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
14
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.