How To Grow a Black Hole

Wait68%

Mixed · 592 player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

Desolation Digital · Casual · Jun 23, 2026

Player review score
68%
Mixed
Price
$3.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
18
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
11
Full audio0 of 11
Subtitles0 of 11

Should I buy How To Grow a Black Hole?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 592 player reviews · updated

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
33% of themes are praise11% are divided56% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
60 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The gameplay itself, excluding the balance that you have to find for the black hole, it's really relaxing and easily enjoyable with the fantastic effects and visual that the UI and black hole have.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
42 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
fun game to burn some time when just chilling and relaxing don't know why people are complaining about performance cause i have the game maxed out on graphics settings and i get 295fps but its capped at 144 which is my screen refresh rate and i am running it in 2k with no issues no lag not a single problem that game is using 30% gpu and 18% cpu so its not even pushing my system
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
20 ish minutes in and this game is a nice game to play to wind down and stuff, but damn it wrecks your cpu, please try and optimise this more. anyhow, graphics are good, gameplay is addicting, sound effects and music is great. just please try and optimise it a little more

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay60 reviews
Graphics42 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion
Linux compatibility
0% still recommend
Players complain
Performance
64% still recommend
Interface
50% still recommend
Bugs
50% still recommend
Crashes
33% still recommend
Optimization
17% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Family Sharing
  • Mouse Only Option
  • Playable without Timed Input
  • Save Anytime
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$3.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $3.99

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