The Blackout Club

Buy77%

Mostly Positive · 3k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

Question · Horror · Jul 30, 2019

Player review score
77%
Mostly Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
14
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
5
Full audio1 of 5
Subtitles5 of 5

Should I buy The Blackout Club?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 97 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 94 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Multiplayer: 30 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Servers and matchmaking: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k 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
46% of themes are praise27% are divided27% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
97 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There are a lot of fun items and game mechanics which adds a lot to the game and worth to experience with everything you can find.
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
94 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
If you're looking for a game for you and your buddies that'll be fun to just pick up and have a nice co-op stealth game, give it a try.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
58 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The Blackout Club's story is told to you in a very unique way, instead of it being told to you in a cliche way the game makes the player try and figure out the lore themselves.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
18 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The graphics look good, it runs smooth and is pretty bug free.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The player characters are teens, and while a lot of the time portrayal of such is done poorly, here the writing and voice acting feels very natural.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay97 reviews
Co-op94 reviews
Story58 reviews
Graphics18 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
86% still recommend
Bugs
71% still recommend
Combat
67% still recommend
Players complain
Multiplayer
67% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
50% still recommend
Difficulty
40% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $14.99.

7 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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