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1979 Revolution: Black Friday

1979 Revolution: Black Friday

1979 Revolution: Black Friday is a choice driven, narrative game that brings players into the brooding world of a nation on the verge of collapse. Play as Reza, an aspiring photojournalist, and make life and death decisions as you survive the gritty streets of Iran in the late 1970’s.

Released Apr 4, 2016 Developer iNK Stories, N-Fusion Interactive Publisher iNK Stories Platforms Windows · Mac AdventureIndieChoices MatterPoliticalHistorical
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

76.5%positive1,077 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“This is a very qualified thumbs up. There's a lot about 1979 Revolution: Black Friday that is frustrating, in particular its ending (where they planning, or hoping, to continue this story?). The choices are Telltale-style, but they mostly fall flat, changing little about the…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“"There's no shame in being invested in your people's future" Clearly inspired by Telltale-style games, it feels familiar but the gameplay itself can be clunky, with stiff controls and weird QTEs. Where the game fully shines is in its storytelling, by tackling a subject rarely…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Great acting, directing, music, and dialogue writing don't make up for a brief (2 hours or so) Telltale-like choose your own adventure story. The story itself is very confused as to what it wants to be and feels incomplete as it will abruptly end.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

39achievements
39.0%median completion
3.0%rarest: Pahlevoon: The Hero
85.2% of players 77.2% of players 72.6% of players 59.3% of players 58.0% of players 56.3% of players 54.5% of players 51.0% of players 49.8% of players 49.0% of players 45.5% of players 44.8% of players 44.3% of players 42.6% of players 42.0% of players 40.9% of players 40.9% of players 40.7% of players 40.7% of players 39.0% of players 32.8% of players 27.2% of players 21.9% of players 16.8% of players 14.9% of players 14.9% of players 13.5% of players 13.1% of players 7.5% of players 6.4% of players 5.2% of players 5.2% of players 5.1% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.6% of players 3.0% of players 85.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
85.2%Dark Days — Complete Chapter 1
77.2%One of Us — Complete Chapter 2
72.6%Disco, Of Course — Complete Chapter 3
Rarest badges of honor
3.0%Pahlevoon: The Hero — Never fail a fight or run into an obstacle.
4.6%Roshanfekr: The Intellectual — Unlock all political exploration points.
4.8%Hajji: The Pilgrim — Unlock all stories relating to religion or clerical leaders

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US9.99 USD
EU8.19 EUR
UK7.19 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada11.49 CAD
Japan1,010 JPY
Brazil20.69 BRL
China37.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$4.1 China Japan Canada EU UK US Australia≈$10

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 26, 2021
Keep Your Politics Bundle now available!

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/20653/ “Politics is not a game, but a serious business.” Winston Churchill. We’re very excited to announce the launch of the Keep Your Politics bundle of six indi

Apr 29, 2020
Fire Escape is now available!

Steam friends, we are so excited to announce that FIRE ESCAPE is now available for Steam VR (Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift) and Non-VR (Windows, no headset required)! https://store.steampowered.c

Apr 21, 2020
Introducing: Fire Escape

Steam friends, today we are very excited to share that our newest title, FIRE ESCAPE will be releasing on Steam next Wednesday, April 29th! Fire Escape is a narrative game inspired by Hitchcock’s anxi

Jul 19, 2018
1979 Revolution comes to PS4/Xbox/Switch this Summer!

Hello Steam Friends! We are very excited to share with you that 1979 Revolution: Black Friday will be released on consoles in a few short weeks! We will be releasing on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Swi

Feb 02, 2017
Game Sales to benefit the ACLU until Feb 10th!

http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/12510567/22861d3eb7a60872be2d6768c6cde4b3ebff9b96.png Hi Steam Friends, We're a company of immigrants, from many different countr

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Indie · Choices Matter · Political · Historical · Action · Story Rich · Choose Your Own Adventure · Singleplayer · Multiple Endings · Point & Click · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Turkish *
Achievements39
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://1979revolutiongame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1 Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core or Equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: ATI or NVidia card w/ 512 MB RAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 5 GB available space