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Blacksad: Under the Skin
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
35 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“I thoroughly enjoyed this game! Actually enjoyed it a lot more than I originally thought I would. I loved the art style, the characters and overall story. Even the detective work with finding evidence and piecing…”
22 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“I thoroughly enjoyed this game! Actually enjoyed it a lot more than I originally thought I would. I loved the art style, the characters and overall story. Even the detective work with finding evidence and piecing…”
“This game is really neat. I have no knowledge of the comics at all, so I went in totally blind. I'd give this game a 7/10. It's worth playing if you're a fan of Telltale games or LA Noire. In fact, I think fans of those…”
“Tbh, the game has some, let's say issues. But it is fun. If you are able to bear some graphical glitches and are cool with the character design, you get a solid and intense noir detective story. I would definitely…”
11 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“I'm pleasantly surprised by this game. What a mystery! I really didn't expect that direction where it went. Intially I though it'll be something like a bit longer L.A. noire case, but no sir! This was much more complex.…”
10 of the 73 reviews raise this.
“I thoroughly enjoyed this game! Actually enjoyed it a lot more than I originally thought I would. I loved the art style, the characters and overall story. Even the detective work with finding evidence and piecing…”
“I'm pleasantly surprised by this game. What a mystery! I really didn't expect that direction where it went. Intially I though it'll be something like a bit longer L.A. noire case, but no sir! This was much more complex.…”
“I went and was deeply impressed. The atmosphere of a noir detective is perfectly conveyed here: the darkness, the rain, the tension in every frame, and I died everywhere I could. The only downside is that I couldn't run…”
13 of the 73 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Very clumsy controls, some physics are wasted, but the story is good. Also I think it has a bug with the thinking gimmick.”
“I'm pleasantly surprised by this game. What a mystery! I really didn't expect that direction where it went. Intially I though it'll be something like a bit longer L.A. noire case, but no sir! This was much more complex.…”
12 of the 73 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Very clumsy controls, some physics are wasted, but the story is good. Also I think it has a bug with the thinking gimmick.”
“This was a solid detective noir adventure game based on the Spanish comic of the same name. What makes this atypical, is that all of the characters in the game's setting are anthropomorphic animals of all sorts.…”
“I was looking forward to playing this game. Sadly the nearly two hours I spent in this game were not interesting at all. The game is very slow paced - the dialogue is very slow spoken and feels more than weird. Not…”
11 of the 73 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“Tbh, the game has some, let's say issues. But it is fun. If you are able to bear some graphical glitches and are cool with the character design, you get a solid and intense noir detective story. I would definitely…”
“Very clumsy controls, some physics are wasted, but the story is good. Also I think it has a bug with the thinking gimmick.”
“Liked it, although the unability to skip through scenes I already knew and some bugs mae the game far from perfect.”
8 of the 73 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
5 of the 73 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“definitely well written, I like the camera use, and the atmosphere. Muisc is top notch and genuinely I would play more, but I really really really can't get past the character designs no matter how hard I try. There's…”
“I was looking forward to playing this game. Sadly the nearly two hours I spent in this game were not interesting at all. The game is very slow paced - the dialogue is very slow spoken and feels more than weird. Not…”
Counted across 73 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“The story in this game is quite good. The choices have repercussions on the story, though many of them are more about what sort of character your detective has (honest vs corrupt, etc). The Good: - Enjoyable story that is neither predictable nor nonsensical - Good graphics -…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“I thought it was a point and click game. It was hard for me to try to save Blacksad pressing the spacebar multiple times is a hard task for a point and click gamer like me but thank God I finished it. I really loved the game, the story and the twist I never ever imagined the…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played“The fact that there is a game-breaking bug in 7 year old game that causes you to lose nearly an hour and a half of game progress is extremely frustrating. Furthermore, I've played the game longer than 2 hours to even get to this point so I can't even refund it. The artstyle,…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Adventure · Detective · Choices Matter · Story Rich · Noir · Crime · Multiple Endings · Singleplayer · Mystery · Comic Book · Investigation · Mature (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain * , Russian * , Dutch, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 39 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: 64-bits Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core i5 (3GHz) or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD R7 260X / Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2 GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 30 GB available space