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Blackwell Unbound
The year is 1973. The sound of a lone, ethereal saxophone drifts over the Roosevelt Island promenade, while a series of accidents plague a midtown construction site. The citizens of Manhattan take no notice of these events, let alone think they are connected.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“This is the 2nd title in Wadjet Eye's Blackwell series. Initially, some scenes of Unbound were included in the follow-up episode (titled Convergence) as flashbacks, however, Dave Gilbert decided to expand upon these scenes and release a separate episode instead. This is the…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“An unusual sequel, Blackwell Unbound reverses time to explore a different protagonist, Lauren Blackwell, whose burgeoning powers as a medium lead her into contact with Joey Malone. It's a prequel rather than a sequel and holds a somewhat strange place in the series, as usually…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Blackwell Unbound is the second installment of Blackwell series, and it is a prequel to the first game. Here, we take the chance of experiencing the previous generation of the Legacy, with Lauren Blackwell. I have to say that the previous game left me with such great…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Latest official news
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Blackwell Unbound - Hotfix Patch
-Fixed several typos. -Fixed some missing interactions. -Fixed an issue with JOEY AND LAUREN changing in certain UIs.
Blackwell Unbound - Hotfix
-Fixed an issue with notebook and TAB. You can no longer change characters in the notebook
Blackwell Unbound - Achievements & Screenshot Hotfix Patch
-Achievements now sync between local and remote, so if you lose connection, you don't have to replay a part, just open the achievements UI, though they will also trigger as the game starts as well. -U
Blackwell Unbound - Hotfix Patch
-Fixed an issue with a certain phonecall. -Fixed a dialog option being on issue.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Point & Click · Adventure · Indie · Female Protagonist · Supernatural · Mystery · Detective · Singleplayer · Story Rich · Pixel Graphics · Noir · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Commentary available · Remote Play on Phone · Remote Play on Tablet |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Official site | http://www.wadjeteyegames.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS: Windows ME or higher Processor: Pentium or higher Memory: 64 MB RAM Graphics: 640x400, 32-bit colour: 700 Mhz system minimum DirectX®: 5.0 Hard Drive: 200 MB HD space Sound: All DirectX-compatible sound cards