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The Blackwell Legacy
When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.
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.
“It really says something about a franchise when the weakest game in the series is still so enjoyable. Let me be blunt: The Blackwell Legacy is rife with Early Installment Weirdness syndrome. It's short, full of long info dumps and has frustrating puzzles. To top it off it…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“Many of my friends recommended this game to me and I feel bad for not playing it when I got the chance. Blackwell Legacy is a classic Point&Click game and the first installment of the series Blackwell. Created by Dave Gilbert we made many well-known P&C titles. The story is…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“I'm very late to the party on the Blackwell series, but this is definitely one of the best short adventure games I've played, Wadjet Eye Games continues to be one of my favorite adventure game developers. I absolutely loved the notebook system - while most adventure games focus…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-01 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
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Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Blackwell Legacy - Achievements & Screenshot 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. -Upgraded to 3.6.1.35 so now that means you can hit F12 to s
Rosa Walking Patch
-Fixed an issue with Rosa walking while you have options on. -Fixed an issue where repeatedly clicking would make Rosa look a bit weird.
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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 · Pixel Graphics · Singleplayer · Detective · Story Rich · 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 | 8 |
| 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