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The Black Pool

Smug Marmot Studios · released Jun 19, 2024 · Early Access from Aug 29, 2023 · data updated Oct 24, 2026

Action RoguelikeRogueliteCo-op

In the forest outside of town, four friends discover a mysterious black pool that transports them to an unknown world. To fight their way home, they must unlock and master supernatural abilities. Play cooperative or solo

Released Jun 19, 2024 · Early Access from Aug 29, 2023

Steam figures

	Value	As of
Steam reviews	Very Positive · 83% positive of 113 Steam reviews	Oct 24, 2026
Followers on Steam	No followers data for this game yet
Regular US price	$19.99	Oct 19, 2026

New Steam reviews per month

Month	New positive	New negative
Nov 2025	2	0
Dec 2025	1	1
Jan 2026	1	0
Mar 2026	1	1
Apr 2026	2	0
May 2026	1	0
Jun 2026	2	3
Jul 2026	3	0
Sep 2026	1	0

Sales estimate

Copies sold on Steam	1.8k – 11k
Gross revenue on Steam	$36k – $130k before refunds, tax and Steam’s cut
Steam reviews by buyers	113	Oct 24, 2026
Copies per review	16–92

Estimates are based on an aggregation of industry-accepted conversion formulas. How this is estimated

Tag DNA

Tag	Share of Steam games
Co-op Campaign	1 in 138 games
Procedural Generation	1 in 19 games
Action Roguelike	1 in 17 games
Co-op	1 in 15 games
Roguelite	1 in 12 games
Roguelike	1 in 12 games
PvE	1 in 11 games
Controller	1 in 10 games

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