The Black Pool overview

Overview

The Black Pool comes from Smug Marmot Studios and is published by Smug Marmot Studios. It arrived on Steam on Jun 19, 2024, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, and Steam Cloud. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Black Pool's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 21:18:05 UTC, with a tracked peak near 29. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 86% positive across 119 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Black Pool is available in 8 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Black Pool has sold up to 3,870 units and has 112 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $48,688. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The Black Pool overview details

The Black Pool combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

The Black Pool is a 3d action roguelike to be played solo or preferably with up to 3 of your friends. Each attempt to make it back home will take you through a gauntlet of different worlds. You will discover different elements, abilities, and upgrades. Striking visuals, an electrifying soundtrack, and high-paced skilled action will plunge you into each attempt to battle your way out. THE JOURNEY HOME The Black Pool has taken you to a remote and unknown galactic system. In each attempt to return home, you will traverse across a random sequence of highly diverse worlds. Throughout your journey, carefully select powers from a large pool of random possibilities, complementing existing abilities and those of your friends. Strategically upgrade these abilities to maximize your potential. This procedural sequence of worlds, offerings of abilities, and upgrades, yields a highly replayable roguelike sequence which ensures that every session is completely unique. There are millions of possibilities. Committing to decisions and improvising an effective build is core to the game. Can you become powerful enough to face what lies ahead? IMPROVE WITH EACH ATTEMPT With each attempt you will learn how enemies behave and what their weaknesses are. You will learn how each of these supernatural abilities work, and synergistic ways to use abilities together. In addition, you unlock permanent enhancements that persist across playthrough attempts which make you stronger, and also enable varied play styles. BRING A FRIEND While you can try and make it on your own, it may be more fun to bring a…

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Black Pool is listed as a game with $19.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, and Steam Cloud, and is associated with Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 21:18:05 UTC, a tracked peak of 29, and 86% positive reviews.

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