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The Black Pool: Arena Survivors

The Black Pool: Arena Survivors overview

Smug Marmot Studios | Oct 21, 2025 | game

Released

2players observed · 22 September 2026 - 14:23:19 UTC

ActionAdventureIndieRPGFree To PlaySteam Store

  • Latest observed players2 · 22 September 2026 - 14:23:19 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak93
  • Units sold (VGI)3,179
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score74% positive

The Black Pool: Arena Survivors dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

  • Latest observed players2 · 22 September 2026 - 14:23:19 UTC
  • SteamPulse tracked peak93
  • Units sold (VGI)3,179
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score74% positive
  • Total reviews34
  • Release dateOct 21, 2025
  • DeveloperSmug Marmot Studios
  • PublisherSmug Marmot Studios

Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Free To Play

Company pages: Developer: Smug Marmot StudiosPublisher: Smug Marmot Studios

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Game overview

Overview

The Black Pool: Arena Survivors comes from Smug Marmot Studios and is published by Smug Marmot Studios. It arrived on Steam on Oct 21, 2025, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, and Camera Comfort. 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: Arena Survivors's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 2 players at 22 September 2026 - 14:23:19 UTC, with a tracked peak near 93. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 74% positive across 34 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Black Pool: Arena Survivors is available in 8 languages including:

EnglishFrenchGermanSpanish - SpainJapaneseRussianSimplified ChineseSpanish - Latin America languages with full audio support

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

PlatformTypeOSProcessorMemoryGraphicsStorage
WindowsMinimumWindows 10Intel Core i5-7600 / AMD Ryzen 5 26008 GB RAMNvidia GTX 1060 or AMD RX 57010 GB available space
WindowsRecommendedWindows 11Intel i5-10600k / AMD R5 360016 GB RAMGeForce RTX 3060 or Radeon RX 660010 GB available space

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Black Pool: Arena Survivors has sold up to 3,179 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

The Black Pool: Arena Survivors overview details

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

Steam Store description

A fast and intense CO-OP focused battle arena featuring rapid progression and randomized waves of increasingly more difficult enemies. WHAT’S IN THE GAME? An array of battle arenas, each presenting varied and evolving layouts, hazards, and challenges. 90 unique abilities and augments derived from 9 elements: Fire, Light, Ice, Decay, Terra, Wind, Lightning, Void, and Chaos. 99 upgrades for abilities and augments. 18 upgradeable device powers which enhance player progression across playthrough attempts. 42 unique enemy types, including 7 multi-stage boss encounters. 3 multi-tier endgame challenge modes. An endless mode allowing you to push yourself and the game to the absolute limit. Single player or cooperative multiplayer up to 4 players. IT'S 100% FREE. NO MONETIZATION. Arena Survivors is a totally free to play survivors-like game mode from The Black Pool. Entirely developed by two friends, Arena Survivors is available to everyone. No DLC. No micro transactions. No loot boxes. Just have fun with your friends!

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Black Pool: Arena Survivors is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, and Camera Comfort, and is associated with Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Free To Play. SteamPulse's latest observation records 2 players at 22 September 2026 - 14:23:19 UTC, a tracked peak of 93, and 74% positive reviews.

Overview facts

FieldValue
GameThe Black Pool: Arena Survivors
Steam App ID3843850
Typegame
Release dateOct 21, 2025
DeveloperSmug Marmot Studios
PublisherSmug Marmot Studios
PriceFree to play
PlatformsWindows
GenresAction, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Free To Play
CategoriesSingle-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Camera Comfort, Adjustable Difficulty, Playable without Timed Input, DualShock Controller Support, Stereo Sound, Surround Sound, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing
Supported languagesEnglish * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Japanese * , Russian * , Simplified Chinese * , Spanish - Latin America * * languages with full audio support
WebsiteOfficial website

Player and review overview

MetricValue
Latest observed players2 · 22 September 2026 - 14:23:19 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak93
Positive reviews25
Negative reviews9
Total reviews34
Positive percent74%
Review typeMostly Positive
RecommendationsNot available
Average playtimeNot available

SteamPulse record freshness

FieldValue
Steam release dateOct 21, 2025
Official Steam feed update (UTC)Not available
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)22 September 2026 - 14:23:19 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)22 September 2026 - 14:23:19 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)22 September 2026 - 14:23:19 UTC

Highlighted achievements

AchievementDescription
Defeat Wave 5No description
Defeat Wave 10No description
Defeat Wave 20No description
Defeat Wave 30No description
Defeat Wave 40No description
Defeat Wave 50No description
Defeat Wave 60No description
Shattered Crater ArenaNo description
Obsidian ArenaNo description
Skylands ArenaNo description

Support and legal notes

FieldValue
Support emailNot available
Support URLSupport page
Legal noticeNot available

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

ReferenceLink
SteamPulse canonicalhttps://steampulse.org/game/3843850
Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/3843850/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/3843850
PCGamingWiki search
IGDB searchSearch IGDB for The Black Pool: Arena Survivors

Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for The Black Pool: Arena Survivors?

The Black Pool: Arena Survivors's latest SteamPulse observation records 2 players at 22 September 2026 - 14:23:19 UTC, with a tracked peak of 93 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. The tracked peak is the highest value stored by SteamPulse and may not cover activity from before tracking began.

Is The Black Pool: Arena Survivors growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 0 players; the highest observed daily value is 2 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for The Black Pool: Arena Survivors?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (50%), Canada (50%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (34.6%), Canada (26.7%), China (7.8%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (39.5%), Canada (31.6%), China (6.5%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (30.4%), Canada (22%), China (9.6%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for The Black Pool: Arena Survivors?

The Black Pool: Arena Survivors currently sits at 74% positive across 34 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 25 positive reviews and 9 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Mostly Positive.

How much follower and Twitch attention does The Black Pool: Arena Survivors have?

The Black Pool: Arena Survivors currently has about 134 tracked Steam followers as of 27 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for The Black Pool: Arena Survivors?

The Black Pool: Arena Survivors is currently listed as free to play on Steam, so there is no paid entry price to compare against an older baseline. SteamPulse still keeps tracking store state, discount fields, and future pricing changes in case that status changes later.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Mostly Positive

74% positive, 25 positive, 9 negative

Price and discount

Free to play

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Multi-player, Co-op, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op, Steam Achievements

Achievements

16

Platform releases
  • Steam 21 October 2025

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-7600 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1060 or AMD RX 570 Storage: 10 GB available space

Recommended requirements

Recommended: OS: Windows 11 Processor: Intel i5-10600k / AMD R5 3600 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce RTX 3060 or Radeon RX 6600 Storage: 10 GB available space

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