The Black Watchmen
An alternate reality puzzle adventure built around real-world web research
Alice & Smith · Released Aug 27, 2015
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 679
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 2 years ago
- Dec 21, 2023
What is The Black Watchmen?
In this mission-based puzzle adventure, you play a paramilitary agent investigating occult and paranormal threats. You read briefings in a central hub, crack codes, and follow clues through websites created for the game and real-world reference material. The base game contains the first season; the second is optional DLC.
For you if...
- +you enjoy occult mysteries and conspiracy stories
- +you like difficult puzzles that require patient investigation
Not for you if...
- −you want all gameplay contained within one application
What players say
88% of 679 reviews are positive
Players praise the case stories and the sense of working as a secret agent. A recent reviewer reports broken links, while another criticizes some puzzle answers as arbitrary.
Screenshots and trailer
The Black Watchmen system requirements
Minimum: 2 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run The Black Watchmen?
The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Latest version
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 500 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
- Notes
- Screen resolution 1280x720
Recommended
- OS
- Latest version
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Screen resolution 1920x1080
Does The Black Watchmen have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does The Black Watchmen run on Steam Deck?
Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 48
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does The Black Watchmen use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Puzzle
- Indie
- RPG
- Horror
- Adventure
- Conspiracy
- Mystery
- Massively Multiplayer
- Psychological Horror
- Atmospheric
- Hacking
- Difficult
- Lovecraftian
- Detective
Recent updates
- Dec 21, 2023 · Icebreaker Update
- Dec 22, 2018 · December Update
- Dec 22, 2016 · New DLC
5 DLC available.
