The Black Watchmen on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

Become a Secret Agent and investigate paranormal activities in this dark Lovecraftian universe. This Alternate Reality Game will have you explore complex puzzles in-game but also in real-life; interacting with real websites, companies, and NPCs that we created as part of our universe.

The Black Watchmen is a illuminati, puzzle and indie game developed and published by Alice & Smith.
Released on August 27th 2015 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 743 reviews of which 661 were positive and 82 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.4 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 8.19€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS: Latest version
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Screen resolution 1280x720
MacOS
  • OS: Latest version
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Screen resolution 1280x720

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Feb. 2025
Not the typical ARG, I found myself being drawn, addicted to this game. Spent hours on another account and I felt like a special agent during my sessions. Each case is very well made, loved every compaign and the whole Lovecraft universe was so entertaining (Rosenberg, when I catch you). I've made it until the DLC "Alone in the Dark Web", so I'm quite proud of my rank :D ("Mother of Russia" made me want to plug every hair I had on my big head). I want to thank you Alice&Smith Studio for making this game, it has been an incredible journey even if I sacrificed evey last neurons cells I had on it, it was all worth it. Plus I acquired so much knowledge and skills thanks to this game, truly I can't recommend it enough. (PS : The soundtrack is still creeping me out to this day, it's haunting my nights. AND I STILL WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO CONTACT ME OMG). It's kinda sad this game and its community are not that active anymore, again thank you so much A&S ♥
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Dec. 2024
I feel this game can train you in OSINT. Nice puzzle game.
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Aug. 2024
An interesting and unique game with lots of ways to research and obtain info. It does give you the option to have higher levels of gameplay but they require more of your personal info so not for me. Still there is lots to do and sometimes can be a bit difficult. Overall a fun game which makes you sort of feel like your an agent.
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May 2024
Goddamn I love Alice and Smith games! Puzzles, Cryptology, Detective work and a shit tonne of googling. A game that, while playing, you start to ask "is this a game?" Absolutely love it!
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The Black Watchmen
8.4
661
82
Online players
2
Developer
Alice & Smith
Publisher
Alice & Smith
Release 27 Aug 2015
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