The Blackwell Legacy on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

When 3 NYU students kill themselves, nobody thinks that a sinister force is at work. Nobody but fledgling medium Rosa Blackwell & her new spirit guide Joey Mallone.

The Blackwell Legacy is a point & click, adventure and indie game developed and published by Wadjet Eye Games.
Released on January 13th 2012 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 1,540 reviews of which 1,377 were positive and 163 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 4.49€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS:Windows ME or higher
  • Processor:Pentium or higher
  • Memory:64 MB RAM
  • Graphics:640x400, 32-bit colour: 700 Mhz system minimum
  • DirectX®:5.0
  • Hard Drive:200 MB HD space
  • Sound:All DirectX-compatible sound cards
MacOS
  • OS Version: 10.11
  • Architecture: 64bit
  • Memory: 2 GB
  • Storage: 1.5 GB
Linux
  • OS Version: Ubuntu, Debian, Arch - (64 bit)
  • Processor: Pentium or higher processor
  • Memory: 2 GB
  • Graphics: OpenGL
  • Storage: 1.5 GB
  • Sound Card: Alsa/PulseAudio/DSP

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April 2025
I accidentally reviewed the wrong Blackwell like a doofus, so here's my review on the whole series: https://steamcommunity.com/id/magerama/recommended/80360/ These games could use an additional bump anyway (and them bloody numbers). Since I'm here, gotta say the first game isn't entirely representative, they only get bigger and better. Doesn't mean you should skip it, still a great adventure. But expect improvements, don't drop the series if Legacy didn't do it for you. I promise you'll get back to it with a new outlook after finishing Epiphany - and by that time you'll be craving more like a hungry spirit. This reminds me of Shadowrun. I didn't even like the first game initially, skipped straight to Dragonfall, then played Hong Kong... then crawled back to the flawed original with a newfound appreciation, embracing it like it's family.
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March 2025
I like it - I'm into Point & Click games since the 80s and this one feels just like one of those. It's not a must-play but it's nice, the graphics are quite cute, the characters are well done, the voice acting is pretty decent (although some voices were a bit muted and sadly there was no way to turn the music down and the voices up or something like that - but there are subtitles) and the story is a good one even if it's a bit short.
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March 2025
If you haven't played Unavowed, the 2018 game also by Wadjet Eye, go play that instead. It is more polished, with better writing, better sound, better puzzles, better graphics, better everything. It is set in the same universe in the same city in the same genre of story. If you have played Unavowed and you would be happy with a much less polished game made by a much less experienced Wadjet Eye, then give the Blackwell series a try, starting here. Later installments get better slowly, ending up significantly below Unavowed but still quite nice. All in all, I enjoyed this game and the rest of the series. If you don't like this game, I don't think it's worth hanging on for the later installments.
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Nov. 2024
I recommend because the story is good and the characters are well designed; one somehow develops a relationship with them. However, the music on each scene is loud and not fitting (not bad music, just not fitting and sometimes so loud that you can hardly hear the voices). You cannot mute the music so one of the few places were you can get some peace in your head is at the elevator's hall at Rosangela's flat. I am a fan of Blackwell series so, I recommend the game nonetheless.
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April 2024
Only recommended to fans of old-school point and clicks who are curious about this series. In terms of gameplay, length and general production value, there are many better games of this type out there. But despite the flaws, I loved the main characters and the writing. The commentary was interesting too.
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The Blackwell Legacy
8.5
1,377
163
Online players
2
Developer
Wadjet Eye Games
Publisher
Wadjet Eye Games
Release 13 Jan 2012
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