Black Ink Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-08-25
- Highly customizable brush engine
- Frequent crashes and instability
- Feature updates are paid DLC
- Poor developer communication
- Lifetime purchase with no subscription
- Not beginner-friendly workflow
Emotions
Archetypes
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 520
- Positive
- 42381.3%
- Negative
- 9718.7%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 42,306
- Estimated revenue
- $1,480,287
- Game price
- $35
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 65.50%
- Estimated copies lost
- 488
- Estimated revenue lost
- $17,075
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 65.5% Avg playtime 0.7h | 76.4% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 2018.3% Avg playtime 329h | 7669.7% Avg playtime 252.8h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 0 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 2.8 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,715 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
109 total
Organic purchasers9486.2%
Voted up: 77%
Key activations1513.8%
Voted up: 73%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
108 total
First impression0-2h2422.0%
Voted up: 71%
Mid game2-10h1917.4%
Voted up: 79%
Late game10-20h1816.5%
Voted up: 89%
Endgame20h+4743.1%
Voted up: 72%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
N/A
Global baseline 76.1%
0 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 520 total.