Black Ice

Black Ice

Early access since Jul 2014

Hack greedy megacorps to help as many people as you can in a high-agility cyberpunk looter/shooter RPG. Explore neon cyberspace vistas and outmaneuver AIs to customize your hacker OS and weapon combos. Play solo or online co-op with up to 10 people!

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Evaluation

Black Ice has been in Steam Early Access since July 2014 and remains explicitly unfinished, with the developer actively building toward a 1.0 launch. The game is currently at version 0.9.228, and multiple recent posts reference a published "Dev Roadmap to Launch." Development has been consistent and frequent. Major content additions visible in the news history include Act 2 (June 2022), the Corporate Graveyard/Wasteland area (December 2024), the Volcanic Activity rework (June 2025), and the Job Contracts system with hacker factions (February 2026). Between these, the developer has shipped a steady stream of feature patches covering visual overhauls, new gameplay systems, and extensive bug fixing. The most recent post, dated July 25, 2026, describes the current update as "setting up the next big update" — a major overhaul of the Inventory, Inbox, and Progression screens. It describes specific upcoming changes in detail: Talents becoming Firmware upgrades, Perks becoming Chips, the Achievement/Unlock system becoming Street Cred rewards, better controller navigation, improved tooltips, and clearer item icons. The developer explicitly describes this upcoming patch as "one of the biggest and scariest." The July 12, 2026 post similarly describes itself as the "3rd update on our Dev Roadmap to Launch," confirming the roadmap is still being actively followed. Earlier posts describe additional outstanding work: job boards for more factions (The Word, Ol' Glitchy's Bait Shop), turret spawns, Heal.bat integration, boss fight redesigns, and story content tied to the final chapter. The developer is communicating regularly and shipping updates frequently, with the next major update already in progress as of July 25, 2026.
Evidence
Developer describes the current patch as setting up the next big update — a major overhaul of the Inventory, Inbox, and Progression screens — with specific planned changes listed in detail. Game is at version 0.9.228.
news post · Jul 25, 2026 source content planned
high
Post describes itself as the '3rd update on our Dev Roadmap to Launch,' confirming the game is actively following a published roadmap toward a 1.0 release.
news post · Jul 12, 2026 source content planned
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Publisher
Super Duper Game Company
Achievements
86
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

About this game

Hack greedy megacorps to help as many people as you can in a high-agility cyberpunk looter/shooter RPG. Explore vast cyberspace vistas and outmaneuver AIs to customize your loadout with an arsenal of weapon combos. Think Borderlands meets Tron. Play solo or online co-op with up to 10 people!

Black Ice is many things:

  • A high-mobility cyberpunk looter/shooter with an incredible number of movement and combat abilities to combo. So customizable you can even unequip your sprint and jump to replace them with more guns. After all, hacking is all about finding ways to break systems and become untouchable. But the corporations are constantly upgrading too with nearly 100 security types and unique enemies to combo against you.

  • A massive cyberspace open world to explore as you breach corporate AI defenses, steal their secrets (and tech!), and unravel conspiracies. Race along the information superhighway as you vault from one megacorp's gigantic neon skyscraper to another. From monumental worldbreaker megastructures to tiny hacker black markets hidden in the cracks of the world, there are endless wonders to find. Like the Phish Market.

  • A very human cyberPUNK story centered on helping people and building communities in a struggling corporate dystopia. Shiny cyberpunk tech is only as good as the people who use it and each person you save has skills that can be leveraged for the greater good. When the world seems bleak, all it takes is someone who can remove an obstacle when they need it most. Sometimes literally, like when someone's debt is so high that their apartment's pay-per-use door won't let them out.

  • Infinite customization and replay value with a progression and unlock system that adds new weapon types, dozens of unique perks that radically change your gameplay, and a very forgiving respec system so that you can always try new things.

  • Multiplayer and modding. You can play co-op or pvp with up to 10 friends and the enemies and loot will scale to match your group for maximum fun. Whether solo or multi, anyone can mod the game to add their own unique weapons and items. It's not a real hacking game if you can't hack the game itself!

What else?

  • Extremely open development - talk to the devs directly on (some features and items were suggested by the players!)

  • A wonderful original soundtrack by epic composer V-Axys

  • Did we mention Mod Support?

  • Photosensitive Mode

  • Long term support from the developers with a track record of regular updates going back to 2014!

The Promise:

  • Every update for free

  • No microtransactions, No DRM

  • No copyright takedowns on Let's Play videos

  • Bugs fixed as fast as we can

  • Things may change, but we'll always try to change them for the better

I hope you're not afraid of spiders.

Contact

Let the developers know about any bugs (no, not the spiders) or your feature wishlist on Discord, the Steam forums, via email (support@superdupergc.com), or on Twitter

Last evaluated Sep 18, 2026
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