Blacksad: Under the Skin
Released Nov 2019
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
83% positive · 6,979 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Blacksad: Under the Skin launched on November 14, 2019 as a complete, self-contained narrative adventure game. Its only paid DLC is a soundtrack pack, which released on February 11, 2020 — not a content expansion. The developer has never announced any story DLC, expansions, or post-launch content plans for this game.
Post-launch developer activity has been limited to maintenance: a June 27, 2024 update delivered engine upgrades and graphical fixes, and a November 5, 2024 update added Simplified Chinese language support. Neither constitutes new story or gameplay content.
The news posts since 2020 that reference the Blacksad store page are publisher cross-promotions for entirely separate games (Alfred Hitchcock: Vertigo, Syberia: The World Before, and Amerzone – The Explorer's Legacy), not announcements of new Blacksad content. The game shipped as a finished product and has been treated as such throughout its commercial life.
Evidence
The only DLC released is a soundtrack pack — no story or gameplay expansions were ever listed.
Store description presents the game as a complete, standalone detective story with no mention of planned expansions or additional content.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Microids
Achievements
39
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
The 50s, New York City: Joe Dunn, owner of a boxing club, is found dead.
Meanwhile, rising star Bobby Yale, due to take to the ring for the most important fight of his career, has mysteriously disappeared.
Sonia Dunn, Joe’s daughter, takes over the gym and must deal with its financial woes. She hires private detective John Blacksad to investigate Yale’s disappearance. This sinister case will take our investigator to the darkest, most dismal depths of New York.
With its anthropomorphic characters and its incredible 1950s feel, BLACKSAD: Under the Skin promises all the eerily dark adventure of a detective novel, just like the eponymous comic book series.
Conduct the investigation in your own way. Make use of your feline senses as you hunt for new clues. Make decisions on behalf of Blacksad and influence the outcome of the case.
Features
- An official and all-new story for BLACKSAD, set in the comic book series’ unique world, perfectly recreated for gamers.
- An investigative narrative game with gameplay combining investigations, puzzles, quick time events (QTE) and multiple-choice dialog.
- Choices that directly influence the development of the character and the story's ending.
- More than 30 characters, including new faces and old favorites, each with their own story.
- An immersive world with a jazz soundtrack to rival the very best of Hollywood’s film noir.
- Fans of adventure games will love its gameplay and narration while fans of the comic book series will be thrilled to rediscover the characters and graphic style of this unique world.
- A dark world of anthropomorphic animals
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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