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The Black Ice
Developer RED CRAB GAMES, Antelus Games
A survival horror game where every breath could be your last. Explore a sinister Antarctic complex, unravel its mysteries, and try to survive before the darkness consumes you. From the Steam store page
42 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 28, 2026 · last updated Oct 29, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
75
LovedLoved
27 positive · 9 negative
95% range 59–86%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 27 | 9 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 6 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
30 of 39 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
77% recommend · 27 yes, 8 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 35 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (153 of 187 positive).
Players praise the game's atmosphere and horror elements, comparing it to Resident Evil and The Thing. [1][2][3] Many note the game is short and ends with a 'to be continued', feeling incomplete for the price. [4][5][6] Some reviewers report technical issues like stuttering, audio problems, and glitches. [4][7][5]
Liked
Representative posts
- [6]
The Black Ice has a lot of potential, which honestly makes its current state more frustrating than outright bad. Right now, this feels less like a full release and more like an extended demo. The game ends with a “To Be Continued”, and while I understand this is Early Access, the amount of content available doesn’t justify the $10–$12 price point in its current form. That said, there is something here. The …
- [1]
The Black Ice is one of those psychological horror games that gets under your skin immediately. The atmosphere is thick, cold, and oppressive in the best way — every hallway feels like it’s hiding something, and the sound design keeps you on edge the entire time. The stealth is very unforgiving, but honestly, that’s part of what makes it work. You’re not meant to feel powerful here. You’re meant to feel hunted, …
- [5]
The game is very short and feels incomplete especially the ending to be continued but for the most part I enjoyed the game. The graphics are nice and the game can be intense. I had a problem with the lighting as it was very dark but I fixed it by changing it to max lighting in settings. Also there are some annoying glitches for example sometimes the interactions with safes would disappear and would not allow me to …
- [3]
The Black Ice was an awesome experience from start to finish. If your a fan of the classic Resident Evil games , you'll definitely love this. The game has that same tense, creepy atmosphere where your constantly on edge, solving puzzle's, and trying to survive 10/10.
- [2]
Hello Friends! In my humble opinion... This game have a great, unique, and interesting potential! It's like a - Dead Space, and Resident evil Combined together! I like this game very much! Since it has it all (things which i truly like) for example -Antarctic cold environments, abandoned science stations, mystical creatures, survival elements, small puzzles etc! Huge respects to these Developers and studio itself! …
Summarised from 31 of the 40 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 14, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
77% of the 35 Steam reviewers we collected recommend The Black Ice. The complaint that keeps coming up: too short for the price. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
42 of 42 · most liked firststrange the full game is worse than the demo the english version has no audio, things that work in the demo dont work. (after about 6 restarts the audio came on) Storage crate, in security office opened the first time, put in painkiller, then went back and its locked. what is the point of a storage box, if you can't access it. gun power combined with gun power and it dissapears. wtf strange seem like it would be a good game from playing the demo, but i would wait for updates.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4 inventory slots, little to no item stacks, items disappearing from existance when dropped... What kind of dog $h!t resource management is this?!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Black Ice has a lot of potential, which honestly makes its current state more frustrating than outright bad. Right now, this feels less like a full release and more like an extended demo. The game ends with a “To Be Continued”, and while I understand this is Early Access, the amount of content available doesn’t justify the $10–$12 price point in its current form. That said, there is something here. The atmosphere is strong, the Antarctic setting works well, and it very much feels like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Macready would be proud! I appreciate the easter egg of the VHS haha. I would like to thank the developers for making this amazing game even if it is still on early access. Game runs smoothly and is well optimized. The atmosphere feels like a true homage to John Carpenter`s " The Thing ". I`ll be waiting for the story to be continued. A must play game for anyone who loves the horror science fiction masterpiece (The Thing).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →THOSE TOES WILL LIVE RENT FREE IN MY MIND FOREVER
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is not finished yet, will take about an hour, maybe 2 if you mess around, and 3 if you have only 2 brain cells left like me... <3 ! My Full Playthrough, highly edited, no commentary: https://youtu.be/TnGi-i19wzM To Be Continued [ I hated this ] I was upset cuz I started to like the game. You have Prologue, Chapter 1 and like 45% of Chapter 2. The game is almost impossible to play (xd) there are stutters every 20 seconds, but even if this sounds funny, it was playable for me, the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Black Ice is one of those psychological horror games that gets under your skin immediately. The atmosphere is thick, cold, and oppressive in the best way — every hallway feels like it’s hiding something, and the sound design keeps you on edge the entire time. The stealth is very unforgiving, but honestly, that’s part of what makes it work. You’re not meant to feel powerful here. You’re meant to feel hunted, fragile, and constantly one mistake away from disaster. When you pull off a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So i just completed the prologue and am running around but for those few minutes i can say the game is good looking on my steam deck and it runs pretty good. The puzzles are well thought out. And the sound of the snow storm is pretty good. But there are a few things that really annoy me. 1 i'm playing a Russian but i speak english....and the english is like: after they sort this out they better have some hot tea and chocolate for me. he should drink Griovka! Come on when i think of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty decent game. The sounds of the enemies and the easter eggs were a nice touch. Looking forward to see where they take this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ok, had an issue with running. but I went through the controls again, and it seems to be fixed (I totally blame operator error, not the game). Looks very good and will be playing it through this weekend. The developers are very responsive and interested in making a solid product. Thank you folks and I look forward to playing.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →💜⚙️We're Live!!⚙️💜 We have a 2 parter for New Year's today! First we are checking out The Black Ice, an early access game I got a key for. Then later, we will try to catch up on Control stuff I missed. twitch.tv/myjazzprincess #vtuber #eldenwood #keymailer
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is amazing but the IA is kinda low tier, music is 10, ambient is 10 where is the map? where is the map? where is the map? where is the map? where is the map? where is the map? where is the map? where is the map? where is the map? for real, you need to implement a map. Good luck with the release!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Black Ice was an awesome experience from start to finish. If your a fan of the classic Resident Evil games , you'll definitely love this. The game has that same tense, creepy atmosphere where your constantly on edge, solving puzzle's, and trying to survive 10/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good and easy to follow story, decent weapon mechanics, enemies that are guaranteed to piss you off.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello Friends! In my humble opinion... This game have a great, unique, and interesting potential! It's like a - Dead Space, and Resident evil Combined together! I like this game very much! Since it has it all (things which i truly like) for example -Antarctic cold environments, abandoned science stations, mystical creatures, survival elements, small puzzles etc! Huge respects to these Developers and studio itself! cannot wait till it gets a full released version! Thank you for this and good…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This reminds me of resident evil it's a great start and looking forward to complete game recommend you give it a go
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game has a good Resident evil vibe to it, the area gave a alone and dread feel to it. over all it was a pretty ok game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a bit short for the price tag. The enemies are a bit comical in their movement, as in it doesn't seem like the movement is well done. But, it was a fun little play through, and I really hate that it ended on a "to be continued." I had zero issues playing the game. The audio worked fine (except you cannot turn the music down or off and in the second bit of the game I would rather listen to the dead silence of the environment than music. It just didn't lend anything to the game at that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is very short and feels incomplete especially the ending to be continued but for the most part I enjoyed the game. The graphics are nice and the game can be intense. I had a problem with the lighting as it was very dark but I fixed it by changing it to max lighting in settings. Also there are some annoying glitches for example sometimes the interactions with safes would disappear and would not allow me to interact anymore with the safe and I had to load previous save. Anyways…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I find this game excellent. In short, it's a gem. Overall, it's a real treat. Thanks for the enjoyment it provides so far. This is an interactive narrative game with horror and action elements, similar for example to Fort Solis, The Quarry, or Alone in the Dark 2024. It is a bit less scripted than The Dark Pictures Anthology series and Quantic Dream's trilogy, though not by much, with a good deal of the spirit of games like Tomb Raider or Industria, among other examples. The graphics are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Also mid-January I'd just watched the Black Ice documentary on Crave which featured interviews with Sarah Nurse and I was like "oh, I'd like to see her play" and she came back from injury the same week and scored immediately in her first game back and once again, my face: 🤩😍
neutral · AI labelView post →Too short for the price. Steam should regulate these developers from releasing their short content.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →💜STREAM💜 It's game review night! Tonight we're checking out and giving first impressions of Hellevators, Better Than Dead, Nightsoil, The Black Ice, & Beholgar 2 as we as demos that chat requests! Come check them out with us and see if we can find some gems among them!
neutral · AI labelView post →cant continue where i left off .
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great atmosphere, solid horror elements, and an interesting story. Enjoyed my playthrough and would recommend it to horror fans!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game. The atmosphere is pretty spooky, the guns feel like they actually do something and the graphics are pretty good. Took me about 2.5 hours to complete what is currently there (I was told theres an update coming pretty soon also) A few things that I think could be improved on though: - Currently, the audio balancing is a little grim. Turning down master volume/ the other sliders leaves certain things much louder than others and it feels like certain things don't get turned down…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really good game with quite a few good jump scares and good puzzles, would recommend and can't wait for the update! 🩷💜
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing Game, I am very suprised that nobody has heard of this. Thank you for allowing me to play. this is deffinatly on rotation on my channel. Much Love
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Black Ice Full Game Playthrough from Datura Plays on Youtube
neutral · AI labelView post →Great game with tons of potential and i have to say it runs like butter at 2k screen res epic everything , lumen lighting and reflections with rtx raytracing im very surprised how polished this actually is on a rtx 4070 ti super ryzen system....game pad setup works nicely on xbox one controller as well havent had any issues ...gameplay not to bad the aiming is decent and feels right and so does gun play not to bad ......keep up the awesome work devs you got something really good cooking here…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1000 enemies, 2 bullets. Boring. Uninstalled immediately.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Slow at first, but overall not too bad of a game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →you forgot to mention that the game should use the Black Ice mod for additional suffering
neutral · AI labelView post →Just not fun, Temu resident evil.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ok so I have played around with Unreal Engine and Unity and have atemted to build games similiar to this Myself, being inspired by titles like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Cold Fear with a bit of Near Death. Unfortunantly i always gave up because my expectation were to high and couldnt build AAA quality games on my owne. Look the game is not bad and all that but its just not worth $20, i played it for about close to 1 hour and just didnt feel good then i ran out of ammo and couldnt attack and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, I'm sold! The Thing meets Extermination ( PS2 ) crossed with a hint of Resident Evil. Unfortunately ( at the minute ) it is a short outing but an outing well worth experiencing ! I thoroughly enjoyed my playthrough upto the much mentioned "To Be Continued" Screen, this game has all the makings of something really special. The story is interesting, you start off playing as Oleg, who is responding to an SOS from the Vostok facility in Antarctica. He makes his way into seemingly deserted…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i LOVE THIS GAME! THIS DEFINETLY GIVE RESIDENT EVIL VIBES! THE LAST BOSS FIGHT WAS AMAING, I LOVE THE STEALTH, COMBAT SYSTEM, AND SHOOTING SYSTEM AS WELL!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Many titles are inspired by RE, but they at least try to improve it somehow.. like daymare or eternal evil.. many differences and improvents into the gameplay.. dodging, running, better inventory.. This one is so outdated.. everything is so SLOW.. even the damn doors.. the never dying damn puzzles.. dynamics are so basic.. You want to make a clone of RE?? at least try to improve it a bit.. You havent even copied the fast-turn move!! there is not any sort of melee.. come on boys.. graphics its…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has potential but I can't really recommend this game in its current form. The game has the bones of a good game. The idea, atmosphere and music are very good. I love all the homage to The Thing, and the idea of a cross of The Thing and Resident Evil are right up my alley, but this game just falls short on both. The Thing worked as a movie because of the paranoia. You don't know who's human and who's not. I will openly admit I did not play very far into the game but there was no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This week; We explore Oleg and Alexey's stories in The Black Ice. Something of The Thing x Resident Evil mashup horror game Also, we aim to finish Maximo! ℹ️ What throwback classic do you want to see next? 📅 Schedule attached 𝕃𝕀𝕍𝔼 𝕠𝕟 𝕋𝕎𝕀𝕋ℂℍ & 𝕋𝕀𝕂𝕋𝕆𝕂 🔗 LINKS IN PROFILE
neutral · AI labelView post →The game looks promising with an interesting story. But i am surprised that devs spend so much on the game and break it with jump not working for some players. Which means it is not playable since like 10 minutes in. In the key mapping jump/hook/whatever is missing. And if you remapped 'space bar' unknowingly, then I guess it breaks the game even after reset. This could have been fixed long time ago. I asked for a refund.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →when is next chapter?
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