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Blackhaven

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

Blackhaven is a first-person narrative game that follows Kendra Turner, a college intern at Blackhaven Hall, a historic mansion burned during the American Revolution. Working alone on a holiday, Kendra uncovers a trail of secrets and misdeeds that spans centuries and may determine her future.

What works

  • Engaging and thought-provoking narrative
  • Educational historical content
  • Strong voice acting and writing
  • Immersive museum and archive environments
  • Free to play

Things to keep in mind

  • Technical issues such as lag and frame rate drops
  • Linear and limited gameplay with minimal player agency
  • Clunky controls and mouse sensitivity problems
  • Short playtime
  • Some players found protagonist's attitude off-putting

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sagebrush

  • Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express

  • Summerland

  • Agatha Christie - The ABC Murders

  • Shadows on the Vatican - Act I: Greed

  • Scorch

More fantastical

Games that feels like Blackhaven but with more imaginative fiction

  • Threefold Recital

  • Rhome

  • Port of Call

  • Born Into Fear

  • Nocturnals

  • The Stanley Parable

More intimate

Games that feels like Blackhaven but with more focus on close relationships

  • The Heroes Around Me

  • As Long As You're Here

  • HOW WE KNOW WE'RE ALIVE

  • Martial Law

  • South of the Circle

  • Traum

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Blackhaven: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Strategy, Experimenting, Competence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Exploration. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Idle.

Last update: 21/08/2026