Full game metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Steam app type | game |
| Steam App ID | 4852680 |
| Live current players | 0 |
| SteamPulse tracked peak | 0 |
| Live count (today's peak floor) | 0 |
| Price | $7.99 |
| Free to play | No |
| Discount | 0% |
| Original price USD | $7.99 |
| Current price USD | $7.99 |
| Release date | Jul 13, 2026 |
| Developer | Blackwater Gator Studios |
| Publisher | Blackwater Gator Studios |
| Owners estimated | Not available |
| SteamSpy owner estimate minimum | Not available |
| SteamSpy owner estimate maximum | Not available |
| Review type | 1 user reviews |
| Positive review percent | Not available |
| Positive reviews | 0 |
| Negative reviews | 1 |
| Total reviews | 1 |
| Steam recommendations | Not available |
| Achievements | 18 |
| Average playtime forever | Not available |
| Windows support | Yes |
| macOS support | Yes |
| Linux support | Yes |
| Parent game | Not available |
| Store URL | https://store.steampowered.com/app/4852680/ |
Short description
Run a basement black market pawn shop in a gritty 1990s city. Inspect questionable goods, negotiate with desperate sellers, resell through shady contacts, manage heat, survive raids, and decide whether each item is a payday, a fake, a trap, or a liability.
About this game
Run a shop no one admits they use Blackwater Exchange is a 2D black market pawn shop management sim set in a gritty 1990s city. You run a legal-looking exchange upstairs while the real business happens below: stolen watches, forged documents, suspicious electronics, cursed relics, desperate sellers, and cash changing hands before anyone asks too many questions. Every item is a gamble A customer comes down the stairs, drops something on the counter. Maybe the item is real. Maybe it is fake. Maybe it is damaged, stolen, traceable, underpriced, or worse. Inspect visible clues, use tools, read the seller, and decide what the risk is worth. Negotiate under pressure Sellers have moods, patience, lies, and limits. Push too hard and they may walk. Push the wrong person and they may report you. Pay too much and the day eats your profit. Every offer is a choice between margin, speed, and exposure. Move goods before they become evidence Buying the item is only half the job. Store what you can, stash what you must, and sell through contacts with their own prices, risks, and availability. The right buyer can turn a dirty object into clean profit. The wrong one can leave you holding the problem. Profit gets attention Hot goods pay better, but they also raise heat. Bills, raids, fines, confiscation, suspicious customers, rival pressure, and corrupt enforcement keep success from becoming safe. Legal deals keep the lights on. Dirty deals build the business. Every shortcut leaves a mark. Features 2D shopkeeper management built around appraisal, negotiation, and resale Questionable goods with value, condition, authenticity, and risk uncertainty Customer moods, lies, scams, walkouts, and report risk Limited inventory, stash decisions, tools, upgrades, and shady contacts Heat system with raids, fines, confiscation, and corrupt enforcement pressure Gritty 1990s crime atmosphere
Supported languages
English, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese