A cat-headed detective, a boxing club, and the grimiest New York noir has ever produced.

When the community picks on gut feeling, with no criterion at all, Blacksad: Under the Skin only edges out 12% of games. The detail mostly confirms it: attachment sits very low, the desert island question lower still, and fun lands flat at the very bottom of the ranking. Controller feel collapses too, on few votes admittedly, but the direction is clear. One line genuinely holds up: the art style, ahead of a little over half the field. That is the real tension here, the game seduces through what it shows, far less through what it asks you to do. The urge to rediscover it stays middle of the pack, worth confirming with more votes.

In narrative noir, this profile is familiar. The genre lives off atmosphere, characters and staging, and pays dearly the moment you ask it for pure play sensation. Blacksad does not cheat about that. It commits to investigation, dialogue and choices, not to feel.

So, who is it for? For you if you love a dark mood held from start to finish, a strong comic-book look, and a case that takes its time. Much less so if you want a game that grips the controller in your hands, or an evening that quietly slips to 3am.