Blackthorne
Blackthorne is a cinematic platform game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. It was released for the Super NES and MS-DOS in 1994. The cover art for the SNES version was drawn by Jim Lee. The following year, Blackthorne was released for the Sega 32X with additional content. In 2013, Blizzard released the game for free on their Battle.net PC client. In celebration of the company's 30th anniversary, Blackthorne was re-released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One as part of the Blizzard Arcade Collection in February 2021.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1994
- Developer
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 1 January 1994 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Blizzard Entertainment |
| Publisher | Interplay Entertainment |
| Platforms | Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Genres | action game |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q880945, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Blackthorne? How long to beat it
Total play time for Blackthorne is about 9.2 hours to do everything, and around 7.2 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 7.2h | 31 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 7.4h | 8 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 9.2h | 11 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Blackthorne sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Blackthorne lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 50ahead of 7% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 32ahead of 74% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Blackthorne
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Blackthorne
What platforms is Blackthorne on?
Blackthorne is available on Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It first released in 1994.
Who made Blackthorne?
Blackthorne was developed by Blizzard Entertainment and published by Interplay Entertainment.
How long does it take to beat Blackthorne?
about 7.2 hours for the main story, 7.4 hours with the main extras, 9.2 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.