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Arena: Blood on the Sand VR cover art

Arena: Blood on the Sand VR

Random Bird Studio · Conglomerate 5 · 2017-01-10

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Jan 10, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Arena: Blood on the Sand - virtual action game with exciting mechanics of melee combat.

Arena: Blood on the Sand VR is an Action, Indie, Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $4.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (68% of 94 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

0
playing now
68%
positive of 94 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.4k–5.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 94 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.28 at Steam (2022-12-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 11 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 9 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2200Jan 2017Aug 2026Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2019 — avg 220 · peak 5,460Jul 2019 — avg 42 · peak 2,339May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 34Jun 2022 — avg 103 · peak 696Jul 2022 — avg 29 · peak 385Aug 2022 — avg 30 · peak 720Sep 2022 — avg 5 · peak 29Oct 2022 — avg 14 · peak 370Nov 2022 — avg 15 · peak 524Dec 2022 — avg 64 · peak 864Jan 2023 — avg 57 · peak 829Feb 2023 — avg 35 · peak 1,827Mar 2023 — avg 121 · peak 2,340Apr 2023 — avg 17 · peak 295May 2023 — avg 22 · peak 1,318Jun 2023 — avg 34 · peak 908Jul 2023 — avg 111 · peak 1,175Aug 2023 — avg 19 · peak 61Feb 2024 — avg 20 · peak 462Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 74Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 209Feb 2026 — avg 19 · peak 280Jun 2026 — avg 33 · peak 660Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 260
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.282017-01-112026-07-272017-01-11 — best price $8.092017-06-22 — best price $3.192018-09-03 — best price $2.492019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-07-15 — best price $2.442019-10-28 — best price $1.692019-12-16 — best price $4.992020-03-16 — best price $1.392020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-10-29 — best price $1.142020-12-01 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $1.142021-05-17 — best price $4.992021-09-27 — best price $0.842021-11-22 — best price $4.992022-01-17 — best price $0.842022-04-11 — best price $0.792022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-10-03 — best price $0.992022-12-12 — best price $0.282023-01-30 — best price $0.992023-04-17 — best price $0.282023-07-13 — best price $0.992023-10-16 — best price $0.492023-12-11 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-05-13 — best price $0.992024-07-29 — best price $0.492024-11-04 — best price $0.992024-12-19 — best price $0.492025-03-20 — best price $0.992025-06-16 — best price $0.492025-08-18 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-07-13 — best price $0.692026-07-27 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
2.5%
earned "test_test"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

VRIndieActionSwordplayControllerSimulationArena Shooter

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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