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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

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

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

5
playing now
67%
positive of 92 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$4.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 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 70% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 92 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 13 of 16 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

25202026-08-11 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 47 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 29 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 45 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 18 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 18 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 252 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 55 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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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