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Blackthorn Arena: Reforged

PersonaeGame Studio · Light Up Games · 2024-11-02

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 02, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Re-experience the thrill and challenges of managing a Gladiator arena in this management/simulation game. With new content, new graphics, Quality of Life updates, and all DLCs packed into this new experience, this is how Blackthorn Arena was meant to be experienced.

31
playing now
67%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$24.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 6,689 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–45k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,001 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.84 at GameBillet (2026-08-01) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 83 of 123 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

3752026-08-12 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 24 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 23 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 24 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 25 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 26 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 24 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 16 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 33 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 29 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 37 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 19 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 32 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 22 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 19 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 29 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$7.842024-11-022026-08-152024-11-02 — best price $19.992025-02-09 — best price $24.992025-03-19 — best price $18.742025-04-07 — best price $16.242025-04-19 — best price $15.102025-05-01 — best price $16.242025-05-18 — best price $12.492025-06-16 — best price $20.722025-07-02 — best price $10.592025-07-15 — best price $24.992025-07-25 — best price $10.192025-09-04 — best price $12.492025-10-01 — best price $10.192025-10-15 — best price $17.492025-11-04 — best price $20.722025-11-14 — best price $11.512025-11-23 — best price $9.092025-12-03 — best price $9.192025-12-10 — best price $9.842025-12-25 — best price $11.372026-01-12 — best price $24.992026-01-30 — best price $24.992026-02-10 — best price $24.992026-03-03 — best price $24.992026-03-13 — best price $24.992026-03-25 — best price $24.742026-04-17 — best price $21.492026-05-03 — best price $24.992026-05-14 — best price $9.962026-05-20 — best price $10.392026-06-02 — best price $21.482026-06-14 — best price $21.052026-06-26 — best price $9.852026-07-24 — best price $9.992026-08-01 — best price $7.842026-08-13 — best price $21.052026-08-15 — best price $21.05
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
66%
earned "Auspicious beginning"
14.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing3 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1490%38

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CRPGFantasyCraftingMedievalStrategyManagementSimulationCity BuilderDark FantasyStrategy RPG

Census log

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

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