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Blade Assault cover art

Blade Assault

TeamSuneat · NEOWIZ · 2022-01-17

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 07, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 30, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Sep 30, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Sep 30, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 31, 2023 (Xbox One), Mar 31, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Blade Assault is a 2D action rogue-lite platformer with beautiful pixel art set in a desolate sci-fi world. Fight against the corrupt military of Esperanza as part of the resistance force of the Undercity. Bring the corrupt to justice by becoming stronger and fighting alongside your trusty comrades.

1
playing now
74%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (327 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 10,962 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 46k–103k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,296 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$17.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$17.99
Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.69 at Fanatical (2023-11-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 66 of 105 observed days · $15.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27227220212026Week of 2021-06-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-08-07 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$2.782021-06-072026-08-302021-06-07 — best price $15.292021-09-29 — best price $14.392022-01-24 — best price $14.392022-05-03 — best price $17.992022-08-12 — best price $17.992022-11-04 — best price $17.992023-01-26 — best price $17.992023-03-24 — best price $5.392023-05-25 — best price $5.392023-07-22 — best price $13.222023-09-19 — best price $7.192023-12-02 — best price $17.992024-01-18 — best price $3.592024-02-25 — best price $13.222024-04-04 — best price $3.592024-05-16 — best price $3.592024-07-11 — best price $3.592024-08-19 — best price $3.602024-09-27 — best price $7.192024-11-01 — best price $2.962024-12-13 — best price $3.602025-02-03 — best price $13.222025-03-20 — best price $17.992025-06-10 — best price $3.592025-07-29 — best price $7.182025-09-12 — best price $3.592025-11-12 — best price $17.992026-01-10 — best price $17.992026-03-08 — best price $17.992026-04-30 — best price $17.992026-06-25 — best price $3.592026-08-08 — best price $17.992026-08-30 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
67.9%
earned "An Unfamiliar Ceiling"
4.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, German, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,3861%26
PS5 (PlayStation)992%27
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)530%26
PS5 (PlayStation)510%27
PS4 (PlayStation)293%27
PS4 (PlayStation)2313%27
Switch (Nintendo)70%0
PS5 (PlayStation)425%27
PS4 (PlayStation)30%27

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionSci-fiCyberpunkPlatformerRogue-likeRogue-liteSingleplayer2D Platformer

Census log

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

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