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Blade Assault

TeamSuneat · NEOWIZ · 2022-01-17

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Blade Assault is an Action and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $17.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 2294 reviews).

5
playing now
74%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.25★
PlayStation Store rating (69 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 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 10% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 46k–103k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,294 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.59-80%
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 71 of 135 observed days · $0.90 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

802026-09-15 14:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1582Jun 2021Aug 2026Jun 2021 — avg 143 · peak 480Aug 2021 — avg 56 · peak 225Oct 2021 — avg 55 · peak 185Dec 2021 — avg 20 · peak 49Feb 2022 — avg 76 · peak 153Apr 2022 — avg 34 · peak 204Jun 2022 — avg 18 · peak 64Aug 2022 — avg 22 · peak 67Oct 2022 — avg 15 · peak 49Dec 2022 — avg 44 · peak 116Feb 2023 — avg 19 · peak 46Apr 2023 — avg 12 · peak 31Jun 2023 — avg 15 · peak 38Aug 2023 — avg 11 · peak 34Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 24Dec 2023 — avg 9 · peak 24Feb 2024 — avg 9 · peak 34Apr 2024 — avg 9 · peak 30Jun 2024 — avg 8 · peak 38Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Oct 2024 — avg 6 · peak 15Dec 2024 — avg 6 · peak 15Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 11Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$17.99$2.782021-06-072026-10-142021-06-07 — 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 $17.992026-09-06 — best price $17.992026-09-21 — best price $17.992026-10-06 — best price $17.992026-10-14 — best price $3.59
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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-01-18 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieActionSci-fiCyberpunkPlatformerRogue-likeRogue-liteSingleplayer2D Platformer

Census log

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

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