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Blade of Darkness

Rebel Act Studios · SNEG · 2021-10-07

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ActionRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 07, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 24, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 15, 2023 (Xbox One), Mar 15, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 15, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Mar 15, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.

Blade of Darkness is a $5.99 Action and RPG game released in 2021, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Very Positive (90% of 2587 reviews).

5
playing now
90%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
4.14★
PlayStation Store rating (376 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

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

Severance: Blade of Darkness is an action-adventure game developed by Rebel Act Studios and originally published by Codemasters. The game was released in North America and Europe for Microsoft Windows in February 2001, receiving generally favorable reviews. A remastered version was released on Steam and GOG in October 2021, and one year later on Nintendo Switch through the Nintendo eShop, marking the debut of this game on any home console. It was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in March 2023.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 155 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (706 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 27,668 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 52k–116k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,587 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.79 at GOG (2014-08-08) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 35 of 70 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
66366320212026Week of 2021-10-01: 663 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2422026-09-15 00:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 8 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 11 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 23 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 12 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 21 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
16710Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 167 · peak 562Dec 2021 — avg 32 · peak 88Feb 2022 — avg 19 · peak 43Apr 2022 — avg 13 · peak 37Jun 2022 — avg 13 · peak 34Aug 2022 — avg 12 · peak 31Oct 2022 — avg 12 · peak 30Dec 2022 — avg 14 · peak 39Feb 2023 — avg 12 · peak 32Apr 2023 — avg 14 · peak 43Jun 2023 — avg 10 · peak 27Aug 2023 — avg 11 · peak 26Oct 2023 — avg 11 · peak 34Dec 2023 — avg 15 · peak 37Feb 2024 — avg 13 · peak 38Apr 2024 — avg 12 · peak 42Jun 2024 — avg 16 · peak 43Aug 2024 — avg 13 · peak 30Oct 2024 — avg 16 · peak 47Dec 2024 — avg 16 · peak 43Feb 2025 — avg 13 · peak 39Apr 2025 — avg 14 · peak 33Jun 2025 — avg 13 · peak 33Aug 2025 — avg 15 · peak 37Oct 2025 — avg 15 · peak 44Dec 2025 — avg 16 · peak 41Feb 2026 — avg 14 · peak 40Apr 2026 — avg 14 · peak 41Jun 2026 — avg 13 · peak 38Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 36
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002021-10-072026-10-102021-10-07 — best price $11.992021-12-13 — best price $10.042022-02-14 — best price $10.042022-05-06 — best price $8.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-10-10 — best price $8.992022-11-23 — best price $8.992023-01-10 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-11 — best price $7.492023-08-28 — best price $7.492023-11-09 — best price $14.992024-01-16 — best price $14.992024-03-02 — best price $14.992024-05-15 — best price $5.992024-07-18 — best price $14.992024-09-08 — best price $14.992024-10-23 — best price $14.992024-12-18 — best price $14.992025-01-31 — best price $14.992025-04-16 — best price $5.992025-06-10 — best price $5.992025-08-17 — best price $5.992025-10-02 — best price $5.992025-10-24 — best price $14.992025-12-07 — best price $14.992026-01-19 — best price $14.992026-03-05 — best price $14.992026-04-07 — best price $5.992026-05-16 — best price $14.992026-06-24 — best price $14.992026-08-12 — best price $14.992026-09-19 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

129312026-05-31 — 94 pageviews2026-06-04 — 81 pageviews2026-06-08 — 71 pageviews2026-06-12 — 62 pageviews2026-06-16 — 62 pageviews2026-06-20 — 63 pageviews2026-06-24 — 65 pageviews2026-06-28 — 65 pageviews2026-07-02 — 69 pageviews2026-07-06 — 60 pageviews2026-07-10 — 49 pageviews2026-07-14 — 79 pageviews2026-07-18 — 61 pageviews2026-07-22 — 82 pageviews2026-07-26 — 80 pageviews2026-07-30 — 62 pageviews2026-08-03 — 51 pageviews2026-08-07 — 129 pageviews2026-08-11 — 90 pageviews2026-08-15 — 57 pageviews2026-08-19 — 67 pageviews2026-08-23 — 78 pageviews2026-08-27 — 84 pageviews2026-08-31 — 75 pageviews2026-09-04 — 54 pageviews2026-09-08 — 88 pageviews2026-09-12 — 72 pageviews2026-09-16 — 61 pageviews2026-09-20 — 55 pageviews2026-09-24 — 55 pageviews2026-09-28 — 72 pageviews2026-10-02 — 38 pageviews2026-10-06 — 40 pageviews2026-10-09 — 31 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

56
achievements tracked
77.4%
earned "First Blood"
17.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9773%56
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)4662%53
PS5 (PlayStation)3483%54
PS4 (PlayStation)889%54
Switch (Nintendo)690%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

RPGDarkGoreActionCombatFantasyViolentDifficultAction RPGSouls-like

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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