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BLADECHIMERA

Team Ladybug · PLAYISM · 2025-01-15

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 16, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 16, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Explore a dark and sinister Osaka as the Demon Hunter Shin. Battle demons, regain lost skills, and uncover the truth of your forgotten past in this exciting occult-inspired cyberpunk metroidvania.

89%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
82/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 7h · completionist 13h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)
Blade Chimera is a 2025 action game developed by Team Ladybug and WSS Playground, and published by Playism and WSS Playground. The player assumes Shin, a warrior who hunts demons in a post-apocalyptic world. It was released on 16 January 2025 for Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (376 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 13,843 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 29k–66k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,467 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-06-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
32332320252026Week of 2025-01-16: 323 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-01-23: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-13: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-20: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-21: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-27: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-09-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-09-10: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Cloud

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,08018%25

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

Player tags

2DNinjaActionDemonsSci-fiCyberpunkAction RPGDystopian PlatformerExploration

Census log

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

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