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Blades of Fire

MercurySteam · 505 Games · 2026-05-14

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 22, 2025 (PlayStation 5), May 22, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), May 22, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A dark fantasy adventure where forging steel shapes combat, progression, and fate.

76%
positive of 661 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
83/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
54/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)
Blades of Fire is a 2025 action-adventure game developed by MercurySteam and published by 505 Games. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on 22 May 2025. It received mixed reviews from critics and failed to meet the sales expectations of 505 Games' parent company Digital Bros.

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  • · Top 41% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 13k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 661 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $23.67 at GameBillet (2026-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 64 of 81 observed days (census price snapshots)

Price history

$59.99$21.822025-02-272026-08-262025-02-27 — best price $53.992025-03-24 — best price $42.112025-03-28 — best price $53.992025-04-08 — best price $53.992025-05-20 — best price $50.752025-05-26 — best price $59.992025-07-02 — best price $59.992025-09-04 — best price $47.992025-09-23 — best price $47.992025-10-02 — best price $47.992025-11-04 — best price $41.992025-11-21 — best price $47.992025-12-05 — best price $53.992025-12-19 — best price $41.992026-01-06 — best price $53.992026-02-05 — best price $41.992026-02-14 — best price $35.272026-02-26 — best price $53.992026-03-20 — best price $35.272026-03-30 — best price $41.992026-05-13 — best price $39.982026-05-17 — best price $29.792026-05-21 — best price $31.912026-06-01 — best price $33.882026-06-15 — best price $33.192026-06-24 — best price $29.612026-06-30 — best price $25.272026-07-10 — best price $32.512026-07-14 — best price $39.992026-08-04 — best price $25.592026-08-12 — best price $39.992026-08-15 — best price $32.492026-08-19 — best price $32.512026-08-24 — best price $23.892026-08-26 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

622682026-05-29 — 187 pageviews2026-06-01 — 127 pageviews2026-06-04 — 77 pageviews2026-06-07 — 133 pageviews2026-06-10 — 550 pageviews2026-06-13 — 144 pageviews2026-06-16 — 303 pageviews2026-06-19 — 231 pageviews2026-06-22 — 323 pageviews2026-06-25 — 174 pageviews2026-06-28 — 185 pageviews2026-07-01 — 622 pageviews2026-07-04 — 234 pageviews2026-07-07 — 199 pageviews2026-07-10 — 136 pageviews2026-07-13 — 162 pageviews2026-07-16 — 100 pageviews2026-07-19 — 167 pageviews2026-07-22 — 107 pageviews2026-07-25 — 95 pageviews2026-07-28 — 103 pageviews2026-07-31 — 79 pageviews2026-08-03 — 83 pageviews2026-08-06 — 77 pageviews2026-08-09 — 89 pageviews2026-08-12 — 86 pageviews2026-08-15 — 94 pageviews2026-08-18 — 121 pageviews2026-08-21 — 79 pageviews2026-08-24 — 162 pageviews2026-08-26 — 113 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
97.1%
earned "First Forging"
11.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)4,1350%46
Xbox Series (Xbox)5700%45
Steam (Steam)3781%45

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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