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Blades of Time cover art

Blades of Time

Gaijin Entertainment Corporation · 2012-04-20

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 06, 2012 (Xbox 360), May 14, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 20, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 20, 2012 (Mac), Mar 08, 2012 (PlayStation 3)

Ayumi, the gorgeous gun and sword-wielding treasure hunter, sets out on a journey to an ancient island in search of new adventures. While rich in bounty, the island is also filled with the magic of Chaos, being at the same time home to blood thirsty monsters.

Blades of Time is an Action and Adventure game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 2709 reviews).

4
playing now
78%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (3.0k downloads)
6.5h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Blades of Time is a 2012 hack and slash video game developed by Gaijin Entertainment and published by Konami and Iceberg Interactive for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Mac OS X. It is a reboot/sequel to Gaijin Entertainment's 2007 game X-Blades. In the English version, the lead character is voiced by Miranda Raison.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 100 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 109k–218k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,725 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at WinGameStore (2025-01-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 68 of 89 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
472Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 38 · peak 78Dec 2012 — avg 18 · peak 59May 2013 — avg 15 · peak 45Oct 2013 — avg 9 · peak 28Mar 2014 — avg 12 · peak 40Aug 2014 — avg 12 · peak 50Jan 2015 — avg 15 · peak 42Jun 2015 — avg 11 · peak 28Nov 2015 — avg 8 · peak 23Apr 2016 — avg 10 · peak 27Sep 2016 — avg 7 · peak 21Feb 2017 — avg 6 · peak 18Jul 2017 — avg 6 · peak 17Dec 2017 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 17Oct 2018 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 8Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 11Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$38.57$1.592015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $6.242015-02-06 — best price $18.952015-03-05 — best price $16.792015-04-03 — best price $15.992015-05-27 — best price $15.862015-07-25 — best price $14.912016-02-13 — best price $9.992016-08-11 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $4.992017-05-11 — best price $2.492018-01-16 — best price $2.492018-07-17 — best price $19.992018-12-02 — best price $21.242019-01-26 — best price $20.682019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-10-14 — best price $9.992020-01-19 — best price $5.192020-06-12 — best price $9.992020-12-16 — best price $4.992021-03-26 — best price $1.602021-06-24 — best price $4.992021-08-27 — best price $1.592021-12-04 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $3.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992024-03-20 — best price $9.992024-09-25 — best price $3.992025-04-10 — best price $3.992025-09-25 — best price $1.992026-01-23 — best price $1.992026-06-17 — best price $1.992026-09-05 — best price $1.992026-09-23 — best price $9.992026-10-11 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

109272026-06-01 — 36 pageviews2026-06-05 — 82 pageviews2026-06-09 — 47 pageviews2026-06-13 — 65 pageviews2026-06-17 — 56 pageviews2026-06-21 — 51 pageviews2026-06-25 — 51 pageviews2026-06-29 — 47 pageviews2026-07-03 — 55 pageviews2026-07-07 — 109 pageviews2026-07-11 — 36 pageviews2026-07-15 — 44 pageviews2026-07-19 — 71 pageviews2026-07-23 — 64 pageviews2026-07-27 — 63 pageviews2026-07-31 — 27 pageviews2026-08-04 — 57 pageviews2026-08-08 — 69 pageviews2026-08-12 — 67 pageviews2026-08-16 — 75 pageviews2026-08-20 — 44 pageviews2026-08-24 — 55 pageviews2026-08-28 — 58 pageviews2026-09-01 — 48 pageviews2026-09-05 — 47 pageviews2026-09-09 — 54 pageviews2026-09-13 — 66 pageviews2026-09-17 — 50 pageviews2026-09-21 — 61 pageviews2026-09-25 — 63 pageviews2026-09-29 — 49 pageviews2026-10-03 — 61 pageviews2026-10-07 — 61 pageviews2026-10-10 — 32 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
81.5%
earned "Gather Chi"
15%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2012-04-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,3553%35
PS3 (PlayStation)4,20425%36
Xbox 360 (Xbox)3,13110%35
Switch (Nintendo)20%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

RPGActionNudityFantasyAdventureControllerMultiplayerSingleplayerThird PersonHack and Slash

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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