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Bladestar cover art

Bladestar

Fair Weather Studios · 2016-01-15

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 15, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Bladestar is a sci-fi cinematic action shooter featuring visually rich worlds with potentially endless enemies on each level. Defend the galaxy flying a Manta Starfighter through asteroid, mine, and debris fields while battling pirates, rebels, and aliens.

Bladestar is an Action game released in 2016, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (71% of 111 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 111 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 111 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2019-01-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420162026Week of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
310Jan 2016Jul 2023Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 16Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 5May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2020 — avg 3 · peak 14Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2Apr 2021 — avg 6 · peak 72Oct 2021 — avg 25 · peak 395Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 80Jun 2022 — avg 18 · peak 297Oct 2022 — avg 13 · peak 448Jan 2023 — avg 21 · peak 550May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 22Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.492016-01-152026-08-102016-01-15 — best price $8.992016-03-21 — best price $6.992016-06-01 — best price $4.992016-07-25 — best price $4.492016-09-26 — best price $3.492016-12-05 — best price $2.492017-02-06 — best price $2.492017-06-12 — best price $1.492017-08-28 — best price $1.492017-11-22 — best price $3.492018-01-09 — best price $0.992018-03-26 — best price $0.992018-05-28 — best price $0.992018-07-06 — best price $9.992018-10-15 — best price $9.992019-03-25 — best price $0.492019-07-15 — best price $0.992019-11-04 — best price $0.492020-03-02 — best price $0.492020-08-24 — best price $0.492021-01-18 — best price $0.492021-10-25 — best price $0.492022-02-07 — best price $0.492022-06-13 — best price $0.492022-10-03 — best price $0.492023-02-27 — best price $0.492023-06-05 — best price $0.492023-09-25 — best price $0.492024-01-08 — best price $3.042024-07-15 — best price $0.792025-04-28 — best price $0.792025-07-28 — best price $0.792025-10-27 — best price $0.792026-04-06 — best price $0.792026-08-03 — best price $0.542026-08-10 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
4.5%
earned "Max Blaster"
2.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceActionArcadeCasualSci-fiClassicShooterDifficult

Census log

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

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