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Bladestar cover art

Bladestar

Fair Weather Studios · 2016-01-15

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
71%
positive of 110 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 67% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 110 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 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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).

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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