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Blaston

Resolution Games · 2020-12-15

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Oct 08, 2020 (Oculus Quest), Oct 08, 2020 (Meta Quest 2), Oct 08, 2020 (Oculus VR), Oct 08, 2020 (SteamVR)

In the slow-motion bullet-hell of Blaston, you duck, dodge, and weave to evade incoming attacks while preparing your dazzling next combos in a flash of skill. You feel like Neo and leave each session with your heart racing in this super fun tactical workout. Most importantly... Never. Stay. Still.

92%
positive of 577 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (118 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 17,203 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $5.59 at GreenManGaming (2021-10-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11611620202026Week of 2020-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Swedish, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Italian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-10-29 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DVRFPSPvPArcadeShooterStrategyCyberpunk3D FighterFast-Paced

Census log

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