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BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

Arc System Works · 2014-02-13

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 04, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Aug 20, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 26, 2010 (Xbox 360), Nov 19, 2008 (Arcade)

The first hi-res 2D fighter from the creators of the Guilty Gear series! BlazBlue is a traditional 2D fighter where two characters participate in a duel.

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger is an Action game released in 2014 for $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 3233 reviews).

3
playing now
86%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (55 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (3 downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger is a 2D fighting game developed by Arc System Works. Its name is a combination of the words "blaze" and "blue" when the title is rendered in rōmaji, and of the words "brave" and "blue" when rendered in katakana. As Japanese people usually follow the katakana rendering, the Japanese pronunciation is made similar to the word "bray", entirely omitting the "z" sound. The game was released for the arcade in 2008, and for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2009, and Microsoft Windows in 2010. A port for the PlayStation Portable, titled BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Portable, was also released in 2010. It is the first game of the main series.

Trailer

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger trailer thumbnail

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Official Trailer

≈196,761 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 77 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 81k–194k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,233 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.90 at GameBillet (2025-10-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 33 of 60 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
333320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
854Feb 2014Aug 2026Feb 2014 — avg 85 · peak 226Jun 2014 — avg 18 · peak 52Oct 2014 — avg 17 · peak 134Feb 2015 — avg 20 · peak 79Jun 2015 — avg 22 · peak 55Oct 2015 — avg 10 · peak 37Feb 2016 — avg 18 · peak 50Jun 2016 — avg 12 · peak 53Oct 2016 — avg 8 · peak 31Feb 2017 — avg 7 · peak 20Jun 2017 — avg 14 · peak 49Oct 2017 — avg 8 · peak 27Feb 2018 — avg 11 · peak 33Jun 2018 — avg 14 · peak 48Oct 2018 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2019 — avg 6 · peak 19Jun 2019 — avg 6 · peak 19Oct 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2020 — avg 5 · peak 13Jun 2020 — avg 6 · peak 25Oct 2020 — avg 7 · peak 25Feb 2021 — avg 8 · peak 20Jun 2021 — avg 16 · peak 54Oct 2021 — avg 6 · peak 26Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 26Jun 2022 — avg 8 · peak 24Oct 2022 — avg 6 · peak 21Feb 2023 — avg 8 · peak 35Jun 2023 — avg 8 · peak 23Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Jun 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 16Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.81$0.952015-01-012026-08-202015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-04-03 — best price $6.392015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-11-05 — best price $9.992016-04-28 — best price $1.992016-11-03 — best price $9.992017-04-24 — best price $9.992017-09-06 — best price $9.992018-06-22 — best price $1.492018-11-28 — best price $9.492019-07-08 — best price $9.992019-11-10 — best price $1.492020-03-17 — best price $9.792020-08-06 — best price $1.492020-10-29 — best price $1.232021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-04-01 — best price $1.492021-06-17 — best price $1.192021-10-20 — best price $9.992022-01-18 — best price $8.582022-04-23 — best price $8.992022-07-25 — best price $1.492022-10-10 — best price $9.992023-01-22 — best price $9.992023-04-28 — best price $1.502023-08-28 — best price $1.492024-02-06 — best price $9.992024-05-02 — best price $1.492024-08-05 — best price $1.492024-10-29 — best price $1.242025-02-05 — best price $1.492025-05-19 — best price $9.992025-08-25 — best price $9.162025-10-13 — best price $9.382025-11-22 — best price $1.122026-01-06 — best price $9.692026-08-18 — best price $8.992026-08-20 — best price $8.64
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

257432026-05-28 — 89 pageviews2026-06-01 — 71 pageviews2026-06-05 — 73 pageviews2026-06-09 — 61 pageviews2026-06-13 — 74 pageviews2026-06-17 — 71 pageviews2026-06-21 — 62 pageviews2026-06-25 — 257 pageviews2026-06-29 — 160 pageviews2026-07-03 — 142 pageviews2026-07-07 — 125 pageviews2026-07-11 — 113 pageviews2026-07-15 — 86 pageviews2026-07-19 — 111 pageviews2026-07-23 — 72 pageviews2026-07-27 — 95 pageviews2026-07-31 — 72 pageviews2026-08-04 — 70 pageviews2026-08-08 — 98 pageviews2026-08-12 — 95 pageviews2026-08-16 — 88 pageviews2026-08-20 — 80 pageviews2026-08-24 — 79 pageviews2026-08-28 — 70 pageviews2026-09-01 — 65 pageviews2026-09-05 — 69 pageviews2026-09-09 — 57 pageviews2026-09-13 — 92 pageviews2026-09-17 — 72 pageviews2026-09-21 — 67 pageviews2026-09-25 — 50 pageviews2026-09-29 — 74 pageviews2026-10-03 — 76 pageviews2026-10-07 — 69 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360, GFWL (Xbox)15,3197%50
Windows 8 (Xbox)66941%10

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

2DCuteAnimeActionArcadeFighting2D FighterControllerStory RichBeat 'em up

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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