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BlazBlue Centralfiction

Arc System Works · 2017-04-25

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Action

Franchise: BlazBlue · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 06, 2016 (PlayStation 3), Oct 06, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Nov 19, 2015 (Arcade), Apr 26, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Combining a 2D fighting game with a visual novel, the BlazBlue series continues on with massive fan support! The latest installation, BlazBlue: Centralfiction, serves as the ending to the Azure Saga, revealing the hidden truth of the world!

BlazBlue Centralfiction is a $39.99 Action game released in 2017, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (94% of 12322 reviews).

348
playing now
94%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
53
twitch viewers (latest)
17.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
86/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
15
Nexus mods (18k downloads)
4.63★
PlayStation Store rating (4,706 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

348 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

BlazBlue: Central Fiction is a 2D fighting game developed and published by Arc System Works. It is the final game of the main series and the only game not to have an English dub.

Trailer

BlazBlue Centralfiction trailer thumbnail

「BLAZBLUE　CENTRALFICTION」Ver.2.0オープニング映像

≈243,602 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 348 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 590 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~74/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,740 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 310k–744k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,403 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.06 at AllYouPlay (2020-12-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 30 of 49 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
90590520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 905 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5041562026-09-15 12:00 — 280 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 224 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 199 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 272 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 261 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 280 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 181 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 213 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 314 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 233 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 229 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 192 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 177 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 408 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 337 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 287 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 449 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 276 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 301 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 504 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 357 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 336 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 348 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.3k107Apr 2017Aug 2026Apr 2017 — avg 290 · peak 1,031Jul 2017 — avg 255 · peak 549Oct 2017 — avg 196 · peak 325Jan 2018 — avg 202 · peak 345Apr 2018 — avg 185 · peak 374Jul 2018 — avg 170 · peak 339Oct 2018 — avg 126 · peak 246Jan 2019 — avg 138 · peak 269Apr 2019 — avg 212 · peak 671Jul 2019 — avg 155 · peak 329Oct 2019 — avg 124 · peak 259Jan 2020 — avg 138 · peak 235Apr 2020 — avg 134 · peak 377Jul 2020 — avg 173 · peak 310Oct 2020 — avg 161 · peak 305Jan 2021 — avg 208 · peak 393Apr 2021 — avg 200 · peak 380Jul 2021 — avg 166 · peak 311Oct 2021 — avg 135 · peak 295Jan 2022 — avg 697 · peak 1,352Apr 2022 — avg 262 · peak 394Jul 2022 — avg 272 · peak 433Oct 2022 — avg 250 · peak 437Jan 2023 — avg 284 · peak 443Apr 2023 — avg 294 · peak 472Jul 2023 — avg 236 · peak 350Oct 2023 — avg 258 · peak 438Jan 2024 — avg 193 · peak 301Apr 2024 — avg 208 · peak 361Jul 2024 — avg 225 · peak 380Oct 2024 — avg 178 · peak 303Jan 2025 — avg 238 · peak 372Apr 2025 — avg 245 · peak 422Jul 2025 — avg 248 · peak 398Oct 2025 — avg 194 · peak 370Jan 2026 — avg 260 · peak 443Apr 2026 — avg 211 · peak 345Jul 2026 — avg 629 · peak 1,316Aug 2026 — avg 320 · peak 577
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
12122026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 6 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 2 new positive2026-09-28: 4 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new positive2026-10-06: 7 new positive2026-10-07: 8 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new positive2026-10-09: 6 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 12 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$3.962017-04-262026-08-132017-04-26 — best price $31.992017-09-05 — best price $31.992017-11-23 — best price $23.592018-05-24 — best price $19.992018-11-05 — best price $39.992019-02-11 — best price $39.992019-08-01 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $7.992020-03-09 — best price $7.992020-07-24 — best price $7.632020-09-26 — best price $39.992020-11-12 — best price $7.992020-12-30 — best price $7.192021-02-15 — best price $39.992021-04-11 — best price $39.192021-06-21 — best price $39.992021-09-20 — best price $5.992021-12-13 — best price $5.392022-01-28 — best price $15.992022-04-04 — best price $39.992022-06-23 — best price $10.992022-08-29 — best price $13.192022-11-29 — best price $39.992023-02-06 — best price $9.992023-06-19 — best price $39.992023-11-13 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $6.482024-05-12 — best price $10.002024-08-26 — best price $37.162024-11-08 — best price $27.992025-03-16 — best price $7.822025-06-26 — best price $9.992025-08-25 — best price $31.042025-10-09 — best price $8.632025-11-20 — best price $6.482025-12-18 — best price $3.962026-04-20 — best price $9.992026-08-13 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.4k572026-06-01 — 75 pageviews2026-06-05 — 90 pageviews2026-06-09 — 81 pageviews2026-06-13 — 93 pageviews2026-06-17 — 78 pageviews2026-06-21 — 81 pageviews2026-06-25 — 3,404 pageviews2026-06-29 — 695 pageviews2026-07-03 — 284 pageviews2026-07-07 — 238 pageviews2026-07-11 — 153 pageviews2026-07-15 — 133 pageviews2026-07-19 — 171 pageviews2026-07-23 — 123 pageviews2026-07-27 — 132 pageviews2026-07-31 — 89 pageviews2026-08-04 — 99 pageviews2026-08-08 — 117 pageviews2026-08-12 — 114 pageviews2026-08-16 — 211 pageviews2026-08-20 — 138 pageviews2026-08-24 — 123 pageviews2026-08-28 — 93 pageviews2026-09-01 — 72 pageviews2026-09-05 — 68 pageviews2026-09-09 — 77 pageviews2026-09-13 — 86 pageviews2026-09-17 — 75 pageviews2026-09-21 — 76 pageviews2026-09-25 — 62 pageviews2026-09-29 — 73 pageviews2026-10-03 — 89 pageviews2026-10-07 — 98 pageviews2026-10-11 — 235 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

35802026-10-01 00:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 02:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 96 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-14 23:34 — 53 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
51.6%
earned "FINISH HIM!"
7.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-09-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,3152%48
PS4, PS3 (PlayStation)10,7198%53

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

AnimeActionArcadeNudityFightingDifficult2D FighterControllerStory RichMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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