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BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend cover art

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend

Arc System Works · 2014-12-11

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: May 31, 2012 (PlayStation Portable), Dec 17, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Sep 05, 2011 (Arcade), Feb 24, 2012 (Xbox 360), Feb 15, 2012 (PlayStation Vita), Dec 11, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The second entry in the critically acclaimed BlazBlue franchise, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend adds a number of gameplay modes, story scenarios, new moves, and an all-new playable character to further enhance the BlazBlue experience and solidify its status as one of the all-time great 2D fighters

1
playing now
90%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 41k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,647 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$17.99-10%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2021-02-11) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 54 of 64 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1112026-08-06 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 10 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$1.992015-01-012026-08-182015-01-01 — best price $29.992015-03-24 — best price $17.882015-06-27 — best price $29.992015-10-29 — best price $10.192016-04-01 — best price $16.812016-10-28 — best price $4.492017-03-17 — best price $19.982017-07-17 — best price $19.992017-12-21 — best price $3.992018-09-27 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $2.992019-07-10 — best price $18.992019-11-02 — best price $19.592020-03-06 — best price $19.992020-07-09 — best price $17.082020-09-18 — best price $2.642020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-01-27 — best price $19.992021-04-05 — best price $2.992021-06-14 — best price $2.992021-09-20 — best price $2.992021-12-20 — best price $19.992022-03-01 — best price $2.992022-05-23 — best price $2.522022-08-06 — best price $2.702022-11-21 — best price $19.992023-01-30 — best price $16.722023-05-04 — best price $16.592023-11-01 — best price $2.592024-03-15 — best price $2.802024-06-01 — best price $18.992024-10-03 — best price $3.002025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-03-25 — best price $16.592025-08-02 — best price $14.842025-09-30 — best price $2.122025-10-31 — best price $2.432025-11-29 — best price $2.362026-02-02 — best price $19.992026-08-18 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
26.3%
earned "Better Safe Than Sorry"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVRemote Play Together1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS Vita (PlayStation)9,5109%51
PS3 (PlayStation)6,74312%51
Steam (Steam)3,8322%50

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DAnimeActionArcadeFighting2D FighterStory RichCompetitiveMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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