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BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend

Arc System Works · 2014-12-11

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view, Text

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

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend is a 2014 Action game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 1650 reviews).

7
playing now
90%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (5 downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift is a 2D fighting game developed and published by Arc System Works. It came to arcades, before it was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was later released for the Taito Type X2 arcade system board, with a 1.66:1 aspect ratio and 1280 x 768 pixels (768p) resolution. Revisions entitled BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend were released in arcades between 2010 and 2011. They were later ported to the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS, and Windows. It is the second game of the main series.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 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 12% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 41k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,650 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 37 of 46 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

1602026-09-14 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 16 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
880Nov 2014Aug 2026Nov 2014 — avg 0 · peak 5Mar 2015 — avg 37 · peak 89Jul 2015 — avg 36 · peak 68Nov 2015 — avg 50 · peak 172Mar 2016 — avg 26 · peak 64Jul 2016 — avg 24 · peak 50Nov 2016 — avg 15 · peak 32Mar 2017 — avg 7 · peak 24Jul 2017 — avg 30 · peak 93Nov 2017 — avg 11 · peak 27Mar 2018 — avg 54 · peak 173Jul 2018 — avg 18 · peak 41Nov 2018 — avg 9 · peak 26Mar 2019 — avg 6 · peak 17Jul 2019 — avg 9 · peak 24Nov 2019 — avg 8 · peak 20Mar 2020 — avg 14 · peak 48Jul 2020 — avg 10 · peak 25Nov 2020 — avg 11 · peak 40Mar 2021 — avg 12 · peak 36Jul 2021 — avg 9 · peak 25Nov 2021 — avg 6 · peak 16Mar 2022 — avg 7 · peak 22Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 16Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Mar 2023 — avg 6 · peak 14Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Nov 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 25Jul 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Nov 2024 — avg 6 · peak 15Mar 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Jul 2025 — avg 7 · peak 14Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 24Mar 2026 — avg 6 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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).

Attention

202212026-06-04 — 41 pageviews2026-06-08 — 40 pageviews2026-06-12 — 46 pageviews2026-06-16 — 45 pageviews2026-06-20 — 48 pageviews2026-06-24 — 85 pageviews2026-06-28 — 202 pageviews2026-07-02 — 85 pageviews2026-07-06 — 84 pageviews2026-07-10 — 66 pageviews2026-07-14 — 64 pageviews2026-07-18 — 63 pageviews2026-07-22 — 50 pageviews2026-07-26 — 57 pageviews2026-07-30 — 44 pageviews2026-08-03 — 41 pageviews2026-08-07 — 52 pageviews2026-08-11 — 64 pageviews2026-08-15 — 47 pageviews2026-08-19 — 45 pageviews2026-08-23 — 64 pageviews2026-08-27 — 43 pageviews2026-08-31 — 61 pageviews2026-09-04 — 35 pageviews2026-09-08 — 42 pageviews2026-09-12 — 50 pageviews2026-09-16 — 40 pageviews2026-09-20 — 40 pageviews2026-09-24 — 44 pageviews2026-09-28 — 29 pageviews2026-10-02 — 53 pageviews2026-10-06 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-12-12 (Steam store data)

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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