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BlazBlue Entropy Effect cover art

BlazBlue Entropy Effect

91Act · 2024-02-14

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

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

Releases: Aug 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 15, 2023 (Mac), Sep 29, 2024 (Android), Sep 29, 2024 (iOS), Feb 12, 2026 (PlayStation 5)

Enjoy action-packed flashy combat with incredibly satisfying combos and responsive controls! Numerous characters, each with completely unique playstyles and loads of unlockable moves & upgrades! This action roguelike sets the bar for fluid fast-paced action.

BlazBlue Entropy Effect is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game priced at $11.99, released in 2024, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (94% of 36431 reviews) sentiment.

2,236
playing now
94%
positive of 37k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6
twitch viewers (latest)
6.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
53/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
84/100
opencritic · mighty · 93% recommend · from 15 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

2,236 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

BlazBlue is a video game series created by Arc System Works. It has sold 1.7 million copies as of August 2012. The company's former chief development officer and video game franchise creator, Toshimichi Mori, was hired by Daisuke Ishiwatari to join Arc System Works on October 1, 2003. After eighteen years, Mori left the company on September 25, 2022. On February 28, 2023, he founded Studio Flare, one of the subsidiaries owned by NetEase.

Trailer

BlazBlue Entropy Effect trailer thumbnail

BlazBlue Entropy Effect - Official v1.0 Gameplay Launch Trailer

≈64,500 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 2,236 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,800 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~225/week).
  • · Review velocity down 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 738k–1.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 36,912 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.56 at GameBillet (2026-08-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 38 of 53 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.5k4.5k20232026Week of 2023-08-01: 2,212 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 399 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 925 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 659 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 841 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 239 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4,462 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 463 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4,003 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,479 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 757 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 997 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 930 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 877 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 746 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,305 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 867 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 803 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.5k2332026-09-15 12:00 — 1,364 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 233 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 582 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,300 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 322 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 524 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 878 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 1,052 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 966 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 2,636 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1,521 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 516 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 2,338 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 3,426 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 705 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 2,552 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 4,099 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 450 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2,012 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 3,980 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 538 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 1,158 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 2,236 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.4k281Aug 2023Aug 2026Aug 2023 — avg 1,660 · peak 4,725Sep 2023 — avg 774 · peak 3,141Oct 2023 — avg 281 · peak 954Nov 2023 — avg 360 · peak 1,766Dec 2023 — avg 433 · peak 2,067Jan 2024 — avg 469 · peak 6,665Feb 2024 — avg 2,314 · peak 6,854Mar 2024 — avg 2,102 · peak 6,940Apr 2024 — avg 1,225 · peak 4,488May 2024 — avg 662 · peak 1,945Jun 2024 — avg 555 · peak 2,670Jul 2024 — avg 1,005 · peak 4,110Aug 2024 — avg 665 · peak 2,118Sep 2024 — avg 507 · peak 2,448Oct 2024 — avg 1,280 · peak 4,287Nov 2024 — avg 646 · peak 2,653Dec 2024 — avg 779 · peak 2,347Jan 2025 — avg 2,416 · peak 11,842Feb 2025 — avg 2,241 · peak 8,397Mar 2025 — avg 1,030 · peak 2,982Apr 2025 — avg 950 · peak 3,133May 2025 — avg 1,012 · peak 3,753Jun 2025 — avg 984 · peak 4,192Jul 2025 — avg 943 · peak 3,416Aug 2025 — avg 600 · peak 1,343Sep 2025 — avg 1,891 · peak 7,992Oct 2025 — avg 769 · peak 1,971Nov 2025 — avg 558 · peak 1,490Dec 2025 — avg 554 · peak 1,530Jan 2026 — avg 489 · peak 1,465Feb 2026 — avg 1,136 · peak 3,445Mar 2026 — avg 817 · peak 2,293Apr 2026 — avg 563 · peak 1,454May 2026 — avg 672 · peak 1,681Jun 2026 — avg 597 · peak 1,598Jul 2026 — avg 676 · peak 1,723Aug 2026 — avg 1,422 · peak 4,940
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
41412026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 20 new positive2026-09-22: 9 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 19 new positive2026-09-25: 21 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 22 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 23 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-28: 27 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 41 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 17 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 25 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 18 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-07: 19 new positive2026-10-07: 2 new negative2026-10-08: 10 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 26 new positive2026-10-10: 21 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 10 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 13 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$9.992023-08-162026-08-182023-08-16 — best price $17.592023-11-28 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $16.492023-12-28 — best price $18.142024-02-03 — best price $16.992024-02-28 — best price $19.992024-03-18 — best price $13.312024-04-04 — best price $15.592024-05-16 — best price $14.992024-06-13 — best price $19.992024-07-23 — best price $15.592024-08-16 — best price $15.592024-08-24 — best price $13.472024-08-30 — best price $19.992024-10-01 — best price $13.792024-10-10 — best price $19.992024-12-01 — best price $15.592024-12-19 — best price $12.622024-12-26 — best price $14.002025-01-01 — best price $13.982025-02-03 — best price $19.992025-03-17 — best price $14.382025-04-08 — best price $19.992025-06-25 — best price $16.902025-07-14 — best price $16.902025-08-08 — best price $16.902025-08-31 — best price $16.602025-09-10 — best price $12.712025-09-30 — best price $13.992025-10-15 — best price $18.362025-11-19 — best price $19.992025-11-25 — best price $10.672025-12-25 — best price $13.642026-02-13 — best price $11.842026-03-20 — best price $12.652026-05-03 — best price $16.842026-07-03 — best price $12.492026-08-07 — best price $10.112026-08-18 — best price $16.53
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.5k1772026-05-29 — 240 pageviews2026-06-02 — 259 pageviews2026-06-06 — 294 pageviews2026-06-10 — 213 pageviews2026-06-14 — 271 pageviews2026-06-18 — 265 pageviews2026-06-22 — 242 pageviews2026-06-26 — 886 pageviews2026-06-30 — 557 pageviews2026-07-04 — 473 pageviews2026-07-08 — 414 pageviews2026-07-12 — 416 pageviews2026-07-16 — 385 pageviews2026-07-20 — 297 pageviews2026-07-24 — 356 pageviews2026-07-28 — 305 pageviews2026-08-01 — 257 pageviews2026-08-05 — 237 pageviews2026-08-09 — 328 pageviews2026-08-13 — 323 pageviews2026-08-17 — 282 pageviews2026-08-21 — 279 pageviews2026-08-25 — 268 pageviews2026-08-29 — 244 pageviews2026-09-02 — 240 pageviews2026-09-06 — 213 pageviews2026-09-10 — 190 pageviews2026-09-14 — 226 pageviews2026-09-18 — 189 pageviews2026-09-22 — 193 pageviews2026-09-26 — 208 pageviews2026-09-30 — 177 pageviews2026-10-04 — 229 pageviews2026-10-07 — 197 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

10302026-09-30 22:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 6 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
83.3%
earned "Night Hero"
34.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller Support9 DLC

9 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Post-launch support: 9 DLC released, first 2024-01-31, latest 2026-02-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,4882%43

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

2DAnimeIndieActionCyberpunk2D FighterPlatformerStory RichReplay ValueHack and Slash

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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