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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

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.

826
playing now
94%
positive of 36k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
twitch viewers (latest)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
53/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

826 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 826 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 5% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 719k–1.6M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 35,969 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$16.53-17%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 55 of 71 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

4.9k4062026-08-06 22:00 — 406 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 1,170 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 2,125 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 423 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 1,577 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 2,278 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 505 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1,794 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 2,378 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 508 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 1,415 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 2,235 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 453 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1,424 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 2,272 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 420 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 2,591 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 4,276 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,033 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 2,051 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 2,973 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 730 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1,337 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 2,077 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 754 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 807 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,353 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 855 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 804 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 826 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

1.5k1952026-05-29 — 240 pageviews2026-06-01 — 214 pageviews2026-06-04 — 276 pageviews2026-06-07 — 235 pageviews2026-06-10 — 213 pageviews2026-06-13 — 235 pageviews2026-06-16 — 217 pageviews2026-06-19 — 200 pageviews2026-06-22 — 242 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1,369 pageviews2026-06-28 — 1,477 pageviews2026-07-01 — 501 pageviews2026-07-04 — 473 pageviews2026-07-07 — 428 pageviews2026-07-10 — 411 pageviews2026-07-13 — 354 pageviews2026-07-16 — 385 pageviews2026-07-19 — 287 pageviews2026-07-22 — 332 pageviews2026-07-25 — 298 pageviews2026-07-28 — 305 pageviews2026-07-31 — 225 pageviews2026-08-03 — 288 pageviews2026-08-06 — 322 pageviews2026-08-09 — 328 pageviews2026-08-12 — 273 pageviews2026-08-15 — 314 pageviews2026-08-18 — 295 pageviews2026-08-21 — 279 pageviews2026-08-24 — 309 pageviews2026-08-26 — 217 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

9302026-08-26 19:15 — 9 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 16 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 81 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 2 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

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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