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Bleak Sword DX cover art

Bleak Sword DX

more8bit · Devolver Digital · 2023-06-08

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Jun 08, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 08, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Discover and destroy increasingly horrifying creatures across an oppressive lofi world, wielding fierce weaponry and powerful magic in this pocket-sized action adventure.

2
playing now
77%
positive of 701 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
5h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-09-18 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Bleak Sword is a 2019 action role-playing video game developed by Spanish studio more8bit and published by Devolver Digital. The game was originally released on September 19, 2019 for iOS, macOS and tvOS through Apple Arcade, with an updated version, Bleak Sword DX, releasing on June 8, 2023 for Nintendo Switch and Windows. The game continues to build on the core elements of the original game, offering expanded gameplay mechanics, narrative techniques, and atmospheric world-building. The game is centered around nine chapters of cursed diorama battlefields, where the hero must lift the curse of the legendary Bleak Sword by eliminating the hostile creatures in each environment.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 77 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 16,269 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–32k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 701 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.49-75%
GOG$3.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-09-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 73 of 117 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14214220232026Week of 2023-06-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$2.132023-06-082026-09-182023-06-08 — best price $8.992023-09-07 — best price $8.992023-10-30 — best price $7.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-02-07 — best price $7.992024-03-07 — best price $6.992024-04-09 — best price $5.992024-05-03 — best price $5.992024-06-07 — best price $5.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-08-01 — best price $5.992024-09-04 — best price $5.992024-10-03 — best price $4.992024-11-03 — best price $5.992024-12-03 — best price $8.502025-01-09 — best price $9.992025-02-10 — best price $4.992025-03-10 — best price $4.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-04-30 — best price $4.252025-05-28 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $4.992025-08-06 — best price $4.992025-09-11 — best price $9.992025-10-07 — best price $4.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992025-12-11 — best price $2.492026-02-04 — best price $2.492026-03-08 — best price $9.992026-04-09 — best price $9.992026-05-05 — best price $2.492026-06-01 — best price $8.502026-07-13 — best price $3.992026-08-08 — best price $2.492026-08-18 — best price $2.492026-09-18 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2022026-06-20 — 15 pageviews2026-06-23 — 11 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-29 — 7 pageviews2026-07-02 — 10 pageviews2026-07-05 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 11 pageviews2026-07-14 — 15 pageviews2026-07-17 — 11 pageviews2026-07-20 — 15 pageviews2026-07-23 — 9 pageviews2026-07-26 — 5 pageviews2026-07-29 — 8 pageviews2026-08-01 — 4 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-10 — 7 pageviews2026-08-13 — 10 pageviews2026-08-16 — 7 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-22 — 11 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-28 — 8 pageviews2026-08-31 — 8 pageviews2026-09-03 — 4 pageviews2026-09-06 — 7 pageviews2026-09-09 — 9 pageviews2026-09-12 — 6 pageviews2026-09-15 — 7 pageviews2026-09-17 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
89.5%
earned "VAMPIRE KILLER"
3.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-07-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9141%37
Switch (Nintendo)620%0

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

Player tags

2DActionArcadeHorrorLinearFantasySwordplay2D FighterControllerMinimalist

Census log

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

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