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Blood Bowl 3

Cyanide Studio · Slitherine Ltd. · 2023-02-23

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SportsStrategy

Franchise: Warhammer, Blood Bowl · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 23, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 23, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Feb 23, 2023 (Xbox One), Feb 23, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), TBD (Nintendo Switch), Feb 23, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

Brutal, crazy, tactical… this is BLOOD BOWL! The iconic death sport returns with the new video game of fantasy football faithfully using the latest board game rules and new content. Create your team, then crush, mulch and cheat your way to the top... leaving your opponents in the graveyard.

Blood Bowl 3 is a 2023 Sports and Strategy game priced at $29.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (50% of 5641 reviews) and an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners.

66
playing now
49%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
51/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (825 downloads)
2.48★
PlayStation Store rating (1,375 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

66 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Blood Bowl 3 is a turn-based fantasy sports video game developed by Cyanide Studios and published by Nacon. It is a sequel to the 2015 video game Blood Bowl 2, based on the Blood Bowl board game by Games Workshop and is the third Blood Bowl game created by Cyanide. The game was released on 23 February 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, with a Nintendo Switch port planned to be released at a later date.

Trailer

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Blood Bowl 3 - Official Gameplay Trailer

≈691,865 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 66 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 287 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,161 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 2,990 Sports games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 114k–256k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,678 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.65 at GameBillet (2025-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 89 of 97 observed days · $31.34 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
81181120232026Week of 2023-02-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 811 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

240382026-09-14 22:00 — 138 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 47 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 101 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 175 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 65 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 96 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 218 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 64 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 109 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 240 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 90 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 82 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 145 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 78 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 84 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 197 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 77 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 48 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 120 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 134 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 45 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 110 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 130 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 66 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
50491Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 504 · peak 1,486May 2023 — avg 91 · peak 229Jul 2023 — avg 341 · peak 807Sep 2023 — avg 198 · peak 641Nov 2023 — avg 215 · peak 449Jan 2024 — avg 233 · peak 533Mar 2024 — avg 287 · peak 836May 2024 — avg 209 · peak 565Jul 2024 — avg 236 · peak 553Sep 2024 — avg 290 · peak 989Nov 2024 — avg 221 · peak 530Jan 2025 — avg 280 · peak 618Mar 2025 — avg 313 · peak 990May 2025 — avg 231 · peak 680Jul 2025 — avg 253 · peak 589Sep 2025 — avg 308 · peak 919Nov 2025 — avg 275 · peak 729Jan 2026 — avg 284 · peak 659Mar 2026 — avg 204 · peak 484May 2026 — avg 158 · peak 383Jul 2026 — avg 124 · peak 309Aug 2026 — avg 121 · peak 242
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$8.122022-12-052026-10-142022-12-05 — best price $29.992023-03-06 — best price $24.882023-05-01 — best price $18.992023-06-01 — best price $21.992023-06-22 — best price $23.992023-07-21 — best price $20.232023-08-08 — best price $23.992023-09-10 — best price $23.292023-10-10 — best price $23.992023-11-18 — best price $16.182023-12-14 — best price $19.582024-01-05 — best price $22.042024-01-19 — best price $19.582024-02-28 — best price $9.992024-03-27 — best price $29.992024-04-22 — best price $11.992024-05-24 — best price $11.702024-06-18 — best price $11.382024-07-27 — best price $22.042024-08-23 — best price $22.042024-09-26 — best price $29.992024-10-19 — best price $23.392024-11-25 — best price $10.792025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-01-29 — best price $22.042025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-05-19 — best price $9.892025-07-17 — best price $11.702025-08-24 — best price $11.852025-09-29 — best price $11.692025-10-28 — best price $9.282025-11-21 — best price $8.652025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-02-05 — best price $11.992026-04-10 — best price $8.122026-06-01 — best price $9.892026-07-21 — best price $29.992026-09-09 — best price $39.992026-10-14 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

93362026-05-13 — 41 pageviews2026-05-17 — 44 pageviews2026-05-21 — 69 pageviews2026-05-25 — 63 pageviews2026-05-29 — 45 pageviews2026-06-02 — 59 pageviews2026-06-06 — 48 pageviews2026-06-10 — 50 pageviews2026-06-14 — 50 pageviews2026-06-18 — 61 pageviews2026-06-22 — 51 pageviews2026-06-26 — 66 pageviews2026-06-30 — 60 pageviews2026-07-04 — 54 pageviews2026-07-08 — 56 pageviews2026-07-12 — 52 pageviews2026-07-16 — 44 pageviews2026-07-20 — 74 pageviews2026-07-24 — 66 pageviews2026-07-28 — 66 pageviews2026-08-01 — 48 pageviews2026-08-05 — 38 pageviews2026-08-09 — 54 pageviews2026-08-13 — 51 pageviews2026-08-17 — 65 pageviews2026-08-21 — 49 pageviews2026-08-25 — 43 pageviews2026-08-29 — 36 pageviews2026-09-02 — 38 pageviews2026-09-06 — 53 pageviews2026-09-10 — 44 pageviews2026-09-14 — 47 pageviews2026-09-18 — 40 pageviews2026-09-22 — 58 pageviews2026-09-26 — 58 pageviews2026-09-30 — 49 pageviews2026-10-04 — 75 pageviews2026-10-08 — 85 pageviews2026-10-12 — 62 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
60.5%
earned "First of many"
14.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesCamera Comfort6 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2023-02-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1551%42
PS5 (PlayStation)9286%43
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3554%43
PS4 (PlayStation)2509%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

PvPRPGFunnyActionFantasyStrategyTacticalBoard GameTurn-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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