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Blood of Steel cover art

Blood of Steel

YC Games · 2020-10-20

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionMassively MultiplayerStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Feb 20, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"Blood of Steel" is a fair competitive multiplayer online game. You will ride into a battlefield where thousands clash, employing unique four-directional slashing maneuvers and strategic formations to defeat your opponents, experiencing the charm of warfare in the age of cold weapons!

Blood of Steel is a free-to-play Action, Massively Multiplayer, Strategy and Free To Play game released in 2020, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Mostly Positive (75% of 6904 reviews).

106
playing now
75%
positive of 6.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
51/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

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

How will YOU claim victory in battles fought with cold hard steel? Troop organization and cunning strategies for engaging the enemy are of utmost importance. That's what is key in Blood of Steel: to gain the strategic advantage and crush the enemy beneath your fist, you must first familiarize capability of your troops with various weaponry and legion equipment, as well as utilize the terrain to its fullest.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Blood of Steel trailer thumbnail

Blood of Steel: Official Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 106 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 109 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,235 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20202026Week of 2020-10-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,044 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

136202026-09-15 12:00 — 132 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 30 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 61 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 133 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 33 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 43 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 109 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 61 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 44 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 103 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 77 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 39 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 93 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 99 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 21 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 82 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 111 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 24 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 71 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 125 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 20 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 45 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 106 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k73Oct 2020Aug 2026Oct 2020 — avg 1,033 · peak 1,612Dec 2020 — avg 1,160 · peak 2,182Feb 2021 — avg 886 · peak 1,580Apr 2021 — avg 739 · peak 1,643Jun 2021 — avg 627 · peak 1,409Aug 2021 — avg 507 · peak 1,211Oct 2021 — avg 356 · peak 754Dec 2021 — avg 316 · peak 654Feb 2022 — avg 333 · peak 645Apr 2022 — avg 313 · peak 677Jun 2022 — avg 350 · peak 781Aug 2022 — avg 315 · peak 668Oct 2022 — avg 266 · peak 685Dec 2022 — avg 342 · peak 804Feb 2023 — avg 248 · peak 494Apr 2023 — avg 212 · peak 481Jun 2023 — avg 225 · peak 466Aug 2023 — avg 195 · peak 389Oct 2023 — avg 163 · peak 344Dec 2023 — avg 157 · peak 328Feb 2024 — avg 170 · peak 363Apr 2024 — avg 157 · peak 358Jun 2024 — avg 159 · peak 339Aug 2024 — avg 132 · peak 308Oct 2024 — avg 111 · peak 261Dec 2024 — avg 103 · peak 253Feb 2025 — avg 99 · peak 233Apr 2025 — avg 105 · peak 233Jun 2025 — avg 100 · peak 227Aug 2025 — avg 97 · peak 226Oct 2025 — avg 83 · peak 196Dec 2025 — avg 76 · peak 172Feb 2026 — avg 84 · peak 185Apr 2026 — avg 79 · peak 176Jun 2026 — avg 86 · peak 204Aug 2026 — avg 79 · peak 197
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

49
achievements tracked
93.8%
earned "Warrior Leader"
4.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesStatsFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, English, Traditional Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Thai, Portuguese - Portugal

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-04-01, latest 2020-12-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,8761%49

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

PvPRPGRTSWarActionHorsesSandboxMedievalStrategyTactical

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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