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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!

57
playing now
75%
positive of 6.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
51/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

57 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 57 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 14% of 10,795 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

170182026-08-06 22:00 — 23 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 75 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 131 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 35 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 79 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 123 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 32 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 93 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 147 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 26 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 80 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 119 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 26 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 63 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 139 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 68 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 153 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 33 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 64 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 143 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 31 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 56 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 119 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 53 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 51 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 106 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 74 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 57 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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

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.

Player tags

PvPRPGRTSWarActionHorsesSandboxMedievalStrategyTactical

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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