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Blood Spear

Blood Spear Dev · 2021-08-13

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 13, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Blood Spear is a unique ranged action-adventure student game in which you play as a demonic spear. Emerging from a deep slumber, you are thirsty for blood. Throw with precision to impale and defeat powerful foes inside grandiose environments where a long-coveted power lies.

95%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Featuring action ranged gameplay, you play as the Blood Spear, a cursed weapon with demonic powers who is able to possess the body of dead ghosts. This grants you many abilities, like a powerful throw, a way to cheat death, and the power to absorb the blood of your enemies in order to heal yourself. There is much more to discover as you progress through epic environments and engage in bloodshed during clashes against powerful foes. IMPALE YOUR ENEMIES The core mechanic involves aiming your spear at enemies and impaling them against the environment. Throw with precision, use your demonic powe(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 88 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (786 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 21,420 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

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