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Bloodthief

Blargis · 2025-09-22

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 22, 2025 (Linux), Sep 22, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Bloodthief is an ultra-fast melee dungeon-runner where you use momentum to parkour through hazardous dungeons and brutally slash through enemies. Speed-run through haunted crypts and castles and learn what dark secrets lie beneath.

Bloodthief is an Action, Indie game released in 2025, priced at $19.99, with an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 1019 reviews).

97%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
100/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 56 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (241 reviews).
  • · Top 34% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–46k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,019 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-07-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23123120252026Week of 2025-09-22: 231 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$11.992025-09-222026-07-272025-09-22 — best price $17.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-06 — best price $15.992025-11-20 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-01-09 — best price $14.992026-01-23 — best price $19.992026-02-22 — best price $14.992026-03-08 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $13.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-16 — best price $13.992026-04-30 — best price $19.992026-05-30 — best price $13.392026-06-13 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-07-13 — best price $11.992026-07-27 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
95.7%
earned "A journey begins..."
21.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Ukrainian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4585%22

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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