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Blue Fire

Robi Studios · Graffiti Games · 2021-02-04

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 01, 2021 (Google Stadia), Jul 09, 2021 (Xbox One), Jun 25, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 04, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Feb 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Q3 2026 (Android)

Explore the fallen world of Penumbra in this precision 3D metroidvania platformer. Slash fierce enemies, conquer deadly traps, uncover ancient temples, and master fast, fluid movement across challenging platforming gauntlets in your quest to restore a fallen kingdom.

6
playing now
81%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 8.7h · completionist 13h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 91 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (293 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 62k–140k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,100 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.99-80%
GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.09 at WinGameStore (2026-07-28) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 49 of 78 observed days · $18.90 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23423420212026Week of 2021-02-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1502026-08-07 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 12 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.092021-01-252026-08-302021-01-25 — best price $19.592021-04-02 — best price $14.992021-05-21 — best price $12.692021-07-16 — best price $11.992021-09-21 — best price $11.992021-11-23 — best price $9.992022-01-24 — best price $8.492022-03-11 — best price $8.492022-05-11 — best price $14.172022-06-27 — best price $16.792022-08-18 — best price $9.992022-10-10 — best price $7.992022-12-03 — best price $19.992023-01-18 — best price $19.992023-03-18 — best price $19.992023-05-08 — best price $6.592023-07-03 — best price $6.802023-09-07 — best price $6.792023-11-01 — best price $5.592023-12-24 — best price $5.992024-02-08 — best price $5.192024-03-19 — best price $6.602024-04-30 — best price $4.992024-06-17 — best price $3.402024-08-05 — best price $3.992024-09-24 — best price $4.802024-11-21 — best price $4.802025-01-23 — best price $4.992025-04-14 — best price $3.202025-07-17 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992026-01-02 — best price $19.992026-06-05 — best price $7.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
82.9%
earned "Enter the Void"
17.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,69918%22
Xbox One (Xbox)3,2998%22
PS4 (PlayStation)54637%23
PS4 (PlayStation)53938%23
Switch (Nintendo)1540%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

3DCuteActionSurrealStylizedControllerPlatformerSouls-likeExplorationMetroidvania

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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