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BLUE REFLECTION: Second Light

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2021-11-08

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RPG

Franchise: Blue Reflection · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 21, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Nov 08, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 09, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

“As the last summer day fades, all is illuminated.” With gorgeous translucent designs by Mel Kishida, as well as a story that depicts the youth of lifelike girls, based on a theme of human identity and bonding, a new title in the BLUE REFLECTION series is here!

BLUE REFLECTION: Second Light is an RPG released in 2021, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 1112 reviews).

1
playing now
82%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9,811
twitch viewers (latest)
9811.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
79/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
7
Nexus mods (489 downloads)
4.57★
PlayStation Store rating (1,086 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Blue Reflection: Second Light (Blue Reflection: Tie is a 2021 is a role-playing video game developed by Gust and a sequel to both the 2017 game Blue Reflection and the anime Blue Reflection Ray. It was published by Koei Tecmo first in October 2021 in Japan for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, and worldwide in November for the console market as well as Microsoft Windows via Steam.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (243 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,112 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.89 at IndieGala Store (2023-12-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 3 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22922920212026Week of 2021-11-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2253Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 225 · peak 670Jan 2022 — avg 46 · peak 106Mar 2022 — avg 20 · peak 49May 2022 — avg 81 · peak 247Jul 2022 — avg 40 · peak 97Sep 2022 — avg 20 · peak 54Nov 2022 — avg 19 · peak 57Jan 2023 — avg 24 · peak 66Mar 2023 — avg 11 · peak 32May 2023 — avg 11 · peak 28Jul 2023 — avg 28 · peak 67Sep 2023 — avg 10 · peak 36Nov 2023 — avg 12 · peak 38Jan 2024 — avg 16 · peak 44Mar 2024 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2024 — avg 19 · peak 58Jul 2024 — avg 11 · peak 42Sep 2024 — avg 12 · peak 42Nov 2024 — avg 8 · peak 26Jan 2025 — avg 13 · peak 36Mar 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 22Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$19.992021-10-012026-04-252021-10-01 — best price $59.992022-03-12 — best price $58.922022-05-09 — best price $59.992022-06-24 — best price $32.892022-12-22 — best price $29.992023-04-11 — best price $59.992023-09-26 — best price $24.902023-12-24 — best price $26.992024-04-26 — best price $19.992024-07-31 — best price $59.992024-10-08 — best price $50.702024-10-22 — best price $50.702024-11-13 — best price $50.702024-11-30 — best price $50.702024-12-18 — best price $50.702025-01-17 — best price $50.702025-02-01 — best price $50.702025-02-13 — best price $50.702025-03-05 — best price $50.702025-03-17 — best price $52.192025-04-03 — best price $52.192025-04-22 — best price $52.192025-05-10 — best price $52.192025-05-25 — best price $52.192025-06-04 — best price $52.192025-06-26 — best price $50.702025-07-12 — best price $50.702025-08-05 — best price $52.192025-08-30 — best price $52.192025-09-15 — best price $52.192025-12-01 — best price $59.992026-04-25 — best price $52.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

189112026-06-01 — 33 pageviews2026-06-05 — 34 pageviews2026-06-09 — 52 pageviews2026-06-13 — 33 pageviews2026-06-17 — 38 pageviews2026-06-21 — 36 pageviews2026-06-25 — 81 pageviews2026-06-29 — 45 pageviews2026-07-03 — 48 pageviews2026-07-07 — 25 pageviews2026-07-11 — 29 pageviews2026-07-15 — 35 pageviews2026-07-19 — 46 pageviews2026-07-23 — 33 pageviews2026-07-27 — 63 pageviews2026-07-31 — 189 pageviews2026-08-04 — 72 pageviews2026-08-08 — 70 pageviews2026-08-12 — 65 pageviews2026-08-16 — 49 pageviews2026-08-20 — 48 pageviews2026-08-24 — 50 pageviews2026-08-28 — 32 pageviews2026-09-01 — 19 pageviews2026-09-05 — 29 pageviews2026-09-09 — 30 pageviews2026-09-13 — 32 pageviews2026-09-17 — 29 pageviews2026-09-21 — 28 pageviews2026-09-25 — 23 pageviews2026-09-29 — 26 pageviews2026-10-03 — 25 pageviews2026-10-07 — 25 pageviews2026-10-10 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
81.8%
earned "Gotta Start Somewhere"
30.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing15 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 15 DLC released, first 2021-11-09, latest 2022-01-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,59939%49
Steam (Steam)60913%49
Switch (Nintendo)600%0

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

Player tags

RPGCuteJRPGAnimeLGBTQ+FantasyRomanceAdventureDating SimStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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