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BLUE REFLECTION: Second Light cover art

BLUE REFLECTION: Second Light

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

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RPG

Franchise: Blue Reflection · Modes: Single player

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!

4
playing now
82%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
9,811
twitch viewers (latest)
79/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 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
  • · 4 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 33% of 6,192 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,110 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 8 of 19 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

702026-08-12 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

219222026-06-01 — 33 pageviews2026-06-04 — 42 pageviews2026-06-07 — 41 pageviews2026-06-10 — 54 pageviews2026-06-13 — 33 pageviews2026-06-16 — 27 pageviews2026-06-19 — 46 pageviews2026-06-22 — 171 pageviews2026-06-25 — 81 pageviews2026-06-28 — 56 pageviews2026-07-01 — 51 pageviews2026-07-04 — 57 pageviews2026-07-07 — 25 pageviews2026-07-10 — 41 pageviews2026-07-13 — 30 pageviews2026-07-16 — 31 pageviews2026-07-19 — 46 pageviews2026-07-22 — 34 pageviews2026-07-25 — 40 pageviews2026-07-28 — 62 pageviews2026-07-31 — 189 pageviews2026-08-03 — 81 pageviews2026-08-06 — 82 pageviews2026-08-09 — 49 pageviews2026-08-12 — 65 pageviews2026-08-15 — 26 pageviews2026-08-18 — 33 pageviews2026-08-21 — 70 pageviews2026-08-24 — 50 pageviews2026-08-27 — 44 pageviews2026-08-29 — 22 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

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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