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Darkblade Ascent

PST Games · 2025-10-23

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Fast paced First-Person Melee Roguelike RPG with randomly generated weapons and upgrades, unlockable new classes and persistent leveling. Hack and slash your way through atmospheric dark fantasy locations, unique monsters and bosses.

81%
positive of 559 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$10.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (84 reviews).
  • · Top 38% of 13,060 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 11k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 559 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.59 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $10.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
646420252026Week of 2025-02-12: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-02-12: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-19: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-26: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-07: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-10: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-12: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-03: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-10: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-24: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-31: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-02: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$18.99$6.592024-07-222026-08-172024-07-22 — best price $14.242024-07-29 — best price $18.992024-09-02 — best price $13.292024-09-16 — best price $18.992024-10-18 — best price $13.292024-11-01 — best price $18.992025-02-12 — best price $16.142025-02-19 — best price $18.992025-03-24 — best price $14.242025-03-31 — best price $18.992025-05-05 — best price $8.242025-05-12 — best price $10.992025-06-26 — best price $7.362025-07-10 — best price $10.992025-07-28 — best price $8.242025-08-04 — best price $10.992025-09-08 — best price $8.242025-09-15 — best price $10.992025-09-29 — best price $7.362025-10-06 — best price $10.992025-10-23 — best price $8.242025-10-30 — best price $10.992025-11-29 — best price $8.242025-12-06 — best price $10.992025-12-18 — best price $7.142026-01-05 — best price $10.992026-02-02 — best price $8.242026-02-09 — best price $10.992026-03-19 — best price $7.142026-03-26 — best price $10.992026-04-13 — best price $8.242026-04-20 — best price $10.992026-05-25 — best price $7.692026-06-01 — best price $10.992026-06-25 — best price $6.592026-07-09 — best price $10.992026-08-10 — best price $7.362026-08-17 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
94.4%
earned "Power Seized"
25.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsStereo SoundSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5072%36

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

Player tags

FPSRPGLootIndieActionAction RPGRogue-likeDark FantasyEarly AccessFirst-Person

Census log

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

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