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Fantasy Strike

Sirlin Games · 2019-07-25

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionCasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 25, 2019 (Linux), Jul 24, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 25, 2019 (Mac), Jul 25, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Jul 25, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A fighting game designed from the ground up to be so easy to control that even non-fighting game players can play it, yet deep enough to play in tournaments. Vibrant graphics and excellent online play.

Fantasy Strike is an Action, Casual, Indie, and Free To Play game released in 2019, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 2101 reviews).

2
playing now
61%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
51/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
3.57★
PlayStation Store rating (12,952 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Fantasy Strike is a 2019 free-to-play fighting video game with an emphasis on accessibility developed and published by Sirlin Games. It revolves around one-on-one battles that require fast reflexes. It is designed to streamline the fighting game genre in terms of learning, player-decisions and user-interface. The game was released on July 25, 2019, for Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 38 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (329 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2017-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20220220172026Week of 2017-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.002017-09-152021-01-162017-09-15 — best price $19.992017-11-22 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992017-12-21 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $19.992018-03-22 — best price $10.002018-06-22 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $19.992018-10-29 — best price $14.992018-11-01 — best price $19.992018-11-21 — best price $11.992018-11-28 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $11.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992019-02-04 — best price $15.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-06-26 — best price $15.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-07-18 — best price $29.992019-07-19 — best price $19.992019-07-25 — best price $29.992019-10-28 — best price $19.792019-11-01 — best price $29.992019-11-26 — best price $19.792019-12-03 — best price $29.992019-12-19 — best price $19.792020-01-02 — best price $29.992020-01-24 — best price $19.792020-01-27 — best price $29.992021-01-16 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2442026-05-30 — 7 pageviews2026-06-03 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 11 pageviews2026-06-11 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 8 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-23 — 11 pageviews2026-06-27 — 18 pageviews2026-07-01 — 7 pageviews2026-07-05 — 7 pageviews2026-07-09 — 24 pageviews2026-07-13 — 17 pageviews2026-07-17 — 12 pageviews2026-07-21 — 15 pageviews2026-07-25 — 13 pageviews2026-07-29 — 11 pageviews2026-08-02 — 17 pageviews2026-08-06 — 19 pageviews2026-08-10 — 11 pageviews2026-08-14 — 19 pageviews2026-08-18 — 13 pageviews2026-08-22 — 17 pageviews2026-08-26 — 14 pageviews2026-08-30 — 9 pageviews2026-09-03 — 5 pageviews2026-09-07 — 9 pageviews2026-09-11 — 9 pageviews2026-09-15 — 12 pageviews2026-09-19 — 12 pageviews2026-09-23 — 6 pageviews2026-09-27 — 11 pageviews2026-10-01 — 5 pageviews2026-10-05 — 11 pageviews2026-10-08 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions available3 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Hungarian, German, Polish

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2017-09-14, latest 2020-07-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)23,1631%43
Switch (Nintendo)1350%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPAnimeIndieArcadeCasualFantasyColorfulFightingStylized2D Fighter

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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