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ES4 / Eternal Sphere 4 · Henteko Doujin · 2022-01-20

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 20, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Slash through enemies with the Sun Blade, the most powerful weapon in Shmup's history! Overwhelm hordes of enemies with flashy on-screen effects in this super-aggressive vertical scrolling shump!

91%
positive of 149 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

The eternal battle between light and darkness has reached its final stage. Just as the darkness was about to consume the universe, Nexalts, a warrior of light, rises once more to fight. Armed with a sword of pure solar energy, he plunges alone deep into the heart of the darkness. The fate of the world now rests on his shoulders...(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 29,056 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.0k–6.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 149 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2024-04-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 11 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920222026Week of 2022-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$5.992022-01-202026-10-082022-01-20 — best price $11.992022-03-21 — best price $14.992022-06-06 — best price $10.492022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-10-06 — best price $10.492022-11-22 — best price $8.992023-01-05 — best price $14.992023-03-02 — best price $7.492023-04-11 — best price $8.992023-05-27 — best price $14.992023-07-28 — best price $8.992023-10-02 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $8.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-02-26 — best price $7.492024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-10 — best price $8.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-09-20 — best price $7.492024-11-04 — best price $14.992024-12-07 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-03 — best price $8.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-12 — best price $8.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-15 — best price $8.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-03 — best price $8.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-02-18 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-05-07 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-30 — best price $14.992026-10-08 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
1.1%
earned "XN-SUNBLADE"
0.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-01-20 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DMechsSpace1990'sActionRobotsShooterColorfulTop-DownLore-Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.