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Insanity's Blade

Causal Bit Games Inc. · Monster Bath Studios Inc. · 2014-12-04

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Dec 04, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take a father’s journey to hell in order to save the souls of his wife and child. Insanity's Blade: The Chronicles of Thurstan is the first in a series of games based around the journey of a sword possessed by a father's powerful grief and hatred. This is the tale of the sword's creation.

Insanity's Blade is an Action, Casual and Indie game released in 2014, priced at $5.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 300 reviews).

0
playing now
73%
positive of 300 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.5k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 300 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2016-09-19) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120142026Week of 2014-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.892015-01-012026-08-172015-01-01 — best price $6.292015-03-23 — best price $5.242015-06-01 — best price $5.992015-08-24 — best price $5.992015-10-29 — best price $2.392015-12-22 — best price $1.492016-02-15 — best price $2.092016-06-23 — best price $1.852016-09-19 — best price $0.892016-11-23 — best price $0.892016-12-22 — best price $0.892017-04-10 — best price $1.192017-10-16 — best price $1.192017-12-21 — best price $0.892018-05-07 — best price $0.892018-10-30 — best price $1.192018-11-21 — best price $1.192019-02-04 — best price $1.192019-06-26 — best price $1.192019-12-19 — best price $2.392020-04-26 — best price $1.492020-10-19 — best price $1.492023-09-18 — best price $1.492023-11-21 — best price $4.492023-12-21 — best price $1.192024-03-14 — best price $2.992024-05-06 — best price $1.492024-08-05 — best price $1.492024-10-28 — best price $1.492025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-07-14 — best price $1.492025-09-29 — best price $0.892025-12-18 — best price $1.192026-03-19 — best price $1.492026-05-18 — best price $1.492026-08-10 — best price $0.892026-08-17 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
80.4%
earned "Hey Sailor!"
10.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1320%34

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

Player tags

2DGore1980sIndieRetro1990'sActionArcadeCasualDemons

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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