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MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA

FRENCH-BREAD · Lasengle Inc. · 2021-09-29

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Franchise: Tsukihime, Melty Blood · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 30, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 30, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Sep 30, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 29, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

This is the latest addition to the series of 2D fighting games based on TYPE-MOON's visual novel, Tsukihime. The curtain rises once more on dramatic battles played out with familiar characters from Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon.

70
playing now
89%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

70 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Melty Blood: Type Lumina is a 2021 2D fighting game developed by French-Bread with assistance from Tamsoft and GameLoop, and published by Delightworks and Lasengle for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One. It is a reboot of Melty Blood, a series of fighting games based on the visual novel Tsukihime by Type Moon. Unlike the earlier entries, Type Lumina takes place in the continuity of its 2022 remake, Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 70 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 524 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~66/week).
  • · Review velocity down 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,424 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 211k–476k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,571 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2025-06-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days · $35.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.1k2.1k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 697 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 139 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,082 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 342 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 683 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 181 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

181432026-08-06 22:00 — 97 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 113 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 136 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 119 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 113 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 177 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 115 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 145 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 181 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 120 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 85 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 169 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 83 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 114 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 144 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 90 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 88 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 139 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 82 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 65 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 94 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 61 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 53 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 77 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 56 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 61 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 59 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 61 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 70 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$49.99$0.002021-09-302026-08-282021-09-30 — best price $49.992022-08-18 — best price $49.992022-11-29 — best price $49.992023-02-24 — best price $49.992023-03-23 — best price $49.992023-04-08 — best price $49.992023-05-22 — best price $49.992023-07-13 — best price $49.992023-08-10 — best price $49.992023-10-04 — best price $49.992023-11-28 — best price $49.992024-01-11 — best price $49.992024-02-17 — best price $49.992024-03-26 — best price $49.992024-05-10 — best price $49.992024-07-11 — best price $49.992024-07-22 — best price $49.992024-10-09 — best price $49.992024-12-04 — best price $49.992025-01-02 — best price $49.992025-01-31 — best price $49.992025-03-20 — best price $49.992025-05-13 — best price $49.992025-07-10 — best price $49.992025-08-11 — best price $49.992025-10-20 — best price $49.992025-12-17 — best price $49.992026-01-05 — best price $49.992026-02-16 — best price $49.992026-03-26 — best price $49.992026-05-07 — best price $49.992026-07-09 — best price $49.992026-08-14 — best price $49.992026-08-28 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

300652026-05-30 — 87 pageviews2026-06-02 — 112 pageviews2026-06-05 — 129 pageviews2026-06-08 — 135 pageviews2026-06-11 — 125 pageviews2026-06-14 — 91 pageviews2026-06-17 — 81 pageviews2026-06-20 — 94 pageviews2026-06-23 — 72 pageviews2026-06-26 — 140 pageviews2026-06-29 — 194 pageviews2026-07-02 — 149 pageviews2026-07-05 — 148 pageviews2026-07-08 — 131 pageviews2026-07-11 — 93 pageviews2026-07-14 — 83 pageviews2026-07-17 — 87 pageviews2026-07-20 — 94 pageviews2026-07-23 — 68 pageviews2026-07-26 — 82 pageviews2026-07-29 — 73 pageviews2026-08-01 — 93 pageviews2026-08-04 — 132 pageviews2026-08-07 — 90 pageviews2026-08-10 — 112 pageviews2026-08-13 — 81 pageviews2026-08-16 — 102 pageviews2026-08-19 — 110 pageviews2026-08-22 — 85 pageviews2026-08-25 — 107 pageviews2026-08-27 — 91 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
83.7%
earned "Simple Combo"
14.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedPartial Controller Support22 DLC

7 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)14,77513%40
Steam (Steam)7,2724%40
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1,4726%40
Switch (Nintendo)1340%0

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

Player tags

PvPAnimeActionArcadeVampireFightinge-sportsLore-Rich2D FighterController

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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