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MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA

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

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Action

Franchise: Tsukihime, Melty Blood · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view, Text

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.

MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA is an Action game released in 2021, priced at $49.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 10597 reviews).

60
playing now
89%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
4.52★
PlayStation Store rating (2,598 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

60 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 19:00 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-.

Trailer

MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA trailer thumbnail

MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA Release Announcement Trailer

≈207,160 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 60 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 5% of 28,275 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 212k–477k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,597 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 23 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

167522026-09-16 05:00 — 75 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 107 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 86 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 115 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 107 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 83 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 99 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 84 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 121 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 90 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 52 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 99 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 78 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 98 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 121 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 83 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 72 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 167 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 71 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 87 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 87 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 60 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 66 players2026-10-15 19:00 — 60 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.3k51Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 2,255 · peak 12,467Dec 2021 — avg 172 · peak 380Feb 2022 — avg 122 · peak 261Apr 2022 — avg 204 · peak 1,267Jun 2022 — avg 84 · peak 182Aug 2022 — avg 699 · peak 4,021Oct 2022 — avg 170 · peak 342Dec 2022 — avg 420 · peak 2,885Feb 2023 — avg 207 · peak 360Apr 2023 — avg 190 · peak 384Jun 2023 — avg 113 · peak 262Aug 2023 — avg 204 · peak 441Oct 2023 — avg 113 · peak 246Dec 2023 — avg 88 · peak 173Feb 2024 — avg 69 · peak 148Apr 2024 — avg 64 · peak 157Jun 2024 — avg 72 · peak 157Aug 2024 — avg 71 · peak 127Oct 2024 — avg 92 · peak 220Dec 2024 — avg 87 · peak 161Feb 2025 — avg 63 · peak 161Apr 2025 — avg 56 · peak 120Jun 2025 — avg 95 · peak 208Aug 2025 — avg 75 · peak 149Oct 2025 — avg 107 · peak 278Dec 2025 — avg 87 · peak 178Feb 2026 — avg 67 · peak 162Apr 2026 — avg 59 · peak 135Jun 2026 — avg 121 · peak 279Aug 2026 — avg 92 · peak 181
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$0.002021-09-302026-10-162021-09-30 — 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 $49.992026-09-04 — best price $49.992026-09-18 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $49.992026-10-16 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

300522026-05-30 — 87 pageviews2026-06-03 — 107 pageviews2026-06-07 — 107 pageviews2026-06-11 — 125 pageviews2026-06-15 — 86 pageviews2026-06-19 — 76 pageviews2026-06-23 — 72 pageviews2026-06-27 — 212 pageviews2026-07-01 — 109 pageviews2026-07-05 — 148 pageviews2026-07-09 — 116 pageviews2026-07-13 — 106 pageviews2026-07-17 — 87 pageviews2026-07-21 — 98 pageviews2026-07-25 — 65 pageviews2026-07-29 — 73 pageviews2026-08-02 — 300 pageviews2026-08-06 — 80 pageviews2026-08-10 — 112 pageviews2026-08-14 — 82 pageviews2026-08-18 — 94 pageviews2026-08-22 — 85 pageviews2026-08-26 — 107 pageviews2026-08-30 — 91 pageviews2026-09-03 — 115 pageviews2026-09-07 — 84 pageviews2026-09-11 — 147 pageviews2026-09-15 — 96 pageviews2026-09-19 — 144 pageviews2026-09-23 — 108 pageviews2026-09-27 — 91 pageviews2026-10-01 — 80 pageviews2026-10-05 — 88 pageviews2026-10-08 — 81 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

Post-launch support: 22 DLC released, first 2021-09-30, latest 2023-01-19 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvPAnimeActionArcadeVampireFightinge-sportsLore-Rich2D FighterController

Census log

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

Recent updates

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