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NARAKA: BLADEPOINT

24 Entertainment · NetEase Games · 2021-08-11

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ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Battle Royale · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 13, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Dec 22, 2022 (Xbox One), Jun 23, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Dive into the legends of the Far East in NARAKA: BLADEPOINT; team up with friends in fast-paced melee fights for a Battle Royale experience unlike any other. Find your playstyle with a varied cast of heroes with unique skills. More than 40 million players have already joined the fray, play free now!

NARAKA: BLADEPOINT is an Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, and Free To Play game released in 2021, priced at free-to-play, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 302114 reviews) and an owner estimate of 10,000,000 .. 20,000,000.

21,484
playing now
73%
positive of 303k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
10,000,000–20,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
775
twitch viewers (latest)
28.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
61/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (56 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (506 downloads)
3.34★
PlayStation Store rating (9,832 ratings)
72/100
opencritic · fair · 38% recommend · from 22 critics
53h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

21,484 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Naraka: Bladepoint is a free-to-play wuxia action battle royale game developed by 24 Entertainment and published by NetEase Games Montreal. It is a game where up to 60 players fight each other to be the last one standing. The game incorporates martial arts-inspired melee combat and features a rock-paper-scissors combat system. There are vast arsenals of melee and ranged weapons to choose from, as well as a grappling hook that can be used for both combat and traversal. In addition, each hero has unique skills and talents, allowing for customization to suit your play style. The game was released for Windows in August 2021 and was ported to Xbox Series X/S on June 23, 2022. An Xbox One version was later released on December 22, 2022. PlayStation 5 port of the game was released on July 13, 2023, and the game was made free-to-play on that date. Naraka: Bladepoint has sold more than 6 million copies globally since its launch in August 2021.

Trailer

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Health check

Thriving
  • · 21,484 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 7,468 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~934/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (29,627 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-16

Tier history: cooling→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→cooling (Sep 15)

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Epic Game Store (2022-08-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 8 of 8 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23k23k20212026Week of 2021-08-01: 23,450 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6,177 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15,841 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3,634 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8,643 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2,576 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12,008 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,980 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7,206 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,209 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3,725 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,399 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3,416 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,059 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3,234 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1,073 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,463 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1,025 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3,172 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,307 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2,594 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,318 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3,320 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,107 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6,476 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2,211 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4,306 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,483 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3,584 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,378 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4,386 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8,327 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3,693 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11,587 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,960 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4,084 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,315 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2,042 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,373 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,681 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,614 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,280 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,581 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,084 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,775 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,201 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9,362 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5,272 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8,191 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2,777 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5,929 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,767 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5,444 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2,081 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7,253 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,861 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4,443 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,674 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5,212 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,779 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5,169 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,564 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6,076 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,762 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4,894 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,597 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4,728 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,617 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4,889 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,511 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7,316 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3,188 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5,916 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,535 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4,460 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,758 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3,870 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,475 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3,254 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,244 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3,261 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,413 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2,440 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,063 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2,256 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,004 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2,045 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,304 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,403 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,286 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,136 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,284 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,098 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,038 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,545 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,301 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,333 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 959 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 932 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 676 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,150 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 709 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,201 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 581 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 843 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 511 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 402 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 594 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 337 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 611 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 367 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 561 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 304 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 385 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 501 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 399 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 259 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 83 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

78k1.0k2026-09-14 18:00 — 12,221 players2026-09-15 18:00 — 11,878 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 24,415 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 24,306 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 37,719 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 28,829 players2026-09-21 08:00 — 21,297 players2026-09-22 08:00 — 21,592 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 21,415 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 23,205 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 47,535 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 44,335 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 43,577 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 29,988 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 29,899 players2026-09-30 08:00 — 29,335 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 42,818 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 38,882 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 38,958 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 39,546 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 34,087 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 32,761 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 33,677 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 25,163 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 36,957 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 32,286 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 49,318 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 25,632 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 25,125 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 25,382 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 21,484 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
134k26kAug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 55,168 · peak 128,628Oct 2021 — avg 51,731 · peak 141,344Dec 2021 — avg 61,191 · peak 186,707Feb 2022 — avg 54,300 · peak 148,721Apr 2022 — avg 55,087 · peak 146,195Jun 2022 — avg 42,352 · peak 109,793Aug 2022 — avg 54,537 · peak 165,639Oct 2022 — avg 52,855 · peak 162,366Dec 2022 — avg 52,462 · peak 155,107Feb 2023 — avg 50,894 · peak 144,657Apr 2023 — avg 44,275 · peak 137,001Jun 2023 — avg 39,404 · peak 133,315Aug 2023 — avg 93,011 · peak 225,542Oct 2023 — avg 95,293 · peak 295,419Dec 2023 — avg 97,740 · peak 286,647Feb 2024 — avg 97,806 · peak 282,136Apr 2024 — avg 109,355 · peak 372,076Jun 2024 — avg 106,669 · peak 291,633Aug 2024 — avg 116,180 · peak 326,026Oct 2024 — avg 110,588 · peak 337,515Dec 2024 — avg 104,118 · peak 322,243Feb 2025 — avg 82,431 · peak 229,937Apr 2025 — avg 57,267 · peak 205,593Jun 2025 — avg 43,960 · peak 139,612Aug 2025 — avg 55,380 · peak 165,613Oct 2025 — avg 49,262 · peak 180,718Dec 2025 — avg 40,934 · peak 139,531Feb 2026 — avg 33,870 · peak 96,685Apr 2026 — avg 27,262 · peak 84,830Jun 2026 — avg 26,919 · peak 78,734Aug 2026 — avg 30,447 · peak 94,724
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#30#472026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #472026-09-15 — #472026-09-16 — #472026-09-17 — #452026-09-18 — #452026-09-19 — #422026-09-20 — #422026-09-21 — #472026-09-22 — #452026-09-23 — #392026-09-24 — #392026-09-25 — #382026-09-26 — #302026-09-27 — #302026-09-28 — #362026-09-29 — #312026-09-30 — #312026-10-01 — #302026-10-02 — #302026-10-03 — #302026-10-04 — #372026-10-05 — #422026-10-06 — #402026-10-07 — #392026-10-08 — #392026-10-09 — #392026-10-10 — #392026-10-11 — #392026-10-12 — #452026-10-13 — #452026-10-14 — #46
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
32322026-09-152026-10-142026-09-15: 6 new positive2026-09-15: 2 new negative2026-09-16: 5 new positive2026-09-16: 3 new negative2026-09-17: 19 new positive2026-09-17: 6 new negative2026-09-18: 15 new positive2026-09-18: 3 new negative2026-09-19: 15 new positive2026-09-19: 5 new negative2026-09-20: 11 new positive2026-09-20: 7 new negative2026-09-21: 8 new positive2026-09-21: 9 new negative2026-09-22: 26 new positive2026-09-22: 15 new negative2026-09-23: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 18 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 11 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 15 new positive2026-09-26: 9 new negative2026-09-27: 10 new positive2026-09-27: 7 new negative2026-09-29: 12 new positive2026-09-29: 6 new negative2026-09-30: 10 new positive2026-09-30: 5 new negative2026-10-01: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 6 new negative2026-10-02: 20 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 12 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new negative2026-10-04: 7 new positive2026-10-04: 8 new negative2026-10-05: 10 new positive2026-10-05: 13 new negative2026-10-06: 12 new positive2026-10-07: 10 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 32 new positive2026-10-09: 5 new negative2026-10-10: 10 new positive2026-10-10: 8 new negative2026-10-11: 10 new positive2026-10-11: 6 new negative2026-10-12: 6 new positive2026-10-12: 6 new negative2026-10-13: 8 new positive2026-10-13: 4 new negative2026-10-14: 9 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.002021-06-132026-10-142021-06-13 — best price $19.992021-11-17 — best price $19.992021-12-17 — best price $0.002022-01-06 — best price $19.992022-02-25 — best price $19.992022-05-06 — best price $19.992022-06-26 — best price $19.992022-08-18 — best price $9.992022-09-29 — best price $9.992022-10-18 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $9.992022-12-15 — best price $9.992023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-02-15 — best price $9.992023-02-21 — best price $19.992023-03-15 — best price $9.992023-03-21 — best price $19.992023-04-06 — best price $9.992023-04-26 — best price $9.992023-05-02 — best price $19.992023-05-09 — best price $19.992024-02-11 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $0.002026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

620602026-05-28 — 80 pageviews2026-06-01 — 91 pageviews2026-06-05 — 620 pageviews2026-06-09 — 153 pageviews2026-06-13 — 118 pageviews2026-06-17 — 104 pageviews2026-06-21 — 108 pageviews2026-06-25 — 119 pageviews2026-06-29 — 112 pageviews2026-07-03 — 113 pageviews2026-07-07 — 126 pageviews2026-07-11 — 105 pageviews2026-07-15 — 71 pageviews2026-07-19 — 76 pageviews2026-07-23 — 81 pageviews2026-07-27 — 103 pageviews2026-07-31 — 94 pageviews2026-08-04 — 60 pageviews2026-08-08 — 84 pageviews2026-08-12 — 81 pageviews2026-08-16 — 78 pageviews2026-08-20 — 99 pageviews2026-08-24 — 102 pageviews2026-08-28 — 80 pageviews2026-09-01 — 85 pageviews2026-09-05 — 73 pageviews2026-09-09 — 82 pageviews2026-09-13 — 113 pageviews2026-09-17 — 100 pageviews2026-09-21 — 164 pageviews2026-09-25 — 263 pageviews2026-09-29 — 177 pageviews2026-10-03 — 142 pageviews2026-10-06 — 81 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.2k522026-09-30 18:34 — 193 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 389 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 315 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 360 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 251 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 311 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 240 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 484 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 511 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 361 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 546 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 297 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 157 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 289 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 130 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 225 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 433 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 198 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 196 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 609 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 120 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 315 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 415 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 521 viewers2026-10-10 02:34 — 311 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 387 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 4,215 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 225 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 257 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 157 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 217 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 280 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 187 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 383 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 427 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 775 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
66.7%
earned "And So It Begins"
21.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller SupportHDR available4 DLC

12 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Turkish, Portuguese - Portugal, Vietnamese

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2023-12-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)21,3362%40
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)17,5131%40
PS5 (PlayStation)10,5452%41

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

PvPAnimeActionMatureFightingSurvivalSwordplayMultiplayerMartial ArtsThird Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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