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Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic cover art

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic

MAGES. Inc. · Rocket Panda Games · 2015-01-23

SteamXboxMicrosoft Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 30, 2014 (PlayStation Vita), Feb 27, 2013 (Xbox One), Feb 27, 2013 (Xbox 360), Jan 23, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds! Enjoy fast and frantic arcade-style beat 'em up gameplay with cute characters. Beat up hordes of weird enemies with awesome special attacks. Local co-op and PVP supported for up to 4 players!

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic is a $14.99 Action game released in 2015, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 3053 reviews).

2
playing now
83%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds is a beat 'em up developed and published by Mages under the 5pb. brand, and originally released on February 27, 2013 for the Xbox 360. It is a spin-off of the fighting game Phantom Breaker.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 43 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 76k–183k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,054 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at Fanatical (2026-09-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 50 of 63 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
666620172026Week of 2017-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
741Jan 2015Aug 2026Jan 2015 — avg 74 · peak 174May 2015 — avg 46 · peak 424Sep 2015 — avg 37 · peak 177Jan 2016 — avg 19 · peak 57May 2016 — avg 24 · peak 137Sep 2016 — avg 10 · peak 29Jan 2017 — avg 18 · peak 80May 2017 — avg 7 · peak 27Sep 2017 — avg 6 · peak 20Jan 2018 — avg 9 · peak 30May 2018 — avg 10 · peak 38Sep 2018 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2019 — avg 5 · peak 24May 2019 — avg 5 · peak 24Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2020 — avg 6 · peak 25Sep 2020 — avg 4 · peak 19Jan 2021 — avg 5 · peak 20May 2021 — avg 6 · peak 21Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 16Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2025 — avg 1 · peak 3Nov 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.002015-01-242026-10-142015-01-24 — best price $9.592015-05-29 — best price $11.992015-07-15 — best price $2.992016-01-04 — best price $11.992016-03-13 — best price $11.992016-08-15 — best price $10.792016-10-24 — best price $11.992017-03-30 — best price $4.792017-06-12 — best price $11.992017-11-22 — best price $3.592018-02-19 — best price $11.992018-10-02 — best price $4.792018-11-28 — best price $11.992019-02-04 — best price $3.592019-07-09 — best price $11.992019-12-19 — best price $4.792020-05-06 — best price $11.992020-09-24 — best price $4.792020-11-16 — best price $11.992021-02-11 — best price $2.992026-01-31 — best price $11.512026-03-30 — best price $14.992026-04-16 — best price $1.492026-05-07 — best price $1.492026-05-26 — best price $14.992026-06-03 — best price $12.742026-07-01 — best price $1.502026-07-13 — best price $1.142026-07-23 — best price $11.992026-08-03 — best price $1.192026-08-20 — best price $11.992026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8532026-05-28 — 13 pageviews2026-06-01 — 15 pageviews2026-06-05 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 32 pageviews2026-06-13 — 19 pageviews2026-06-17 — 14 pageviews2026-06-21 — 7 pageviews2026-06-25 — 23 pageviews2026-06-29 — 20 pageviews2026-07-03 — 67 pageviews2026-07-07 — 47 pageviews2026-07-11 — 22 pageviews2026-07-15 — 14 pageviews2026-07-19 — 23 pageviews2026-07-23 — 22 pageviews2026-07-27 — 24 pageviews2026-07-31 — 19 pageviews2026-08-04 — 12 pageviews2026-08-08 — 15 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-16 — 19 pageviews2026-08-20 — 15 pageviews2026-08-24 — 25 pageviews2026-08-28 — 11 pageviews2026-09-01 — 8 pageviews2026-09-05 — 12 pageviews2026-09-09 — 22 pageviews2026-09-13 — 20 pageviews2026-09-17 — 10 pageviews2026-09-21 — 9 pageviews2026-09-25 — 11 pageviews2026-09-29 — 14 pageviews2026-10-03 — 16 pageviews2026-10-07 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
87.9%
earned "A New Battle"
19.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements5 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2015-03-13, latest 2016-11-18 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeCo-opRetroActionArcadeBeat 'em upLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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