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Realms of Arkania 1 - Blade of Destiny Classic

attic Entertainment Software GmbH · United Independent Entertainment · 2014-01-10

SteamGOG

RPG

Franchise: The Dark Eye · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: 1992 (Amiga), Apr 1992 (DOS), Mar 14, 2014 (Linux), Jan 10, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 14, 2014 (Mac)

Blade of Destiny (1992) is the first part of the glorious Realms of Arkania Trilogy...An Orc army stands ready to attack Arkania's villages and towns. The only hope of saving the land lies in the legendary Blade of Destiny. Can you find this magical weapon in time to stop the siege?

Realms of Arkania 1 - Blade of Destiny Classic is an RPG released in 2014 for $0.89, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mostly Positive sentiment (73% of 152 reviews).

0
playing now
73%
positive of 152 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.89
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny is a role-playing video game developed by Attic Entertainment Software. It was the first game based on the German pen & paper RPG system The Dark Eye by Schmidt Spiele. The original German version of the game was released in 1992. Due to its success it was translated to English and released by Sir-Tech in 1993.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.8k–9.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 152 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.30 at GamersGate (2019-08-29) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420142026Week of 2014-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$0.402015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $0.802015-06-22 — best price $3.992015-11-27 — best price $0.992016-01-04 — best price $3.992016-08-25 — best price $3.992017-04-06 — best price $0.892017-07-22 — best price $3.992018-01-04 — best price $3.992018-10-13 — best price $1.992018-11-29 — best price $0.402019-02-12 — best price $3.992019-07-10 — best price $3.992019-08-20 — best price $3.992019-10-30 — best price $0.902019-12-02 — best price $0.602019-12-26 — best price $0.602020-01-28 — best price $3.992020-06-25 — best price $1.192020-08-07 — best price $3.992020-11-03 — best price $3.992021-01-05 — best price $3.992021-04-10 — best price $1.592021-06-24 — best price $1.192021-10-29 — best price $3.992021-11-27 — best price $0.892022-01-06 — best price $3.992022-07-07 — best price $3.992023-01-05 — best price $3.992023-07-15 — best price $0.592024-01-18 — best price $0.592024-08-29 — best price $0.592024-12-19 — best price $0.892025-04-03 — best price $2.992025-09-06 — best price $2.992026-02-03 — best price $2.992026-08-24 — best price $0.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

35102026-05-31 — 17 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-08 — 29 pageviews2026-06-12 — 24 pageviews2026-06-16 — 32 pageviews2026-06-20 — 23 pageviews2026-06-24 — 23 pageviews2026-06-28 — 29 pageviews2026-07-02 — 32 pageviews2026-07-06 — 22 pageviews2026-07-10 — 26 pageviews2026-07-14 — 28 pageviews2026-07-18 — 23 pageviews2026-07-22 — 20 pageviews2026-07-26 — 23 pageviews2026-07-30 — 19 pageviews2026-08-03 — 24 pageviews2026-08-07 — 22 pageviews2026-08-11 — 28 pageviews2026-08-15 — 14 pageviews2026-08-19 — 16 pageviews2026-08-23 — 18 pageviews2026-08-27 — 30 pageviews2026-08-31 — 27 pageviews2026-09-04 — 29 pageviews2026-09-08 — 15 pageviews2026-09-12 — 23 pageviews2026-09-16 — 23 pageviews2026-09-20 — 21 pageviews2026-09-24 — 23 pageviews2026-09-28 — 17 pageviews2026-10-02 — 15 pageviews2026-10-06 — 31 pageviews2026-10-09 — 23 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Player tags

RPGCRPGRetroClassicFantasyAdventureTurn-BasedFirst-PersonDungeon CrawlerParty-Based RPG

Census log

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

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