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Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny

United Independent Entertainment · 2013-07-29

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AdventureIndieRPG

Franchise: The Dark Eye · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 29, 2013 (Linux), Jul 29, 2013 (Mac), Jul 29, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 16, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Oct 12, 2017 (Xbox One)

A legend reborn as Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny returns!Developed by Austrian developer Crafty Studios, Realms of Arkania – Blade of Destiny is a faithful remake of the 1992 original, adored by a generation of Role Players and one of the most successful RPG’s of the 1990’s.

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny is an Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2013, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (55% of 458 reviews).

1
playing now
55%
positive of 458 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
2.99★
PlayStation Store rating (169 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 29,175 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 458 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2017-04-29) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 59 observed days · $8.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
380Apr 2013Aug 2026Apr 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Sep 2013 — avg 13 · peak 51Feb 2014 — avg 10 · peak 37Jul 2014 — avg 9 · peak 29Dec 2014 — avg 4 · peak 18May 2015 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2015 — avg 10 · peak 30Mar 2016 — avg 6 · peak 23Aug 2016 — avg 7 · peak 23Jan 2017 — avg 11 · peak 36Jun 2017 — avg 7 · peak 26Nov 2017 — avg 7 · peak 25Apr 2018 — avg 6 · peak 21Sep 2018 — avg 4 · peak 18Feb 2019 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2019 — avg 6 · peak 21Dec 2019 — avg 6 · peak 25May 2020 — avg 7 · peak 23Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2021 — avg 6 · peak 21Aug 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.092015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $15.022015-03-28 — best price $12.332015-06-22 — best price $14.992015-11-02 — best price $14.992015-12-04 — best price $3.742016-03-18 — best price $10.692016-10-18 — best price $11.992017-04-28 — best price $14.992017-08-18 — best price $13.192017-12-21 — best price $4.492018-06-21 — best price $5.092018-10-20 — best price $14.992018-12-21 — best price $6.002019-07-08 — best price $4.492019-09-16 — best price $14.992019-12-02 — best price $2.252020-01-24 — best price $2.812020-05-02 — best price $4.502020-08-10 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-04-19 — best price $4.502021-11-02 — best price $3.372022-01-06 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-11-11 — best price $1.992024-05-30 — best price $3.742024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-07-24 — best price $9.992026-07-23 — best price $9.992026-09-03 — best price $9.992026-09-13 — best price $9.992026-09-23 — best price $9.992026-10-03 — best price $9.992026-10-13 — best price $9.992026-10-15 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
26.6%
earned "Overloaded?"
7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2014-02-07, latest 2015-08-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4073%41
PS4 (PlayStation)13312%41
Xbox One (Xbox)754%40

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

Player tags

RPGCRPGIndieRemakeFantasyAdventureTurn-BasedFirst-PersonSingleplayerParty-Based RPG

Census log

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

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