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Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny cover art

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny

United Independent Entertainment · 2013-07-29

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Franchise: The Dark Eye · Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
55%
positive of 458 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 42% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–37k copies

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

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-70%
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 7 of 15 observed days · $8.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

902026-08-11 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.092015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $15.022015-03-24 — best price $12.772015-05-12 — best price $13.072015-07-14 — best price $12.762015-11-06 — best price $15.492015-12-04 — best price $3.742016-03-16 — best price $10.632016-07-04 — best price $14.992016-12-22 — best price $2.992017-05-03 — best price $14.992017-08-18 — best price $13.192017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-04-09 — best price $7.492018-07-17 — best price $11.992018-10-26 — best price $4.492018-12-21 — best price $6.002019-06-25 — best price $4.492019-08-14 — best price $3.002019-10-30 — best price $3.372019-12-04 — best price $14.992020-01-24 — best price $2.812020-04-27 — best price $4.502020-08-02 — best price $14.992020-11-03 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $3.372021-04-19 — best price $4.502021-10-29 — best price $14.992021-12-02 — best price $14.992022-02-28 — best price $14.992022-08-03 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-10-05 — best price $10.492024-01-18 — best price $3.992024-08-29 — best price $1.992025-01-23 — best price $2.492025-07-24 — best price $9.992026-02-03 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

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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