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Switchblade cover art

Switchblade

Core Design · Piko Interactive LLC · 2019-08-22

SteamGOG

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: 1989 (Amiga), 1989 (Amstrad CPC), Sep 07, 2017 (Atari Jaguar), 1989 (Atari ST/STE), 1989 (Commodore C64/128/MAX), Aug 22, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You must guide Hiro, the Bladeknight through the labyrinth of the Undercity, to recover the 16 fragments of the shattered Fireblade. Once you have collected all 16 fragments, you must use it to defeat Havok, to bring to an end his reign of terror and to avenge your people.

Switchblade is an Action and Adventure game released in 2019, priced at $3.59, with an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (60% of 10 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-28

60%
positive of 10 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$3.59
steam price (US)
Switchblade is a 1989 action-platform video game developed by Core Design and published by Gremlin Graphics for the Atari ST. The first installment in the eponymous two-part series, the game is set in a dystopian future where players assume the role of Hiro from the Blade Knights as he embarks on a journey to defeat Havok, the main antagonist who broke free from his imprisonment after the sacred Fireblade was shattered into several pieces. Its gameplay consists of run and gun action mixed with platforming and exploration elements, with a main single-button configuration.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 500% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 98% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

GOG$3.15-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $3.15 · on sale 0 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120202026Week of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$3.15$3.152026-09-282026-10-142026-09-28 — best price $3.152026-09-29 — best price $3.152026-09-30 — best price $3.152026-10-01 — best price $3.152026-10-02 — best price $3.152026-10-03 — best price $3.152026-10-04 — best price $3.152026-10-05 — best price $3.152026-10-06 — best price $3.152026-10-07 — best price $3.152026-10-08 — best price $3.152026-10-09 — best price $3.152026-10-10 — best price $3.152026-10-11 — best price $3.152026-10-12 — best price $3.152026-10-13 — best price $3.152026-10-14 — best price $3.15
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Census log

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

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