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Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition cover art

Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition

AQURIA · BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment · 2017-10-27

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ActionAdventureCasualRPG

Franchise: Sword Art Online · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 27, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 25, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 08, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

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Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and RPG title released in 2017, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 7704 reviews).

6
playing now
79%
positive of 7.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization is a Japanese video game developed by Aquria and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Windows PC, based on the Japanese light novel series, Sword Art Online. It is the fourth video game in the series and the successor to Sword Art Online: Lost Song. Hollow Realization was released on October 27, 2016, in Japan, and on November 8, 2016, for North American and European territories. A Nintendo Switch version of the game was released on April 25, 2019, in Japan, and worldwide on May 24, 2019.

Trailer

Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition trailer thumbnail

Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization Deluxe Edition - Announcement Trailer | Switch

≈174,683 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 65 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (242 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 27,960 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 193k–462k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,704 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.99 at Humble Store (2026-03-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 87 of 94 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20720720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3252026-09-15 13:00 — 32 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 12 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 15 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 20 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 29 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 12 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 20 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k20Nov 2017Aug 2026Nov 2017 — avg 1,243 · peak 3,234Feb 2018 — avg 593 · peak 1,522May 2018 — avg 160 · peak 340Aug 2018 — avg 198 · peak 518Nov 2018 — avg 301 · peak 947Feb 2019 — avg 193 · peak 469May 2019 — avg 169 · peak 535Aug 2019 — avg 144 · peak 327Nov 2019 — avg 127 · peak 372Feb 2020 — avg 158 · peak 331May 2020 — avg 308 · peak 829Aug 2020 — avg 109 · peak 232Nov 2020 — avg 71 · peak 185Feb 2021 — avg 71 · peak 149May 2021 — avg 140 · peak 380Aug 2021 — avg 58 · peak 116Nov 2021 — avg 58 · peak 154Feb 2022 — avg 63 · peak 128May 2022 — avg 56 · peak 243Aug 2022 — avg 54 · peak 115Nov 2022 — avg 83 · peak 247Feb 2023 — avg 45 · peak 110May 2023 — avg 39 · peak 93Aug 2023 — avg 40 · peak 94Nov 2023 — avg 36 · peak 96Feb 2024 — avg 33 · peak 67May 2024 — avg 26 · peak 56Aug 2024 — avg 30 · peak 60Nov 2024 — avg 34 · peak 76Feb 2025 — avg 32 · peak 73May 2025 — avg 29 · peak 63Aug 2025 — avg 32 · peak 67Nov 2025 — avg 30 · peak 62Feb 2026 — avg 22 · peak 44May 2026 — avg 28 · peak 63Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 48
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$52.91$3.962017-10-182026-08-212017-10-18 — best price $49.992018-01-04 — best price $49.992018-04-30 — best price $24.992018-08-17 — best price $24.992018-11-14 — best price $49.992019-01-25 — best price $49.992019-04-05 — best price $20.942019-07-19 — best price $49.992019-12-01 — best price $12.502020-02-05 — best price $12.102020-04-15 — best price $11.002020-06-14 — best price $49.992020-08-02 — best price $8.752020-10-26 — best price $8.802021-03-06 — best price $8.402021-06-28 — best price $44.992021-10-18 — best price $49.992022-02-02 — best price $49.992022-06-06 — best price $49.992022-09-12 — best price $49.992022-12-21 — best price $6.292023-04-16 — best price $7.502023-07-13 — best price $49.992023-10-13 — best price $6.302024-01-05 — best price $40.992024-03-30 — best price $49.992024-06-27 — best price $6.432024-09-19 — best price $6.742024-12-04 — best price $40.992025-04-14 — best price $6.742025-07-28 — best price $49.992025-11-03 — best price $4.492026-02-09 — best price $4.492026-05-22 — best price $17.992026-08-21 — best price $17.96
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

132212026-05-31 — 32 pageviews2026-06-04 — 37 pageviews2026-06-08 — 41 pageviews2026-06-12 — 45 pageviews2026-06-16 — 91 pageviews2026-06-20 — 60 pageviews2026-06-24 — 46 pageviews2026-06-28 — 52 pageviews2026-07-02 — 49 pageviews2026-07-06 — 55 pageviews2026-07-10 — 132 pageviews2026-07-14 — 83 pageviews2026-07-18 — 82 pageviews2026-07-22 — 60 pageviews2026-07-26 — 46 pageviews2026-07-30 — 41 pageviews2026-08-03 — 42 pageviews2026-08-07 — 41 pageviews2026-08-11 — 33 pageviews2026-08-15 — 39 pageviews2026-08-19 — 36 pageviews2026-08-23 — 24 pageviews2026-08-27 — 24 pageviews2026-08-31 — 35 pageviews2026-09-04 — 37 pageviews2026-09-08 — 37 pageviews2026-09-12 — 46 pageviews2026-09-16 — 26 pageviews2026-09-20 — 30 pageviews2026-09-24 — 29 pageviews2026-09-28 — 35 pageviews2026-10-02 — 27 pageviews2026-10-06 — 35 pageviews2026-10-10 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
47.8%
earned "I'll Protect You!"
8.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,4426%53
Switch (Nintendo)1060%0
Switch (Nintendo)910%0

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeCo-opActionCasualMMORPGNudityAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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