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The Bloodline

Shieldbearer Studios · 505 Pulse · 2023-10-05

Steam

ActionIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 05, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come…

35
playing now
83%
positive of 3.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

35 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 35 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 301 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~38/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (970 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 79k–177k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,934 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.35-63%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.33 at GameBillet (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 46 of 74 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
81081020232026Week of 2023-10-01: 810 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

53162026-08-11 19:00 — 37 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 16 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 53 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 43 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 19 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 27 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 53 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 20 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 48 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 41 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 19 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 30 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 36 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 21 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 38 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 35 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 30 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 44 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 43 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 20 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 33 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 25 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 28 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 52 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 27 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 23 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 48 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 33 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 35 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$6.602023-10-032026-08-252023-10-03 — best price $17.772023-10-11 — best price $17.742023-11-21 — best price $14.892023-12-14 — best price $14.992023-12-29 — best price $19.992024-01-11 — best price $17.292024-02-03 — best price $17.992024-02-11 — best price $11.602024-03-15 — best price $11.492024-04-03 — best price $17.482024-04-26 — best price $18.762024-05-20 — best price $12.182024-05-29 — best price $17.482024-06-11 — best price $18.762024-07-13 — best price $18.762024-08-13 — best price $17.212024-09-07 — best price $19.992024-09-26 — best price $7.592024-11-04 — best price $9.992024-11-30 — best price $7.802024-12-20 — best price $8.692025-01-31 — best price $10.002025-03-14 — best price $10.002025-04-08 — best price $19.992025-06-13 — best price $17.212025-08-04 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $6.602025-11-20 — best price $6.602025-12-19 — best price $10.002026-02-12 — best price $9.992026-02-27 — best price $16.792026-03-26 — best price $14.392026-05-06 — best price $14.392026-05-28 — best price $17.372026-06-19 — best price $8.182026-07-02 — best price $9.992026-07-30 — best price $18.492026-08-17 — best price $18.232026-08-25 — best price $7.35
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerCustom Volume ControlsStereo SoundSurround SoundPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGIndieActionCombatFantasyPhysicsSandboxMedievalSwordplayAction RPG

Census log

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

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