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THE LAST BLADE 2 cover art

THE LAST BLADE 2

SNK CORPORATION · 2017-11-17

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: May 23, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Aug 06, 2001 (Dreamcast), Jan 28, 1999 (Neo Geo AES), Feb 27, 1999 (Neo Geo CD), Nov 17, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 23, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

This widely revered NEOGEO masterpiece is finally available on STEAM! Not only a perfect port of the original game, the STEAM version of THE LAST BLADE 2 will allow players from across the globe to fight against each other online / locally in epic battles in online Multiplayer Mode.

THE LAST BLADE 2 is an Action game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 418 reviews).

0
playing now
91%
positive of 418 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

The Last Blade 2 is a fighting game developed and released by SNK in 1998. Like its predecessor, The Last Blade, it is a weapons-based versus fighting game originally released to arcades via the Neo Geo MVS arcade system, although it has since been released for various other platforms.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 34 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 418 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.11 at GameBillet (2026-09-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 21 of 84 observed days · $8.88 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220172026Week of 2017-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
71Nov 2017Aug 2026Nov 2017 — avg 7 · peak 30Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 8Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2020 — avg 5 · peak 30Aug 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 7Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.292017-11-182026-10-142017-11-18 — best price $7.992019-03-07 — best price $8.962019-05-27 — best price $5.002019-08-22 — best price $4.252019-10-23 — best price $9.992020-01-25 — best price $4.692020-02-23 — best price $9.992020-05-23 — best price $8.282020-06-23 — best price $9.992020-07-22 — best price $9.992020-09-01 — best price $9.992020-10-01 — best price $9.992020-11-12 — best price $4.992021-01-01 — best price $7.342021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-04-12 — best price $9.992021-05-21 — best price $8.992021-06-28 — best price $9.992021-10-13 — best price $8.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992022-03-07 — best price $4.992022-06-14 — best price $7.342022-08-06 — best price $7.892022-11-23 — best price $2.992023-02-04 — best price $9.992023-04-10 — best price $9.992023-06-10 — best price $7.892023-08-03 — best price $1.992023-12-22 — best price $4.992024-07-15 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-06-10 — best price $1.492025-11-05 — best price $9.992026-05-26 — best price $8.322026-09-04 — best price $9.992026-09-24 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

63172026-05-31 — 44 pageviews2026-06-04 — 31 pageviews2026-06-08 — 50 pageviews2026-06-12 — 43 pageviews2026-06-16 — 40 pageviews2026-06-20 — 22 pageviews2026-06-24 — 28 pageviews2026-06-28 — 47 pageviews2026-07-02 — 56 pageviews2026-07-06 — 35 pageviews2026-07-10 — 40 pageviews2026-07-14 — 43 pageviews2026-07-18 — 48 pageviews2026-07-22 — 52 pageviews2026-07-26 — 38 pageviews2026-07-30 — 35 pageviews2026-08-03 — 37 pageviews2026-08-07 — 39 pageviews2026-08-11 — 39 pageviews2026-08-15 — 45 pageviews2026-08-19 — 44 pageviews2026-08-23 — 52 pageviews2026-08-27 — 43 pageviews2026-08-31 — 31 pageviews2026-09-04 — 47 pageviews2026-09-08 — 46 pageviews2026-09-12 — 28 pageviews2026-09-16 — 35 pageviews2026-09-20 — 47 pageviews2026-09-24 — 39 pageviews2026-09-28 — 37 pageviews2026-10-02 — 32 pageviews2026-10-06 — 23 pageviews2026-10-09 — 43 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
8.1%
earned "I'm gonna show ya my real power...!"
5.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Leaderboards1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-05-24 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)30539%20

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

Player tags

2DRetroActionArcadeClassicFighting2D FighterCompetitiveMultiplayerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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