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THE LAST BLADE cover art

THE LAST BLADE

SNK CORPORATION · 2016-08-31

SteamGOG

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

Releases: Aug 31, 2016 (Linux), Aug 31, 2016 (Mac), Mar 13, 2012 (Wii), Jan 29, 1998 (Neo Geo AES), Mar 26, 1998 (Neo Geo CD), Aug 31, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

“THE LAST BLADE”, the first entry in the legendary 2D weapons-based fighting game series from SNK set during the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate, returns for another joust! Sharpen your blade, and be ready for some of the most epic battles on Steam!

2
playing now
74%
positive of 247 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
bronze
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

The Last Blade is a fighting game developed and released by SNK for the Neo Geo system in 1997. It was also ported to several home systems. A sequel, The Last Blade 2, was released in 1998. A second sequel, The Last Blade: Beyond the Destiny, was released in 2000.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 56% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.2k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 247 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.19-18%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.89 at GOG (2025-03-19) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 42 of 58 observed days · $5.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.892016-01-062026-08-302016-01-06 — best price $4.992017-08-07 — best price $5.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992019-06-10 — best price $2.992019-08-27 — best price $4.992019-11-28 — best price $1.992020-02-08 — best price $8.112020-05-12 — best price $5.282020-06-18 — best price $3.752020-07-17 — best price $9.992020-09-20 — best price $7.342020-11-25 — best price $4.992021-01-31 — best price $7.342021-04-05 — best price $5.992021-06-08 — best price $7.342021-07-15 — best price $4.992021-09-01 — best price $9.992021-10-24 — best price $9.992021-12-06 — best price $7.342022-02-08 — best price $7.342022-04-11 — best price $4.992022-06-19 — best price $9.992022-08-03 — best price $7.342022-11-04 — best price $5.992023-01-16 — best price $4.992023-05-25 — best price $7.342023-08-17 — best price $9.992024-02-22 — best price $5.992024-08-13 — best price $1.792025-01-18 — best price $5.992025-07-08 — best price $9.992025-12-16 — best price $9.992026-05-26 — best price $8.322026-08-18 — best price $8.132026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play Together1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian

Player tags

2DAnimeActionArcadeClassicFightingSwordplay2D FighterController

Census log

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

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