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The Path of Blades

Kobe Justice · MegabeatsGaming · 2025-05-30

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 30, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A brutal, arcade-style dungeon crawler with modernized combat, Souls-like intensity, and retro-inspired visuals.Classic Dungeon Crawling Reimagined Arcade Souls-Like Gameplay

The Path of Blades is a free-to-play Action, Adventure, Indie and RPG game released in 2025, with a Mixed review sentiment (50% of 12 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

50%
positive of 12 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
Free
steam price (US)

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  • · Top 93% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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4420252026Week of 2025-05-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-08: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

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