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XBlaze Code: Embryo cover art

XBlaze Code: Embryo

Arc System Works · Aksys Games · 2016-03-01

Steam

Adventure

Franchise: BlazBlue · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: Jul 25, 2013 (PlayStation 3), Jun 24, 2014 (PlayStation Vita), Mar 01, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Set 150 years before the events of BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, XBlaze Code: Embryo is a visual novel that follows Touya Kagari, a high school student whose world is turned upside down when he is attacked by a seemingly otherworldly being and saved by a mysterious girl named Es.

75%
positive of 120 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$11.99
steam price (US)
Xblaze Code: Embryo is a prequel visual novel of the fighting game series BlazBlue by Arc System Works. It was released in Japan for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on July 25, 2013 and North America on June 24, 2014 by Aksys Games. The Microsoft Windows's version was released worldwide on March 1, 2016. A sequel titled Xblaze Lost: Memories has been released for the PS3 and Vita in 2015 and on Windows in 2016.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (14 reviews).
  • · Top 39% of 25,928 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.0k–7.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 120 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.29-54%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.79 at GamersGate (2021-12-26) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 61 of 83 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220162026Week of 2016-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$2.792016-03-012026-10-012016-03-01 — best price $15.992017-11-16 — best price $9.992018-11-05 — best price $9.992019-03-11 — best price $8.002019-07-12 — best price $19.992019-10-14 — best price $19.992020-01-04 — best price $19.992020-03-30 — best price $4.002020-06-10 — best price $19.992020-07-20 — best price $19.992020-09-13 — best price $17.882020-10-16 — best price $17.882020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-01-22 — best price $19.992021-02-23 — best price $19.992021-04-10 — best price $16.882021-06-06 — best price $16.882021-10-04 — best price $2.992021-12-02 — best price $19.992022-02-04 — best price $19.992022-05-07 — best price $19.992022-07-25 — best price $19.992022-11-01 — best price $3.392023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-04-24 — best price $2.992023-07-24 — best price $19.992023-11-21 — best price $2.992024-02-08 — best price $3.192024-05-21 — best price $19.992024-08-24 — best price $15.892024-11-25 — best price $19.992025-02-03 — best price $14.692025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-09-22 — best price $19.992025-12-12 — best price $3.202026-03-16 — best price $4.002026-05-28 — best price $19.992026-08-17 — best price $11.992026-10-01 — best price $9.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3292026-07-09 — 27 pageviews2026-07-12 — 23 pageviews2026-07-15 — 13 pageviews2026-07-18 — 22 pageviews2026-07-21 — 25 pageviews2026-07-24 — 20 pageviews2026-07-27 — 17 pageviews2026-07-30 — 22 pageviews2026-08-02 — 12 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-08 — 17 pageviews2026-08-11 — 26 pageviews2026-08-14 — 15 pageviews2026-08-17 — 15 pageviews2026-08-20 — 24 pageviews2026-08-23 — 21 pageviews2026-08-26 — 16 pageviews2026-08-29 — 16 pageviews2026-09-01 — 14 pageviews2026-09-04 — 14 pageviews2026-09-07 — 16 pageviews2026-09-10 — 12 pageviews2026-09-13 — 25 pageviews2026-09-16 — 19 pageviews2026-09-19 — 21 pageviews2026-09-22 — 11 pageviews2026-09-25 — 17 pageviews2026-09-28 — 13 pageviews2026-10-01 — 14 pageviews2026-10-04 — 11 pageviews2026-10-06 — 21 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
88.6%
earned "XBLAZE, IGNITE!"
20.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

CuteAnimeAdventureStory RichSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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