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Blade of Darkness

Blade of Darkness

Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.

Released Oct 7, 2021 Developer Rebel Act Studios, Fire Falcom, General Arcade Publisher SNEG Platforms Windows ViolentDark FantasyDifficultSouls-likeAction
View on Steam ↗ $5.99 (US · as of 2026-10-24)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

89.9%positive2,598 reviews
Recommended · 135 found this helpful

“Instead of a review, I wanted to give a tip: You can cancel inputs into another input by pressing your jump button between them. EXAMPLE: Say, you're playing as the Knight, and you've just reached Level 4. That's when you unlock the Gladius's special attack, Swing of Pride.…”

— a player, Steam review · 65 hrs played
Recommended · 122 found this helpful

“I played this game when i was 17 years of age. I enjoyed it. Now i'm 37. And i'm playing it again.”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
Recommended · 124 found this helpful

“OH MY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GOD IT'S ON STEAM!!! By the way... Souls-like? I mean at this point Steam should update Dark Souls games as Blade of Darkness-like.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

562all-time peak
0 100 200 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period 167 avg · Oct 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.

56achievements
17.4%median completion
2.0%rarest: Express Darkness
77.4% of players 57.2% of players 44.2% of players 31.7% of players 30.3% of players 30.1% of players 26.7% of players 26.4% of players 26.2% of players 25.2% of players 24.7% of players 24.6% of players 23.0% of players 23.0% of players 23.0% of players 22.6% of players 22.1% of players 21.7% of players 20.9% of players 20.8% of players 20.7% of players 20.7% of players 20.6% of players 19.1% of players 18.9% of players 18.5% of players 18.4% of players 17.5% of players 17.4% of players 16.2% of players 15.7% of players 15.6% of players 14.3% of players 14.1% of players 14.1% of players 14.0% of players 13.9% of players 13.9% of players 13.8% of players 13.8% of players 13.3% of players 13.3% of players 12.6% of players 12.4% of players 10.8% of players 10.5% of players 9.4% of players 8.9% of players 8.8% of players 7.4% of players 6.7% of players 6.5% of players 4.9% of players 4.6% of players 4.4% of players 2.0% of players 77.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
77.4%First Blood — Kill the first enemy
57.2%Basic Swings — Complete a basic controls tutorial
44.2%A New Beginning — Watch the game's intro till the end
Rarest badges of honor
2.0%Express Darkness — Complete the game in one run, in 8 hours or less without using saves a single time
4.4%Dead end — Choose not to destroy the evil completely
4.6%You are awesome! — Complete the game with the saves rating 'AWESOME!'

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$5.99−60% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-10-24 11:05 UTC
$14.99base price
$5.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-13
US5.99 USD−60%
EU5.99 EUR−60%
UK4.99 GBP−60%
Australia8.78 AUD−60%
Canada7.79 CAD−60%
Japan752 JPY−60%
Brazil19.59 BRL−60%
China22.80 CNY−60%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$3.4 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$6.7

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-30 08-20 09-10 10-01 10-24

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 04, 2026
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Jul 25, 2026
Blade of Darkness - now 60% off

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Jul 14, 2026
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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresAction, RPG
Player tagsViolent · Dark Fantasy · Difficult · Souls-like · Action · Combat · RPG · Gore · Dark · Atmospheric · Third Person · Action RPG (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Simplified Chinese, Russian *
ControllerFull support
Achievements56
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 7, 8.1, 10 Processor: Dual Core 2Ghz Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible for 1920x1080 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space