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Blade Symphony
Prove you are the world's greatest swordsman! Engage in tactical 1 vs. 1 sword fighting, 2 vs. 2, or sandbox FFA, or capture Control Points in a tactical slash-em-up.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“For a free-to-play game now that is based on the Source engine, it is a decent and unique game initially for its time. It kind of reminds me a bit of Chivalry and For Honor. The combat can take a bit to get used to, but it has been somewhat simplified compared to its initial…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“A guy bowed to me with such elegance and grace. Then he breakdanced into my ribcage and hit me with a 14-hit combo while I was still trying to figure out which way was North. :D Best $0.00 I ever spent on getting my ego crushed politely.”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“Seems like a decent & well polished game but playing a source engine game in thirdperson feels wrong somehow. I was so hyped for a first person fencing game that would let me demoknight but with honest animations & ultrakill style parries.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Free to Play Patch 7 Hotfix 1 released
We're releasing a small hotfix to a few minor issues identified after releasing Free To Play Patch 7. We'll continue to address major issues that affect Workshop, SourceMod or the Stats system, as wel
Free to Play Patch 7, Stats and Workshop are back!
Blade Symphony Free To Play Patch 7 With the new year upon us, it’s time to release a new update to Blade Symphony. Exciting news as the Blade Symphony Stats system is back online, recording data, and
Free to Play Patch 6, Begone Crashes!
Blade Symphony Free To Play Patch 6 Since the last update , our focus has been to get SourceMod working with the game again. Unfortunately, SourceMod support for 64-bit operating systems is still unde
Free To Play Patch 5, optimize everything!
Blade Symphony Free To Play Patch 5 Over the last few weeks, we have been internally testing a number of methods to better optimize Blade Symphony. After all, having fluid swordplay is important. Than
Free To Play Patch 4, stability madness!
Blade Symphony Free To Play Patch 4 Since November of last year, the team took a careful and extensive look at Blade Symphony's codebase to fix lots of difficult bugs, but most importantly, fix EVERY
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Fighting · Indie · Multiplayer · Swordplay · Competitive · Third Person · Hack and Slash · Ninja · Parkour · Sci-fi · PvP (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop |
| Languages | English * , Japanese * , Russian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * , Dutch * , Hungarian * , Portuguese - Portugal * , French * , Korean * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Italian * , Czech * , Danish * , Norwegian * , Polish * … |
| Achievements | 26 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.blade-symphony.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10 Processor: 3.0 Ghz P4(+), Dual Core 2.0(+) or AMD64X2(+) Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: DX9.0c Compatible 256MB VRAM, NVIDIA Geforce 7600 Series / ATI x1600 Series DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 5 GB HD space Sound: DirectX 9.0c Compatible Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection