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Blades of Time

Blades of Time

Ayumi, the gorgeous gun and sword-wielding treasure hunter, sets out on a journey to an ancient island in search of new adventures. While rich in bounty, the island is also filled with the magic of Chaos, being at the same time home to blood thirsty monsters.

Released Apr 20, 2012 Developer Gaijin Entertainment Corporation Platforms Windows · Mac ActionFemale ProtagonistHack and SlashAdventureThird Person
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (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 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

78.5%positive2,735 reviews
Recommended · 198 found this helpful

“Aside from this game being a guilty pleasure, it is actually really fun. It looks quite good visually, has a really solid fighting system, and a very unique rewind mechanic that keeps the gameplay interesting. In addition, the voice acting and dialog is so bad it's legendary.…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
Recommended · 79 found this helpful

“In overall, everything about this game is awesome. Controls are smooth, gameplay is fast, decent graphics and sounds, the time-control spell makes this game particular. In my opinion, the story is a bit lame, but I do not really care, I forget it when I swing my swords in every…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Not recommended · 12 found this helpful

“For anyone thinking about getting this port this is what youll need to do to run it. It must be run in windows 98 mode , as an admin and through the exe in the main folder. NOT through steam, and if you can get that done then you need to find a solution to no audio.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 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.

247all-time peak
0 25 50 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 47 avg · Feb 2013

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.

35achievements
14.9%median completion
2.5%rarest: Rain of Bullets
81.4% of players 73.2% of players 60.6% of players 55.1% of players 46.3% of players 46.0% of players 43.5% of players 42.8% of players 33.5% of players 33.3% of players 30.0% of players 25.1% of players 22.1% of players 20.5% of players 18.3% of players 17.6% of players 15.8% of players 14.9% of players 14.8% of players 14.0% of players 12.9% of players 12.1% of players 9.4% of players 7.2% of players 6.8% of players 5.1% of players 5.0% of players 3.7% of players 3.5% of players 3.3% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 2.8% of players 2.5% of players 81.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
81.4%Gather Chi — Hidden achievement
73.2%Rifle — Hidden achievement
60.6%Coral Dash — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
2.5%Rain of Bullets — Shoot off Magic Armor from 50 enemies using Time Rewind clones.
2.8%Hard Times Are Over — Hidden achievement
2.8%Treasure Hunter — Find all the chests in story mode on the Hard difficulty level.

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.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-10-24 11:05 UTC
$1.99lowest since tracking began2026-10-01
US9.99 USD
EU9.75 EUR
UK8.50 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada12.99 CAD
Japan1,200 JPY
Brazil32.99 BRL
China42.00 CNY

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

China≈$6.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$11

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

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Adventure
Player tagsAction · Female Protagonist · Hack and Slash · Adventure · Third Person · Singleplayer · Fantasy · Spectacle fighter · Time Manipulation · Character Action Game · RPG · Nudity (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Stats · Steam Leaderboards
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , German * , Italian * , Japanese * , Russian * , Spanish - Spain * *
Achievements35
Official sitehttp://www.bladesoftime.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2.6GHz or AMD 3500+ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Ati Radeon x1300 256 MB or nVidia GeForce 7300 GS DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 3 GB HD space Sound: Direct X-compatible sound card Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection