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Bound By Flame

Bound By Flame

You are a mercenary possessed by a flame demon in a desperate world ravaged by seven Ice Lords. In this RPG where every choice counts, you will have to choose between unleashing the powers of the beast within and rejecting its demonic influence.

Released May 8, 2014 Developer Spiders Publisher Focus Entertainment Platforms Windows · Linux RPGActionFantasySingleplayerAdventure
View on Steam ↗ $6.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

68.2%positive3,809 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Short, difficult and sweet. The soundtrack is the highlight.”

— a player, Steam review · 52 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“It has a certain charm to it. Sure it's clanky at times like any budget title, but I'm enjoying the game. It's one of those games that feels a little late to the party, meaning if it had released 6-8 years earlier it would've been praised. It's .76 cents on sale and more than…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Not recommended · 4 found this helpful

“It's not very good. Its hard yes but it doesn't become impossible until the end. You waste all your resources thinking the game is over only to find out there is a even more final boss than the final boss. You can't go back once you reach this area. If you didn't prepare, you…”

— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-23 23:47 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

2playing at last check
1024-hour peak
2,599all-time peak
0 250 500 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 334 avg · May 2014

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

41achievements
12.8%median completion
2.3%rarest: Romance with pointy ears
70.0% of players 69.1% of players 63.7% of players 51.7% of players 50.9% of players 40.2% of players 38.8% of players 36.3% of players 35.5% of players 33.6% of players 29.9% of players 26.7% of players 24.5% of players 24.2% of players 24.1% of players 21.7% of players 21.6% of players 21.0% of players 17.9% of players 16.7% of players 12.8% of players 12.4% of players 11.1% of players 10.4% of players 9.2% of players 8.9% of players 8.8% of players 8.4% of players 8.1% of players 7.9% of players 7.5% of players 7.3% of players 7.1% of players 6.4% of players 6.3% of players 4.0% of players 3.7% of players 3.5% of players 2.8% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 70.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
70.0%First steps — Upgrade a skill
69.1%Just a warm-up — Vanquish 25 enemies
63.7%Beasted — Vanquish a Juggernaut
Rarest badges of honor
2.3%Romance with pointy ears — Seduce Rhelmar
2.4%Chivalrandy — Seduce Randval
2.8%Captain — Complete Bound by Flame in the Captain difficulty mode

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.

$6.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$0.83lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US6.99 USD
EU6.99 EUR
UK5.99 GBP
Australia10.95 AUD
Canada8.99 CAD
Japan1,180 JPY
Brazil24.90 BRL
China29.00 CNY

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

China≈$4.3 Brazil Canada US Japan Australia EU UK≈$8.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Jan 21, 2016
Linux Update

Hey RPG fans! An update for the Linux version of Bound By Flame is live with several improvements: - Fix of several crashes with some specific equipment (PS3 pad, Microsoft keyboards with a Joystick..

Jan 21, 2016
Linux Update

Hey RPG fans! An update for the Linux version of Bound By Flame is live with several improvements: - Fix of several crashes with some specific equipment (PS3 pad, Microsoft keyboards with a Joystick..

Oct 09, 2014
[STEAM FOCUS WEEKEND 09-13 OCT]

Enjoy 50% off Bound By Flame on Steam and dominate your inner demon, or embrace the power within! Also available, exceptional discounts on the entire Focus catalog including ALL Spiders' RPGs, and fre

May 05, 2014
THE LAUNCH TRAILER!

Bound by Flame will be available on Friday! So to celebrate the week of the game launch on PC, here's a final teaser video of the most ambitious RPG from Spiders studio: a launch trailer with music by

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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.

GenresAction, RPG
Player tagsRPG · Action · Fantasy · Singleplayer · Adventure · Hack and Slash · Third Person · Action RPG · Dark Fantasy · Story Rich · Atmospheric · Demons (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German * , Spanish - Spain, Czech, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Korean *
ControllerFull support
Achievements41
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.focus-home.com/games/bound-by-flame
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: WINDOWS XP SP3/WINDOWS VISTA SP2/WINDOWS 7/WINDOWS 8 Processor: AMD/INTEL DUAL-CORE 2.2 GHZ Memory: 2048 MB RAM Graphics: 512 MB 100% DIRECTX 9 AND SHADERS 4.0 COMPATIBLE ATI RADEON HD 4850/NVIDIA GEFORCE 8800 GT OR HIGHER Storage: 6 GB available space Sound Card: DIRECTX 9 COMPATIBLE Additional Notes: INTERNET CONNECTION REQUIRED FOR THE GAME ACTIVATION