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Insanity's Blade
Take a father’s journey to hell in order to save the souls of his wife and child. Insanity's Blade: The Chronicles of Thurstan is the first in a series of games based around the journey of a sword possessed by a father's powerful grief and hatred. This is the tale of the sword's creation.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“This is a beat 'em up with half-baked platforming elements. There is no jump-attack (insane).”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedLatest official news
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Insanity's Blade V1.21 Update!
Hello All! We have uploaded a minor patch today for the standard edition of Insanity's Blade which addresses some issues we were informed of by forum users: Fixed occasional glitch in ARCADE mode wher
Insanity's Blade V1.21 Update!
Hello All! We have uploaded a minor patch today for the standard edition of Insanity's Blade which addresses some issues we were informed of by forum users: Fixed occasional glitch in ARCADE mode wher
Insanity's Blade V1.20 Update!
Hey everyone! We're very excited to release the 1.20 patch! This one is huge ! We've taken into consideration all of the feed back we've received over the past year and picked out the things we though
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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.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Casual · Indie · Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Retro · 2D · Gore · Violent · Great Soundtrack · Horror · Arcade (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 34 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://causalbitgames.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8ghz or higher Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 512mb DirectX-compliant, INTEL GPUs not supported DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c - compliant sound card Additional Notes: Mobile chipsets may work but not supported.