Blade of Darkness on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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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.

Blade of Darkness is a violent, dark fantasy and difficult game developed by Rebel Act Studios, Fire Falcom and General Arcade and published by SNEG.
Released on October 07th 2021 is available only on Windows in 7 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese and Russian.

It has received 2,279 reviews of which 2,071 were positive and 208 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam with a 60% discount.

The Steam community has classified Blade of Darkness into these genres:

Violent Dark Fantasy Difficult Souls-like Action Combat RPG Gore Dark Atmospheric Third Person Action RPG Action-Adventure Hack and Slash Fantasy Lore-Rich Moddable Singleplayer Narration Replay Value

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • 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

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
I cant believe i found this game, i used to go over to my dad's best buddies house and play this on his PC with his daughter, this was 24 years ago and i never remembered the damn name of this game until I used ChatGPT to search for it. This game was incredible, This was game was so far a head of its time kids. True Nostalgia, from a far dead world.
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Feb. 2025
Bunch of kitties complaining about mechanics & difficulty. Game's atmospheric music and lighting system are beautiful. Makes it a really enjoyable journey. Mechanics are good, nothing to complain about a game from 2001. You just have to adapt and learn, which I find attractive.
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Jan. 2025
A brilliant old-school classic with combat and mechanics that impressed me especially considering it is a two decade old game . This is a must play !
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Dec. 2024
This game is great and I recommend it but there is a big caveat I feel the other reviewers ignore. This game is CLUNKY. Sometimes your weapon will just go through an enemy for no damage or you walk off a ledge because certain movement inputs make the character take two steps with instead of one. The clunk is not a deal breaker (especially since you have unlimited saves), but it was jarring after reading all the reviews that ignore the clunk. Like I said I still recommend and think it is a great game, just be ready for its age to show mechanically.
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Sept. 2024
This game came out over 20 years ago, there was never a game like it before and there has never been a game like it since. The best way I can describe the depth and satisfaction of the gameplay is to suggest it is like learning a musical instrument.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Blade of Darkness is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

Blade of Darkness is currently available at a 60% discount. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

Blade of Darkness received 2,071 positive votes out of a total of 2,279 achieving a rating of 8.69.
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Blade of Darkness was developed by Rebel Act Studios, Fire Falcom and General Arcade and published by SNEG.

Blade of Darkness is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Blade of Darkness is not playable on MacOS.

Blade of Darkness is not playable on Linux.

Blade of Darkness is a single-player game.

Blade of Darkness does not currently offer any DLC.

Blade of Darkness does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Blade of Darkness does not support Steam Remote Play.

Blade of Darkness is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Blade of Darkness.

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Blade of Darkness
-60% 12.49€ 4.99€ -57% 12.49€ 5.44€ -26% 12.49€ 9.31€
8.7
2,071
208
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16
Developer
Rebel Act Studios, Fire Falcom, General Arcade
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SNEG
Release 07 Oct 2021
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