Crit

Blackthorn Arena

Wait69%

Mixed · 4k player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

PersonaeGame Studio · Strategy · May 20, 2020

Player review score
69%
Mixed
Price
$24.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
29
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
10
Full audio1 of 10
Subtitles10 of 10

Should I buy Blackthorn Arena?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Characters: 11 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 36 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 25 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Story: 16 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 4k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 266 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
17% of themes are praise33% are divided50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
52 of 266 sampled reviews raised it
A lot of different builds to try out and most of them are viable.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
11 of 266 sampled reviews raised it
There is a rather deep character design, from making your own gladiators, to skill development and as a casual gamer even if you aren't amazing at it, there is a lot of fun to have.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay52 reviews
Characters11 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty
93% still recommend
Graphics
63% still recommend
Performance
25% still recommend
Interface
50% still recommend
Players complain
Bugs
64% still recommend
Combat
56% still recommend
Story
63% still recommend
Crashes
25% still recommend
Optimization
50% still recommend
Monetization
14% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$24.99

The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.

10 points recordedtoday · $24.99

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