Blade Assault

Buy74%

Mostly Positive · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

TeamSuneat · Action · Jan 18, 2022

Player review score
74%
Mostly Positive
Price
$17.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
26
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
7
Full audio0 of 7
Subtitles7 of 7

Should I buy Blade Assault?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 122 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 88 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story: 57 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Controls: 53 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 46 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise8% are divided50% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
122 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
At first, builds were very random and not as deliberate, until unlocking passive abilities that allowed for more flexibility in developing and choosing certain passives/active abilities for each build.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
88 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The in-run feels and physics feel really smooth, giving you a double jump, dash with i-frames, and combined melee and ranged attacks.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
36 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Pros: Art Style, Room to Room Gamefeel, Fairly rewarding Run to Run Progression System
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The inclusion of multiple playable characters adds another layer of replayability, as each one handles differently and opens new strategic approaches.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art and sound design are very crisp, and do alot of the heavy lifting for this game's general world building.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay122 reviews
Combat88 reviews
Graphics36 reviews
Characters26 reviews
Audio23 reviews
Divided opinion
Steam Deck
50% still recommend
Players complain
Story
65% still recommend
Controls
49% still recommend
Difficulty
61% still recommend
Bugs
45% still recommend
Interface
55% still recommend
Performance
67% 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

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$17.99

The lowest we've tracked is $3.59.

10 points recordedtoday · $17.99

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