Blade & Soul NEO

Wait41%

Mixed · 1k player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

NC · Free to Play · Jun 4, 2025

Player review score
41%
Mixed
Price
Free
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
36
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
3
Full audio1 of 3
Subtitles3 of 3

Should I buy Blade & Soul NEO?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 70 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Monetization: 61 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Servers and matchmaking: 27 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k 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 praise300 helpful reviews58% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
70 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
On top of that there was the fun boss mechanics, I still remember the mechs for Sogun's Lament almost 10 years later.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
61 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The old combat feel has returned, slower, more deliberate, like a fighting game.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story is also very interesting, and the exploration journal is fun to complete.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The cutscenes are no longer broken, the changes to the open map and graphics are nice to see after the minimal changes (and sometimes straight up downgrades) to the graphics in the Live version UE4 update.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
You can play with a character design and to be honest, not many (Free to play) games has so many options like this one (atleast from my experience).

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay70 reviews
Combat61 reviews
Story50 reviews
Graphics35 reviews
Characters11 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Monetization
31% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
7% still recommend
Multiplayer
32% still recommend
Crashes
6% still recommend
Performance
33% still recommend
Bugs
33% still recommend
Interface
60% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • MMO
  • Multi-player
  • Online Co-op
  • Online PvP
  • PvP

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • In-App Purchases
  • Steam Achievements

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

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