Blades of Fire Review Summary
Last updated: 2026-06-18
- Forging system unique and praised
- Combat engaging and skill-based
- Visuals beautiful and well-crafted
- Weapon durability too fragile
- Navigation is confusing
- Severe FPS drops persist
Archetypes
Hardware
Windows 12-15GB VRAMmixedWindows 8-11GB VRAMpositive
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Mostly Positive (6/10)
- Total reviews
- 532
- Positive
- 41377.6%
- Negative
- 11922.4%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 35,443
- Estimated revenue
- $1,417,366
- Game price
- $40
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 254.70%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,666
- Estimated revenue lost
- $66,623
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 254.7% Avg playtime 0.8h | 234.3% Avg playtime 1h |
| > 2h playtime | 9417.7% Avg playtime 22.9h | 39073.3% Avg playtime 32.9h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 15.5 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 10.9 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 0 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 34.2 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
532 total
Organic purchasers41377.6%
Voted up: 75%
Key activations11922.4%
Voted up: 86%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
532 total
First impression0-2h7814.7%
Voted up: 67%
Mid game2-10h22341.9%
Voted up: 80%
Late game10-20h7714.5%
Voted up: 83%
Endgame20h+15428.9%
Voted up: 77%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
81.3%
Global baseline 77.6%
16 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 532 total.