Blade Symphony

Blade Symphony

Skip · Multiplayer · 2014

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.

PriceS
Free to play
Reviews▼
66% of 4,680
Critics
72 players 6 lower
Genre rank
Top 75% Multiplayer

Holding it back: Reviews, Monetization

Time and effort

Typical playtime
0.2h
To 100%
4.1h 20.5x the story
Achievements
26

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Better reviewed
23% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

23% start to 1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

It is less well reviewed than 77 percent of its genre. MORDHAU ($29.99, scores 55) outscores it, and so does Chivalry: Medieval Warfare ($24.99, scores 63). Both sit among its closest neighbours.

Free to start. It takes its money later, through cosmetic.

More about Blade Symphony

Inside the two-hour refund window, 47 percent of the 853 reviews written there were positive, against 66 percent overall, and those are 30 percent of everything written about it.

HowLongToBeat players log 0.2 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 4, 20 times as much.

Buy now or wait

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Cost per hourFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Reach750K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
MonetizationCosmetic
Cosmetic only, a light touch
For context
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score
In-app purchasesCosmeticPCGamingWiki

What players say

Blade Symphony is a multiplayer melee combat game developed and published by Puny Human that transforms sword fighting into an intense contest of reflexes, strategy, and psychological warfare. Rather than following the typical hack-and-slash approach seen in many action games, Blade Symphony focuses on deliberate dueling mechanics where patience, timing, and precision matter far more than reckless aggression. The...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 11hMay 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
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kuru_⁧⁧eucharistRecommendedafter 24hMay 2026Read on Steam
A guy bowed to me with such elegance and grace. Then he breakdanced into my ribcage and hit me with a 14-hit combo while I was still trying to figure out which way was North. :D Best $0.00 I ever spent on getting my ego crushed politely.
ChosoRecommendedafter 8.0hApr 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

Prove you are the world's greatest swordsman! Engage in tactical 1 vs. 1 sword fighting, 2 vs. 2, or sandbox FFA, or capture Control Points in a tactical slash-em-up.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, DX9.0c Compatible 256MB VRAM, NVIDIA Geforce 7600 Series / ATI x1600 Series, 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Blade Symphony scores 15/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/225600/blade-symphony
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 14. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-6
Critics72
Players66
Metacritic critics · 4,680 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperPuny Human
PublisherPuny Human
GenreMultiplayer
Released2014
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements26