BlazBlue Entropy Effect

BlazBlue Entropy Effect

BANGER · Action · 2024

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 8 of 8 sales

A BANGER at $19.99. Typically $13.99 in seasonal sales. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17.

Cost per hour▼
$1.57/hr
ReviewsS
94% of 37,069
Critics
83 players 11 higher
Genre rank
Top 1% Action
Watch this gameOne alert when it goes on sale.

Time and effort

Main story
12.7h
To 100%
58.1h 4.6x the story
Finish
18% reach the ending
Achievements
43

Price and sales

Sales
27 on record
Typical cut
22% off
Steam low
$11.99 August 2026
Sale every
42d last September 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $9.49 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
667 now
Recent reviews
95% 30 days
Cheaper than
6% of its genre
Better reviewed
99% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

84% start to 18% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

A normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

27 discounts in the 3 years on record, a median of 22 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.

Its score puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Dead Cells ($24.99, scores 95) beats it on value, while it beats Neon Abyss ($19.99, scores 69).

The math says it holds its tier up to $64.23.

More about BlazBlue Entropy Effect

The press gave it 83; the people who bought it give it 94 percent. An 11-point gap in the buyer's favour.

Steam's global achievement data puts about 18 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 12.7-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Of the 599 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 5 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2025 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 86 percent of the 2,081 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.

The main story runs 12.7 hours. Doing everything runs 58, 4.6 times as long.

At 12.7 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 30 days ago.

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

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
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Replayability~58h to replay
Co-op and replay time. The value score counts hours well past the 13h main story
Engagement18% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
Holding it back
Cost per hour$1.57/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds5 of 599 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

I would've recommended it at launch just for being a very solid game but after all the support and free updates it has gotten I would feel bad for not writing a review for it. This is a roguelike with a focus on action combat and its variety of characters, mostly being BlazBlue characters. During each run you unlock tactics and potentials, the former being element based abilities that are tied to your moves and the...
DespairRecommendedafter 25h9 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews
I played this game for about 100 hours and i can say it is worth every euro spent on it but there is a small problem... if you want to play multiplayer you need to wait for hours for someone to join that is in your region. In one full day about 16 hours i've waited and i only got like 3 online matches (one match takes from 20 to 30 minutes) and i was non stop in the lobby, but everything ells in this game is good...
Vic the ViperRecommendedafter 92hSep 2026Read on Steam
It's hard to explain why this game is so addictive. The combat and abilities that you gain through "Potential" are so numerous and detailed; in any other game it would be too much to just pick up and play, but Entropy Effect balances it in such a way that it just works. While the amount of characters or "Prototypes" is vast, the stages really aren't. Even after the new story update, you'll play the same stages over...
wadeb091Recommendedafter 41hAug 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

Enjoy action-packed flashy combat with incredibly satisfying combos and responsive controls! Numerous characters, each with completely unique playstyles and loads of unlockable moves & upgrades! This action roguelike sets the bar for fluid fast-paced action.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GTX 950, 18 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.

Cite this score

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BlazBlue Entropy Effect scores 92/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2273430/blazblue-entropy-effect
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+11
Critics83
Players94
Metacritic critics · 37,069 Steam player reviews

Details

Developer91Act
Publisher91Act
GenreAction
Released2024
Players750Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements43