Shadow Blade: Reload
Worth it · Action · 2015
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99.
- Length
- 3.6h 14.6h to 100%
- Value
- $2.78/hr
- Reviews
- 87% of 378 positive
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What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Dedicated video card recommended, 901 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
The lowest price on record is $1.99, set in June 2019. 43 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 3 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 75 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Katana ZERO ($14.99, scores 78) beats it on value, while it beats 10 Second Ninja X ($9.99, scores 45).
More about Shadow Blade: Reload
The press gave it 70; the people who bought it give it 87 percent. A 17-point gap in the buyer's favour.
The main story runs 3.6 hours. Doing everything runs 15, 4.1 times as long.
The drop-off
34% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Shadow Blade: Reload is an exhilarating side-scrolling action platformer that demonstrates how rewarding precision-based gameplay can be when paired with responsive controls and thoughtful level design. Developed and published by Dead Mage, the game revolves around speed, agility, and skill, placing players in the role of Kuro, a young ninja tasked with restoring balance to a world threatened by the collapse of an...
2 more reviews
Shadow Blade Reload is your typical 2.5 action adventure where you follow a simple and typical story across 7 regions. Each region contains between 5 and 7 stages with some of the final stages being bosses. You go through obstacles, fight enemies, collect Kanji & orbs and you get scored at the end based on factors like how many enemies you defeat, how much stuff you collect and how fast you are. The game's biggest...
Português / English Português O jogo é muito bom! Ele é bem rápido e te incentiva o tempo todo a jogar com agilidade. É extremamente divertido jogar as fases buscando a perfeição. A jogabilidade realmente te faz se sentir um ninja, com um personagem frágil, mas muito rápido, com vários movimentos para atacar ou agilizar as seções de plataforma. Ele tem um pequeno toque de plataforma de precisão, mas não dá pra...
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Cite this score
Shadow Blade: Reload scores 70/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/272330/shadow-blade-reloadReviews 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 Sep 29, price as of Oct 11. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.