Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena
Skip · Action · 2016
The verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 29, under the fair line, at $29.99. Fair at $1.54, lower than any Steam price we have tracked since Jul 2016 (lowest $5.99, Jun 2021).
- Length
- 0.4h 8.5h to 100%
- Value
- $74.98/hr
- Reviews
- 82% of 255 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at $1.54 or less.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
In a world controlled by blade, magic, and fist, diverse warriors gather for battle! This is a 2D fighting game featuring characters from Shining Blade and Shining Hearts.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, OpenGL 3.1 compliant video card, 4 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
Across all 66 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 98 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 82 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Mortal Kombat 1 ($9.99, scores 32) beats it on value, while it beats Capcom Arcade Stadium (free, scores 1).
More about Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena
0.4 hours to finish it, 9 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 21 times the campaign.
The drop-off
91% start to 8% 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
Recommend but barely. Firstly, 2025, there is no real online community for this one... As for the game, it has very, very little offline features. The gameplay is vey easy to get into, great for newbees to fighting games and a great pickup to play with friends... I highly suggest to only buy this one a sale...
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One of the easiest achievement lists on Steam (ignoring those cheap achievement farmers) Also Altina's pretty hot
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Cite this score
Blade Arcus from Shining: Battle Arena scores 29/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/446040/blade-arcus-from-shining-battle-arenaReviews 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 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.