THE LAST BLADE
Skip · Action · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 25, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Length
- 1.1h 4.8h to 100%
- Value
- $9.08/hr
- Reviews
- 73% of 249 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 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
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About the game
“THE LAST BLADE”, the first entry in the legendary 2D weapons-based fighting game series from SNK set during the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate, returns for another joust! Sharpen your blade, and be ready for some of the most epic battles on Steam!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics, 502 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
It has been discounted 52 times in the 10 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 74 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection ($39.99, scores 49) beats it on value, while it beats Capcom Arcade Stadium (free, scores 1).
More about THE LAST BLADE
Inside the two-hour refund window, 68 percent of the 109 reviews written there were positive, against 73 percent overall, and those are 61 percent of everything written about it.
1.1 hours to finish it, 5 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 4.4 times the campaign.
The drop-off
22% start to 4% 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
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Sep 26, 16:55 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
THE LAST BLADE is a classic 2D fighting game that has endured the test of time thanks to its elegant mechanics, deep gameplay, and distinctive aesthetic. Originally released in the late 1990s by SNK, the Steam version brings this timeless title to modern audiences, preserving its fast-paced combat and intricate systems that reward skill and strategy. For fans of traditional fighting games, THE LAST BLADE offers a...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Slightly Recommended. 7/10* Its a meh game, and im not saying its bad, just its regular, good for play some old classics, but not really a big deal, the pixel art its really good, the combat and controls are good, even the animations are good, cool thing it doesn't have any drm or 3rd party account logins, so that's great, im glad that snk its better in this aspect compared to capcom which is adding drm to their old...
I really wanted to like this game as I grew up with Samurai Showdown and other Neo Geo fighters, unfortunately not the case here. UI was not appealing to me and for me I would have preferred to have the boss characters selectable from the start in the fighter menu.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
THE LAST BLADE scores 25/100 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/465840/the-last-bladeReviews 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 30, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.