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A legend reborn as Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny returns!Developed by Austrian developer Crafty Studios, Realms of Arkania – Blade of Destiny is a faithful remake of the 1992 original, adored by a generation of Role Players and one of the most successful RPG’s of the 1990’s.

Release DateJul 29, 2013
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)55% (mixed) Bottom 15% / 54.8%  Bottom 15%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)54.1% Bottom 20% / 54%  Bottom 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)258  Top 25% / 416  Top 20%
Curators15 reviews
Median Play Time19.3 hours  Top 10%
Play Time per Dollar1.9 hour  Top 10%
Followers1.4K  Top 30%
Owners± 141.6K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 24.4K  Top 20%
Gross Revenue ($)± 268.7K  Top 15%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny's Steam rating and reviews from July 2013 to December 2023. Steam's rating varies between 23% (August 2013) and 55.6% (November 2015).

The 416 reviews Top 20% suggest that Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny might be a reasonable indie success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny's reviewers. The most popular language is English (47%), followed by German (42%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 13 languages represented. The game has 2 translations (English and German), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

Chart displaying Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is great, reaching 88 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 13 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Detailed environments
  • Tactical battles
  • Realistic party survival system
  • Large variety of classes and spells
  • Option to customize party
  • Automated battle system
  • Challenging gameplay
  • Variety of side quests
  • Detailed dungeons
  • Dev transparency
  • Poor UI and controls
  • Empty world outside battles
  • Long and tedious travel
  • Poor item descriptions
  • High failure chances in battles
  • Buggy release
  • Bad character models
  • Long periods of walking/sleeping
  • Clunky user interface
  • Terrible voice acting

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 55% rating  Bottom 15% should be factored in during their evaluation.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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