Blades of Time
Third-person hack-and-slash adventure built around rewinding time in combat
Gaijin Entertainment Corporation · Released Apr 20, 2012
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 79% of 2,721
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 60% of 10 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 2
- peak 24h 3
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 63/100 (critic reviews)
What is Blades of Time?
Treasure hunter Ayumi travels to an ancient island filled with monsters in this third-person action adventure. You fight with swords, guns, combos, and spells, and rewind time during battles and puzzles. A separate Outbreak mode supports co-op and player-versus-player play.
For you if...
- +you enjoy experimenting with different attacks in hack-and-slash fights
- +you like puzzles mixed into an action adventure
Not for you if...
- −you prefer action games without time-based puzzles
- −you want exploration with little combat
What players say
79% of 2,721 reviews are positive · 60% of 10 in the last 30 days
Players praise the range of combat abilities and the ways time rewind changes fights. Common complaints include clunky controls, frustrating puzzles, and weak writing and voice acting. Some players also report trouble launching the game.
Screenshots and trailer
Blades of Time system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP
- Processor
- Intel Pentium 4 2.6GHz or AMD 3500+
- Graphics
- Ati Radeon x1300 256 MB or nVidia GeForce 7300 GS
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB HD space
- Notes
- Broadband Internet connection
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 or AMD Phenom
- Graphics
- ATI Radeon 7750 or nVidia GTX 470
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB HD space
- Notes
- Broadband Internet connection
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 35
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Age rating
- 17+
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish - Spain.
Tags
- Action
- Female Protagonist
- Hack and Slash
- Adventure
- Third Person
- Singleplayer
- Fantasy
- Spectacle fighter
- Time Manipulation
- Character Action Game
- RPG
- Nudity
- Controller
- Multiplayer
- Beat 'em up
- Sexual Content
1 DLC available.
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