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Blue Archive

Anime squad RPG with tactical battles and student relationship stories

NEXON Games · Published by NEXON Korea · Released Jul 3, 2025

AdventureCasualRPGStrategyFree To Play

Third-party account required AI-generated content disclosed

Reviews
Mostly Positive
72% of 30K
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
3,696
daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck
Untested
Last update on Steam
1 day ago
Oct 27, 2026
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX650Ti
4 GB RAM · 19 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Blue Archive?

A free-to-play, single-player RPG set in Kivotos, where you serve as a teacher leading squads of students. You recruit characters through gacha, assemble teams for tactical battles, and progress through story chapters, with separate relationship episodes and private chats exploring individual students' lives.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy anime stories about friendship and student club life
  • +you like building teams around different characters' combat abilities

Not for you if...

  • −you want an RPG without randomized character recruitment
  • −you prefer games without suggestive images or dialogue

What players say

72% of 30,123 reviews are positive

Players praise the story and the PC version's fast loading and performance. Most complaints concern announced changes to gacha guarantees, which players say reduce control over character recruitment and encourage more spending.

Screenshots and trailer

Blue Archive screenshot 1

Blue Archive system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX650Ti, 4 GB RAM, 19 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10
Processor
Intel Core i3 - 540 3.06 GHz
Graphics
GeForce GTX650Ti
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
19 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

OS
Windows 11

Does Blue Archive have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Blue Archive run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Third-party account
Guest or NEXON Login
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing, In-app purchases
Languages
Full audio: Korean. Text only: English, Traditional Chinese, Thai.

Does Blue Archive use AI-generated content?

Yes. The developers disclose AI-generated content on the game's Steam page:

During the development process, our team may utilize procedural and AI-based tools to support content creation. In all such cases, the final result is a reflection of our own development team's creativity and artistic expression. A TTS tool is utilized for some of the voice lines for the characters 'Arona' and 'Plana'.

The statement mentions: AI active during playVoices

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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