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Blade and Sorcery

Blade and Sorcery

WarpFrog · released Jun 16, 2024

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationPC

Blade & Sorcery is a built-for-VR medieval fantasy with full physics driven melee, ranged and magic combat. Become a powerful warrior, ranger or sorcerer and devastate your enemies.

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 8.2 ↗
89
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Khar-Tib 1.3.1 released” (1mo ago)

90%
At launch
97%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
86%
Player sentiment
96%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 299 sampled Steam reviews (279 positive / 20 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

  • Combat5% mention it

What negative reviews complain about

  • Bugs & crashes30% mention it
  • Combat15% mention it

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

85%

55 reviews

5-15h

97%

88 reviews

15-40h

97%

74 reviews

40-100h

95%

55 reviews

100h+

85%

27 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews97%921000
Metacritic user ratings–8616
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)96%90719
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 90.6, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 62,116 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jul 28, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 719 total reviews in window · weighted 224.1 up / 10.5 down · computed 1h ago · full methodology →

Patch history

  1. 1.3.1.2 Hotfix - fix for mod manager and T4 weapons achievement
    Jul 30, 2026
  2. Khar-Tib 1.3.1 released
    Jul 28, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. The Khar-Tib Update is now available!
    Jul 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. The Khar-Tib Update, coming July 6th
    Jun 29, 2026
  5. Preview: The Khar-Tib Update
    Jun 22, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. Sentara 1.2.1 released - bugfixes
    Mar 16, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  7. The Sentara Update is now available!
    Feb 24, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  8. The Sentara Update, coming February 24th
    Feb 18, 2026
  9. Preview: The Sentara Update
    Jan 23, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. Rakta 1.1.2 released - mod manager improvements
    Dec 10, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  11. Rakta 1.1.1 released
    Nov 10, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  12. The Rakta Update is now available!
    Oct 7, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  13. The Rakta Update, coming October 7th
    Oct 1, 2025
  14. Preview: The Rakta Update
    Sep 2, 2025
  15. Update 1.0.7.682 Hotfix
    Apr 14, 2025
  16. Update 1.0.7.677 hotfix
    Mar 31, 2025
  17. Update 1.0.7 released
    Feb 26, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  18. Update 1.0.6 released
    Nov 21, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  19. Update 1.0.5 released
    Nov 5, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  20. Update 1.0.4 released
    Sep 24, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  21. Update 1.0.3 released
    Jul 22, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  22. Update 1.0.2 released
    Jul 4, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  23. Update 1.0.1 released
    Jun 21, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  24. 1.0 - The End Update, is now available!
    Jun 17, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  25. The Road to 1.0
    Oct 4, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  26. U12.3 released - lots of bugfixes, mod manager fixes, Pico mod manager release
    Jul 26, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  27. U12.2 released - Index swimming fix, mod error fixes, bugfixes
    Apr 18, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  28. U12.1 released - SDK is now available, bugfixes, bHaptics support
    Apr 3, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  29. U12 - The Mod Manager Update, is now available
    Mar 22, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  30. U11.3 - Player origins, is now released
    Oct 7, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  31. 11.2 released, U11 SDK now available
    Aug 16, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  32. U11.1 - Small bugfix patch, new blood
    Jul 27, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  33. U11 - The Home Update, is now available
    Jul 8, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  34. U11 Beta 4 is now available
    Jun 29, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  35. U11 BETA 3 is now available
    Jun 19, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  36. U11 BETA 2 is now available
    May 31, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  37. U11 BETA now available
    May 6, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  38. U10 - The Dungeons Update, is now available!
    Oct 24, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  39. U9.3 is released - Unity XR Plugin removed
    Apr 30, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  40. Update 9.2 is released
    Apr 6, 2021significant · resets scoring window

…and 28 earlier patch announcements.