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Blackthorn Arena

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App ID 1194930
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Light Up Games
Franchise Light Up Games Bundle
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 28984968
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 16:13:12 UTC ()
Release Date 20 May 2020 – 02:15:46 UTC ()
😌 67.23%
3k reviews
2
In-Game

Blackthorn Arena is a strategy/management sim with a real-time/turn based combat system, set in a world of mythical monsters and classic fantasy races. Play as the master of Blackthorn Arena, train your slaves into gladiators, forge them into your champions, and send them to fight for your glory!

Additional Information

Developer PersonaeGame Studio
metacritic_name Blackthorn Arena
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Light Up Games
Store Release Date 17 January 2020 – 08:00:00 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/JrRSBX5PaQ
https://x.com/PersonaeG
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), RPG (3), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 20 May 2020 – 02:15:46 UTC ()
Original Release Date 17 January 2020 – 08:00:00 UTC () (1579248000)
Store Asset Modification Time 12 March 2025 – 19:51:54 UTC () (1741809114)
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name_localized
schinese黑荆棘角斗场
tchinese黑荊棘角鬥場
japaneseブラックソーンズアリーナ
germanBlackthorn-Arena
frenchArène Blackthorn
italianBlackthorn Arena
spanishArena de Blackthorn
russianАрена Блэкторн
koreana블랙 쏜 아레나
review_score 5
review_percentage 68
Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
  • Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
  • This game supports Steam Deck's native display resolution but does not set it by default and may require you to configure the display resolution manually
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 21 October 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 8114258
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Content Descriptors Some Nudity or Sexual Content (1), Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
Early Access Release Date 17 January 2020 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 13 November 2019 – 01:39:32 UTC (), in changelist #7196799
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Some Nudity or Sexual Content (1), Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

10 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Traditional Chinese Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🖥️ Simulation 💻 CRPG ▶️ Real Time Tactics 🎲 Turn-Based Tactics 💼 Management 🧝 Dark Fantasy 🗺 Exploration 🏰 Medieval 🧱 Sandbox 🏠 Building 🌱 Realistic ☠️ Perma Death 🛡️ Turn-Based Combat 😓 Difficult 👤 Singleplayer 👤 Third Person 🗺️ Top-Down ⚔️ Combat 🌍 Open World

Categories

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timestamp12 March 2025 – 19:52:01 UTC
Trailers
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  • 2 players right now
  • 2 24-hour peak
  • 3,098 all-time peak 26 May 2020
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  • 13,708 followers
  • 2,600 positive reviews
  • 1,179 negative reviews
  • 68.80% positive reviews

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  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 813 all-time peak
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  • 67.23% SteamDB Rating
  • 2,600 68.8% positive reviews
  • 1,179 31.2% negative reviews

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Blackthorn Arena had an all-time peak of 3098 concurrent players on 26 May 2020.

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