Shadow Blade is an action-platformer set in a visually striking world where the ancient teachings of ninjas and samurai clash upon a modern landscape. Sprint through stages littered with traps, slaying enemies along your path without hesitation as Kuro, the blade of shadow!
SteamScope Score
25.0
30 day change
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Updated Aug 6, 2026 UTC
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24h peak
1
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1
SteamScope Score
25.0
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Momentum Score
22
Community Score
68
Longevity Score
29
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0
Growth
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50
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Longevity
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65
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Total reviews
197
Positive
170
Negative
27
Score
86%Very Positive
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Shadow Blade: Reload is tracked on SteamScope with live Steam concurrent player data, historical charts, and a SteamScope Score of 25/100 (Declining). Search for "Shadow Blade: Reload player count" or "Shadow Blade: Reload steam charts" to monitor how many people are playing right now and how activity compares with past peaks.
Shadow Blade: Reload is developed by Dead Mage, released 10 Aug 2015, a Action, Indie title. Available on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Shadow Blade: Reload currently reports 0 concurrent Steam players with a 24-hour peak of 1 and an all-time peak of 1.
Among tracked Steam titles, Shadow Blade: Reload ranks #14310 of 17,888 by momentum score.
Shadow Blade: Reload has lost momentum recently. With a SteamScope Score of 25/100 (Declining), live players are lower relative to its all-time peak of 1.
Shadow Blade: Reload has 37 Steam achievements tracked on SteamScope.
The average global unlock rate across all achievements is 11%, giving a baseline for overall completion difficulty.
The most common achievement is "Greedy Ninja!" with a 33.8% unlock rate.
The rarest achievement is "Blade of Shadow" — only 2.0% of players have unlocked it (Very Hard).
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Store Details
Controller support: Full controller support
Steam achievements: 37
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Shadow Blade - 8,19€
Shadow Blade: Reload Deluxe Edition - 12,49€
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Shadow Blade: Reload is currently €8.19 on Steam. The lowest tracked store price is €8.19 (recorded Aug 6, 2026).
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Shadow Blade: Reload has 86% Steam reviews across 197 user reviews. Steam labels this as "Very Positive".
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Achievements
This game
11% avg unlock
40 peer games
16.6% median
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Achievements
35 standard · 2 hidden · Updated 4h ago
11%
average global unlock
Most Common
Greedy Ninja!
33.8% unlock rate
Rarest Achievement
Blade of Shadow
2.0% unlock rate
ACH_ORBS_GREEDY
33.8%
global unlock
Get 500 orbs
ACH_KILL_ROCKET_LAUNCHER_OWN
27.4%
global unlock
Kill a Rocket Launcher using its own Rocket
ACH_100_ENEMY
24.7%
global unlock
Kill 100 enemies
ACH_JUMP_MASTER
23.8%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
ACH_CHAPTER_1
23.3%
global unlock
Escape from Dojo
ACH_GOOD_STUDENT
18.3%
global unlock
Clear a level with S rank
ACH_DIE_HARD
17.3%
global unlock
No description provided by Steam.
ACH_CHAPTER_2
16.2%
global unlock
Catch Onobo the Crow
ACH_250_ENEMY
16.1%
global unlock
Kill 250 enemies
ACH_ORBS_MINE
14.9%
global unlock
Get 2500 orbs
ACH_KANJI_A
14.5%
global unlock
Collect 25 unique Kanji
ACH_CHAPTER_3
13.0%
global unlock
Free Master Shiro
ACH_WELCOME_TO_HELL
11.7%
global unlock
First Death In Master Class
ACH_100_KILL_SHURIKEN
11.1%
global unlock
Kill 100 enemies with Shuriken
ACH_ALL_ENEMY_TYPES
10.6%
global unlock
Kill one from all type of enemies
ACH_CHAPTER_4
10.3%
global unlock
Defeat Kiamoto
ACH_50_STEALTH
10.2%
global unlock
Perform 50 Stealth Kills
ACH_10_STICKY_BOMB_KILL
9.3%
global unlock
Kill 10 enemies using Sticky Bombs
ACH_CHAPTER_5
9.0%
global unlock
Defeat Akuma
ACH_CHAPTER_6
8.5%
global unlock
Escape from Dungeon
ACH_CHAPTER_7
7.9%
global unlock
Bring order to the world
ACH_CHALLENGE_ACCEPTED
6.7%
global unlock
Finish a Shadow Challenge
ACH_KANJI_B
6.6%
global unlock
Collect 75 unique Kanji
ACH_FAST_NINJA
5.2%
global unlock
Finish 15 unique levels under partime
ACH_LVL_ALL_KILLED
4.8%
global unlock
Finish 10 levels while killing all enemies
ACH_HORNERS_KILLED
4.6%
global unlock
Kill 10 Horner Enemies before Calling more Enemies
ACH_EVADE_SNIPER_BULLETS
4.0%
global unlock
Evade 10 Sniper Bullets using Dash
ACH_LVLS_NO_HIT
3.5%
global unlock
Finish 10 levels without getting hit
ACH_ALL_CHALLENGES
3.4%
global unlock
Finish all Shadow Challenges
ACH_SHARE_FIRST_LVL
2.6%
global unlock
Make a level and share
ACH_LVLS_NO_ENEMIES_KILLED
2.6%
global unlock
Finish 10 levels without killing enemies
ACH_SUPER_NINJA
2.4%
global unlock
Clear all levels in normal difficulty with S rank
ACH_SHARE_5_LVLS
2.3%
global unlock
Make 5 levels and share
ACH_ALL_KANJIS
2.3%
global unlock
Collect All Kanji
ACH_ALL_MASTERCLASSES
2.3%
global unlock
Clear all the Master Class Levels
ACH_ALL_HARDCORES
2.3%
global unlock
Clear all the Hardcore Levels
ACH_ALL_ACHIEVEMENTS
2.0%
global unlock
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