Blade Strangers

Developed by Studio Saizensen, Blade Strangers is a hardcore old-school fighting game. The streamlined four-button control scheme makes it easy for beginners to deal out damage from day one…but the intricate…

72 27 August 2018

Arcade Fighting Action

Blade Strangers is an arcade developed by Nicalis, Inc., released 27 August 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 27 Aug 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Blade Strangers is

Blade Strangers is an arcade game developed by Nicalis, Inc. and released in 2018. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

A malevolent force known only as Lina is devouring data from a vast, interdimensional network of servers overseen by sentient computers called ”motes.” In desperation, the motes summon heroes from a variety of parallel game worlds to face off against each other in one-on-one combat. The tournament victor has the potential to be awakened as the Blade Stranger—the savior who can vanquish Lina and protect the motes from further harm!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 50 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Blade Strangers holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core Duo 2.0 Ghz or faster, 4 GB RAM and OpenGL 3.1 compliant video card. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB.

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What it launched against

Blade Strangers launched on 27 August 2018, within three weeks of Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition.

Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel. See all 2 videos →

Screenshots

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Quick answers

Blade Strangers — frequently asked questions

When did Blade Strangers come out?

Blade Strangers was released on 27 August 2018 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Blade Strangers?

At minimum, Blade Strangers needs Intel Core Duo 2.0 Ghz or faster, 4 GB RAM, OpenGL 3.1 compliant video card graphics, 4 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Blade Strangers?

The PC version needs about 4 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("4 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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