Bleak Sword
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| Reviews | 2.5K | 56K | 36K | 16K | 7.1K | 1.7K | 725 | 446 | 386 | 170 | 94 |
| Released | 2019 | 2023 | 2022 | 2024 | 2019 | 2024 | 2023 | 2021 | 2025 | 2024 | 2026 |
Bleak Sword reviews
4.6 out of 5, based on 2,518 reviews.
What people like
- Satisfying and brutal melee combat
- Cool unique pixel art style
- Feels like a real console game
What they complain about
- Controls feel unresponsive and laggy
- Save data wipes randomly on restart
- Blocking timing is nearly impossible
- Difficulty spikes too fast for fun
Fun and addictive
Love the pace and leveling up
Horrible controls
Loose and extremely unresponsive controls in a game genre that’s entirely based around extremely tight responsive controls. Also a purposefully convoluted explanation of how the game loop realistically needs to be played for success. This a huge and frustrating waste of time.
Good
Pretty easy on normal mode, boss levels are easier than some normal ones interestingly. Cool mechanics
Equipped Items in INVENTORY!
I really enjoy the pixel art and simplicity of the game. Equipped items should not take up space in your inventory. If I put on a glove, necklace, or ring it does not take up space in my pocket or bag BECAUSE IT ISN’T THERE ANYMORE. I’m also not a big fan of losing ALL MY EXPERIENCE. Half would make sense, but not all. The only truly unique thing about this game is that it doesn’t follow traditional rule so it’s more annoying. I suppose that makes it a wannabe Darksouls-like.
Pain
Fun, but way too difficult. Every death just causes you to lose everything and in 20 minutes, I had died like 40 times!
Best game that has been made in a LONG time
Bleak Sword is AWESOME, I love how everything is in a 2-D pixelated style, the game is time consuming and fun. This game is such an energetic game that i will continue to play forever! Keep up the good work, Devolver!
Not fun spam sim
Nothing new for me
Fun but frustrating mechanics
Starting out, it’s a super fun game. The game play is easy to learn and not super hard at first. I do have two things I really don’t like about the game though 1. Items are pointless late game because you lose them when you die. It takes me three or four tries to pass the later levels so unless it’s a permanent upgrade item, it’s pointless. Very frustrating. 2. Blocking is a really cool mechanic but pointless late game. Almost every late game boss and mini boss does 95% unblock-able attacks. So blocking becomes pointless. You either have to avoid them or use the invincibility frames from your attack to avoid there attacks. This is frustrating because blocking is a cool mechanic but it’s pointless in the boss and mini boss fights.
Cool concept but too hard and repetitive
By the 2nd area, it’s just too much. Enemies shooting things at you, tentacles popping out the water, and everything else is coming at you from all directions… it’s just too much. And the “block” is just too difficult to pull off consistently. Your timing has to be near perfect. And it just gets grating after the 15th level or so. It’s the same thing over and over, just more and more difficult. But I think this game could be great with more refinement. Make the block easier to do, give the player a much bigger inventory from the start, and the item pool much bigger and interesting from the start. Players will always enjoy making decisions on what items to equip 👍🏻
Controller
Doesn’t support controller like it says
Blake sword two
This was one of the best games I’ve ever played. Please make a second one please please
Not good
too small of inventory and really just kinda a boring game😭
Haptic feedback
I’ve been enjoying this game. Inventory management is really changing but a fun part of the strategy. Haptic feedback would be a plus
Pls fix
Sometimes it’s unresponsive other than that it’s a good game.
Add screen rotation
please 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Shout out to the creators
This the first game i played in a long time that had substance to it.. and its a mobile game at that. Felt like i was a wi lad again on the gameboy/PSP something i haven’t had in a long time because game companies no longer put love into their games but with this game thats not the case. I will say though i wish there were more options for controls because it feels unresponsive at times I’m not sure if its me or not but both 1 and 2 hand controls felt unresponsive at times which was very frustrating i almost threw my phone through my bedroom wall a few times but i guess that just might be a necessary part of the experience lol
It doesn't work
when ever i try and roll my character just stands there waiting to be killed
Great game
I’ve had this game for a about a week and I love it. Sad to say I beat the game, and I wish there was more story content after the bleak realm to level up the character more. Also, I went back to get the trophies for beating the bosses without being touched and every time you beat the final boss it queues the end credits with no way to skip them. All in all it’s a great game just wish were was more story.
Relies too much on timing
This game is infuriating because it relies on timing to much and it makes it extremely difficult to block an enemy’s attacks. This game’s combat system is heavily flawed and broken.
One hand controls are inconsistent
Graphically, the game is fantastic. I love the aesthetics, but it’s is just too hard to differentiate the amount of time allowed to touch the screen for move vs. block vs. attack vs. strong attack. Once the field has two or more enemies, I never seem to do what I intend to do.
I’m very impressed for a mobile game
The style is amazing and very cool. It’s action packed and very brutal, my dream come true. It’s very entertaining and stand out. Two critiques though. One, it could use a better story, you could put that in a update or maybe sequel. Two, it’s extremely hard even on easy mode. Otherwise, I love this game and it’s safe to say I’m impressed!
Bad bug
Every time I'm playing the screen goes down !!!
Awesome!
Great souls-like for mobile! Enemy’s and controls are pretty good except for one thing: the blocking… it’s extremely hard to time it right and you can’t just hold up a shield like most souls games.
Frustrating game tough
Like many of Devolver games great but gets really tough really quickly and then not fun anymore. Should really make an easy game mode for the casual player. Glad it was free as deleted game on level 1-10 first boss is way too hard and if it’s like this on first level no point in carrying on not worth the time and frustration in my opinion.
Ориентация не та
Стильная и прикольная, но где горизонтальная ориентация экрана?
One of the best
Amazing story, great gameplay, and I’m honestly so impressed that the game maintained this greatness in its port from PC to mobile. If you’re looking for a good game to play on the go, or just something to core boredom, this is it.
Why
I’m on 6-7 why would there be a second one I really hated the past one I don’t know what I mean it’s the walls that close in please fix this please
Too hard
10/10 game imo but the rewards for beating levels stay the same from beginning to end I beat a boss in level 5 and got a +1 defence boost that lasted on level
Terrible ending
Can be frustrating, but it’s good. My problem is, the ending. I was expecting a proper ending, but they ended it with just the final boss dying, and the bleak blade and your character turning red, then the credits. I wanted to see something satisfying, but it just gave me a cliffhanger. You never use the stones, which doesnt make sense. I would expect that atleast right before it dies, you use them to defeat it and destroy the bleak blade. Instead, once you take them from the bosses it’s like they never existed. And, in the case of projectiles, please make them distract the enemy, golems are fun though.
One minus
Playing this game on iPad with xbox one gamepad, the whole thing is great, kinda dark souls, but have an issue - 2 times from 10 there are NO response when pushin the evasion button, spared some of my nerve cells. Met this issue ONLY in this game. And it’s very upsettin to see this in the game, that MEANT to be played by player’s own skills and reflexes. The game is great tho, hope there will be fix to this issue.
I was lied to
So one of the achievements said “make it to arena level 64” and I died at level 64 and it counted it as level 63 so the achievement said “make it to level 64” when it really meant “beat level 64” and it made me mad when I was a one shot and had to no hit the bleak king and the prince at the same time
Doesn’t support landscape mode on the iPad
I reactivated Apple Arcade just to try this game but sadly it doesn’t support landscape mode on the ipad. I dont think this game was developed with the bigger iPads in mind.
almost amazing
first of all, this game has some incredibly satisfying melee combat, as well as a unique artstyle that usually looks really good. however, this game almost feels like a demo in some ways, and i feel like it had way more potential. there are a couple frustrating design choices, such as losing your items and having to grind for a chance to get decent ones again. the big thing for me, however, is the items you get couldve been way more interesting instead of just increasing your stats. for example, you could have an item that increases your attack range, makes your charge attack charge faster, makes you heal a tiny bit when you get a kill, that kind of thing. i think having unique items would add a ton of variety and replayability to an otherwise pretty solid game
Great game with game breaking bug
So I have completed normal mode and was close to completing bleak mode and the save data wiped for no reason. This was a shame as I couldn’t access bleak mode off the bat ( for good reason ) so will probably never complete it. The game is quite simple and feels like a mobile dark souls. The dodge feel clean with fast paced attacks with flow well. My main gripe of the gameplay was the over use of unblockable attacks which at the endgame, nearly forces you to bait attacks then dodge then attack. Anyway it is a great game which may delete your save data.
Great Game just one problem
The game is great, I love the retro style, just whenever I restart the app, it brings me back to a very old point and deletes my progress. It would be great for that to be fixed.
One of my favorite mobile games!
Super fun, fast paced gameplay with a really cool aesthetic. Feels less like just a “mobile game” and more like a video game formatted for mobile, if that makes sense
Terrible expectations
Straight after those horned humanoid things appear, I can’t beat a single level. And every time I try to retrieve my stuff, it seems that the game gets increasingly more hardcore to ensure I don’t get it back. So yeah, I’ve ended up not even being able to beat the first world thanks to you crazy people who made this game. DO. NOT. PLAY.
A great game, but…
I’ve beaten the game on all difficulties, and all the extras, but the stamina bar is just too small. It makes the combat feel a bit too clumsy. Also, the roll feels slow and as the only form of movement, feels extremely sluggish
Увольте геймдизайнера
Постараюсь быть объективным- Первое: баланс? Не не слышали... зачем делать интересно и приятно, но в то же время сложно? Можно просто взять узкую комнату и напихать туда по два самых сильных врага(я сейчас про уровень 9:9 и не только) Второе: я могу понять, что это мобилка, но управление.... без комментариев. Третье: невозможность отразить атаку какой нибудь пятиэтажки я могу понять, но отсутсвие возможности блока этого скелета с двумя мечами просто наихудшая идея. Ладно бы они ее использовали редко, но они становятся двоя, раскручиваются и зажимают тебя в углу и ты все, труп автоматом. Игра в целом неплохая (я на уровне 9:9 в конце перед главгадом), но отсутсвие баланса просто разрывает задний проход. Поправьте баланс и игра будет норм
Fun but limited
Combat is smooth and fun. Art style is unique, and overall tone was excellent. I feel like the game is missing some sort of persistence or progression system. Like item collecting, leveling up, etc. There’s not much story here either. The game is endless diorama fights. These fights are fun, but without other supporting game systems, I find myself lacking motivation to keep playing.
BLEAK SWORD - BEST MOBILE GAME!?
so i LOVE difficult games like soulslikes and metroidvanias, BUT I haven’t had access to my computer for around half a year now and the itch to play one was just growing by the day. I scoured every inch of the App Store for something that would hit the spot all the same, yet on mobile. And lo and behold, Bleak Sword. This is an AMAZING game, I would recommend this to anyone who likes challenging, grim games. It’s very fun. Also, recommendation: PLAY ON HARD MODE. I replayed the game with easy and it was still challenging, but hard mode really feels like dark souls difficulty, it’s amazing.
Controls
Could’ve been better, swiping is slow, one mistake and you’ve been ended. I’m not sure if we need dark souls difficulty on mobile. Simply because controller is so much more versatile and responsive. And who came up with an idea to use block with a single tap and attack with a long tap? Upd: that guy is a genius... iPad is the only way to play this game. Impossible to manoeuvre, controls are bad on iPhone.
pretty good game
really appreciate the control scheme, way better than simulated touch screen joystick and buttons i thought for a long time that dying and not recovering my souls would reset to level 1, so it was super super tense every time i had to try to recover, and was disappointed when it finally happened and i only lost my progress towards the next level. But if i had lost 15 levels i probably would have quit playing right then so it was probably the right design decision. dunno if this is a bug or design decision but i don't recovery health in between levels, so when i get low on health i go back to level 1-1 and let a bat kill me so i can safely recover my souls.
Однообразно
Игра на 20 минут. Однообразно, никакого развития. Один плюс - стиль красивый, классно сделан.
Lost all progress
Great game, but I accidentally lost my progress by starting a new game, no warning! Don’t feel like playing it all again just get to where I was before
I love this game
I feel like this game is the sweet spot in gaming for me. I love the graphics, the 2-d but 3-d style of the game. I’ve spent so long looking for an action packed game where you’re in control and your weapon doesn’t just attack o. Its own. It’s got a great plot and there’s so much to do. The only things I need are some sort of stamina stat so I can attack more, and easier blocking. I mostly block on accident which is annoying because then it messes up my rhythm of fighting. Highly recommended.
Rubbish
Rubbish game
Offline saves when
It's a good game, too bad it weirds out when you try to play offline... I can never seem to access my save file offline :(
Проблема с сохранениями
Вы делает платную игру по подписке и не можете оптимизировать сохранения ? Что за бред, проходить игру на хардкоре и с трудом этого добиваешься , после перезапуска она откатывается на несколько уровней назад !!! Уже два раза произошло такое! Первый раз просто стёрлись сохранения и загорелась кнопка “new game” и пришлось заново проходить , сейчас был на третьем уровне (3-5) примерно и зашёл в игру на следущий день и оказался на 2-8!!! В чем дело?
Annoying
Want to like this but the graphic style kinda hurts my eyes and the swipe controls end up with me activating iOS features by accident.
Bleak Sword FAQ
- Is Bleak Sword free?
- Yes. The app is free, in all 172 countries it sells in, and it sells nothing inside it.
- Does Bleak Sword have a free trial?
- No. None of its offers (US) come with a free trial.
- What are the best alternatives to Bleak Sword?
- TMNT Splintered Fate (4.6 from 55,618 reviews), Dead Cells+ (4.9 from 36,302 reviews) and BEAST: Bio Exo Arena Suit Team (4.7 from 15,924 reviews).
Bleak Sword download
Last updated 4 years ago.
Bleak Sword sells in 172 countries. It was released 7 years and 1 month ago, on 19 Sept 2019. It holds a 4.6 rating from 2,518 reviews.
Supports 13 languages: English, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Turkish.
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