Blackthorn Arena
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!
- Price:$12.49
- Release Date:5/19/2020
- Franchise:Light Up Games
- Developer:PersonaeGame Studio
- Publishers:
- Last Updated:6/27/2025
- Steam App Id:1194930
Blackthorn Arena
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Blackthorn Arena has 5 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 97% lower than its previous all-time peak of 151 players achieved on 11/23/2023.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Blackthorn Arena. It has received a total of 3,779 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 67 (Mixed).
Price History Chart
Track historical price changes and trends for Blackthorn Arena. Right now, it costs $12.49 in the Steam Store.
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Blackthorn Arena and its growth over time. It currently has 13,713 followers on its community page.
About Blackthorn Arena
Blackthorn Arena is an Indie, RPG, Simulation, and Strategy game developed by PersonaeGame Studio. On 5/19/2020, it was released on the Steam Store by Light Up Games, and PersonaeGame Studio.
Players have rated Blackthorn Arena as "Mixed" out of 3,779 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 2,600 positive reviews and 1,179 negative reviews — an overall 69% positive review rating.
It is available for gamers to download and play for $12.49 which is a 50% discount off its base price. It can also be purchased through Blackthorn Arena Deluxe Edition which gives a discount off its base price. The game also has a total of 3 DLC add-ons including: Blackthorn Arena - The Roar from the North, Blackthorn Arena - Path of Kiren, and Blackthorn Arena - Gods of War available for purchase and download through Steam.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Blackthorn Arena on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
It also supports 10 languanges in-game including English, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Chinese (Traditional), and French. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Blackthorn Arena supports the following features:
- Single-player
- Steam Cloud
- Family Sharing
- Steam Achievements
From the Steam community, Blackthorn Arena has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Difficult
- Management
- Third Person
- Violent
- Atmospheric
- Sandbox
- Medieval
- Realistic
- Real Time Tactics
- RPG
- Perma Death
- Gore
- Simulation
- Combat
- Nudity
- Turn-Based Tactics
- CRPG
- Dark Fantasy
- Open World
- Top-Down
- Strategy
- Early Access
- Indie
- Turn-Based Combat
- Singleplayer
- Exploration
- Building
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Blackthorn Arena and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Blackthorn Arena is referenced by 3 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Blackthorn Arena - The Roar from the North | DLC | 7/29/2021 | View |
 | Blackthorn Arena - Path of Kiren | DLC | 12/31/2020 | View |
 | Blackthorn Arena - Gods of War | DLC | 7/17/2020 | View |
Related Bundles
Blackthorn Arena is included in 1 bundle in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Blackthorn Arena Deluxe Edition | 4 | 4 | $24.90 | View |
Related Packages
Blackthorn Arena is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Blackthorn Arena | $19.99 | View |
Supported Languages
Blackthorn Arena is available in 10 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Japanese | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Traditional) | Yes | No | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| Italian | Yes | No | Yes |
| German | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Korean | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Blackthorn Arena data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, June 27). Blackthorn Arena on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1194930
- Valve Corporation. (2025, June 27). Blackthorn Arena. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1194930