Bladesong News

BLADESONG IS COMING JANUARY 22, 2026

[h3]After three years in the making and six playtests, Bladesong will launch into Early Access on Thursday, January 22, 2026.[/h3]

We shall keep you posted with further info on the launch over the next weeks. It’s hard to put into words how excited we are to finally release Bladesong into the wild, and we can’t thank you enough for being part of this journey! 🔥

Another community challenge might be right around the corner, too 👀 Get the Bladesong Demo and join our Discord to participate!

– David and the Bladesong team

If you're an avid Skyrim blacksmith, highly anticipated sword-making game Bladesong finally has a launch date

Sometimes I find myself contemplating what my life would have looked like in another era. The glitz and glamor of the 1920s, the innovative years of the Enlightenment; as a historian by trade, it's something I ponder far too frequently (but I'm a modern historian, so no dreaming of the Roman Empire). Having recently replayed Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption, however, I've found myself falling down a medieval hole, contemplating what the world would have looked like as your average, working citizen. Enter Bladesong, a simulation game that tasks you with creating unique, fantastical swords that look absolutely beautiful. Man, life could have been so different.

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Demo Update for STEAM NEXT FEST

The Bladesong Demo is part of Steam Next Fest this week, and we've prepared a little update for the occasion! The latest Demo version comes with:

More Narrative Content: Play up to level 6 (instead of previously level 4)!
Improved Sword Part Bending: Bend sword parts with more degrees of freedom than before!
New Sword Parts: Round Quillon and two fitting Adapter parts
Colour Unlocked: Green is back on the menu!
Automatic Sword Preview Images in Creative Mode
One more Editable Sword slot so you can jump right back in!

Hope you'll like this one, next Community Challenge coming... checks notes... soon, I think!
– David and the Bladesong team ⚔️

You would not believe the very special swords people are making in blacksmith RPG Bladesong

Before you jeer at my beautiful baby boy the Tantus Tsunami, know that he has an Impact rating and a Stiffness of 3 stars. If somebody belts you with the Tantus Tsunami, you're going down like a sack of potatoes. The trade-off is that he has a balance rating of 22%. Best not wave him over your head, or you might glitch out. Also, that's not a smiley face, it's a deathshead. Ah, many are those who have trembled in the glare of the Tantus Tsunami (don't google it).

From futuristic hack-and-slashers to medieval adventures, if a videogame contains a sword, there's a 99.9% chance that you're going to use it for some slicing and dicing. Blood will certainly spill as you run through enemies with whatever saber, kartana, or longsword you have to hand. Making up the 0.1%, though, is Bladesong, a game all about the intricacy and beauty of sword crafting, rather than fighting. After recently wrapping up what was its final playtest, a new playable demo is now available on Steam, letting you play the first chapter of its campaign and unleashing its sandbox mode, too.