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Game
Game2016
Blood Ties
Developer Warfare Studios
Warfare Studios (Ashes of Immortality, Shining Plume) is back with a new tale involving vampires and epic fights with this great RPG. From the Steam store page
46 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Oct 23, 2026 · last updated Oct 24, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
52
Mixed
12 positive · 11 negative
95% range 33–71%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 12 | 11 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
20 of 32 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
58% recommend · 15 yes, 11 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 26 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (58 of 94 positive).
Some players praise the story and atmosphere, calling it captivating. [1][2][3] Others criticize the linear gameplay, boring combat, and lack of challenge. [4][5][6] A few reviewers note the game is short and simple, suitable for a low price. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [15]
I love RPG Maker games and usually give very positive reviews. However this game may be the only exception so far. The last boss, Gendall, is overpowered and cannot be killed. I played this game from beginning to end and took me more than 7 hours. Most of the combat is easy, but the final boss is terribly overpowered and impossible to kill. I keep grinding all my team until they are at an extremely high level of 36. …
- [4]
Got this game for 20 cents, but even that was too expensive for how awful it is to play. __________________ Main Complaints: __________________ - Strategy consists of mindlessly, repeatedly hitting spacebar - Completely linear gameplay, any attempt at exploration grants trivial or no rewards - No full screen, only one resolution (which is a very tiny window) - Random encounters (always represented by the same purple …
- [1]
So this is an RPGMaker game by Warfare Studios. As with others of their catalog, this game involves vampires. Apparently, vampires have been hidden in this world, and had made a truce to help keep the peace... well, one of the Vampire leaders has decided she does not like these lesser creatures and wants to go out for bloodletting (and drinking). And Chloe, the protagonist, gets swept up with those of the Church and …
- [16]
A very very very very very very very mindless turn based RPG that I picked up because it didn't look to bad for a discounted price of 54 cents. For that price it wasn't that bad I guess, but I definitely see why people would be mad to pay more than a dollar for this. The fights are super lackluster. They don't change the character sprites at all once you're in the battle, so what you see of the character is what you …
- [2]
Very interesting game, wonderful story, different characters!
Summarised from 34 of the 47 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 9, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Blood Ties talk about interesting story and captivating atmosphere; those who didn't talk about linear gameplay with no exploration. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
46 of 46 · most liked firstI love RPG Maker games and usually give very positive reviews. However this game may be the only exception so far. The last boss, Gendall, is overpowered and cannot be killed. I played this game from beginning to end and took me more than 7 hours. Most of the combat is easy, but the final boss is terribly overpowered and impossible to kill. I keep grinding all my team until they are at an extremely high level of 36. I equiped my guys with the best gears in the game. I do every single quests…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Golden remembered that they exist in Blood Ties, so *someone* connected to Blizzard knows about them! I just hope that gets to translate to the game, especially with the relevance of Arator and his half-elf identity in the expansion.
positive · AI labelView post →#RandomGameSaturday again! A few weeks off, but I'm back with Deception IV Blood Ties, the latest game in the Deception series that began on PS1. This time, Laegrinna, like in the other games, will have to guide the heroes into the traps to recover the sacred verses and free her father, the Devil.
neutral · AI labelView post →While I've been loving Dying Light 2, I hate the time trial content/DLC so much I can't possibly express it. Blood Ties is all these fixed equipment/approach challenges which are totally contrary to the core game. If you didn't learn to play DL2 like they want, you're fucked
negative · AI labelView post →Got this game for 20 cents, but even that was too expensive for how awful it is to play. __________________ Main Complaints: __________________ - Strategy consists of mindlessly, repeatedly hitting spacebar - Completely linear gameplay, any attempt at exploration grants trivial or no rewards - No full screen, only one resolution (which is a very tiny window) - Random encounters (always represented by the same purple cloud) make up 95% of the gameplay - Dialog is so boring it makes me want to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today marks ten years since the launch of the final game—so far—in Tecmo's trap-based tactical RPG series, Deception IV: Blood Ties.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fredo's Game-Os certified obscure bangers: Power shovel (ps1) Boiling point (pc) Shadow of destiny (ps2) Makes X (Dreamcast) Breakdown (Xbox) Silent storm (PC) Zack & Wiki (Wii) Chaser (PC) Deception 4: Blood Ties/ Nightmare Princess (PS4) Siren Blood Curse (PS3) Folklore (PS3)
neutral · AI labelView post →Not sure these are all low budget, but some always seemed overlooked or underrated. Some I see as imperfect gems of their time. PS2 - Just Cause 1 - Mercenaries 1 - Rebel Raiders: Operation Nighthawk - Spartan: Total Warrior - Super Trucks Racing - Tom and Jerry: War of the Whiskers PS3 - Alice: Madness Returns - Drakengard 3 - Enslaved: Odyssey to the West - Far Cry 2 - History Civil War: Secret Missions - LAIR - Naughty Bear - Overlord - RUSE - Sacred 2: Fallen Angel - The Saboteur -…
neutral · AI labelView post →Maybe I should start streaming again while I'm looking for work. The TellTale Pride and Prejudice: Blood Ties video game seems like it would be fun to drink and yap to... It's better than spiraling like I have been today.
positive · AI labelView post →As always, I've completed the whole game. This is a typical jRPG, where a bunch of heroes ( here squad contains 4 characters ) are traveling to complete quests. Game is short, completing whole took me ~ 7 hours, so you will not have a lot of gameplay as a typical one. For me, the game wasn't challenging at all. Heroes level up fast, normal opponents aren't challenging, bosses might have been, but there is a safety crystal healing your whole team before fight. Since there is no tutorial, you use…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I guess you could argue he was calmer because there wasn't a Big Bug War to fight anymore except BFA happened so like. Who knows. The should've put the wind up actually in the game rather than in Blood Ties and with some bonus torture enabling in Shadows Rising for the game only crowd either way
neutral · AI labelView post →#BloodTies is the perfect adventure horror romance to read while waiting for WoW: Midnight to drop or if you’ve never played the game. @christiegolden.bsky.social does a masterful job telling the story for any fantasy lover, WoW fan or not. ARC from #NetGalley & @randomhouse.bsky.social #BookSky
neutral · AI labelView post →When all your reservations come into the library at once 😅 I'll finish Blood Ties this weekend & the rest should keep me in good company rest of month! ✨️📚🖤 And of course help me up my tofu game 😋 #LoveLibraries #BookLovers #AmReading
neutral · AI labelView post →TLDR: Blood Ties is a very linear rpg made in RPGMaker. The hardest part of the game is likely to be until you get an aoe fire spell for your hero which you can then exploit at any crystal at the end of a dungeon and just spam your way through all mobs gaining fast items and xp. Story was predictable and as others have said I also felt no connection to my party throughout the game. There are better RPGMaker titles to play, this one is a pass. In-Depth: Story: The story intrigued me at first…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It pained me to play through this game. I played another game recently called Oswald's Adventure which was pretty bad, but this game fixed quite a number of those, but it did several cardinal sins of RPG's that are so blatantly awful that this should not have seen the light of day. What do I mean by cardinal sins well let me list them for you: I) The game's story is paper thin. And often times whenever it tries to build more upon the world within the game it creates a bigger plot hole…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly all the actions of Turalyon and Arator are super jarring after reading Blood Ties, which was a great read. I had sympathy for them both and the in-game story ripped that apart
positive · AI labelView post →Fallout 3 done. (for the 16th time I guess) Aside from wack gunplay, terrible writing and bullet sponge endgame enemies, exploration was incredibly fun, and some quests like "Blood Ties" were great. Broken Steel absolutely sucks. Nothing but bullet sponge enemies. 8/10 (Base Game), 5/10 (BS)
neutral · AI labelView post →I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →RPG Maker strikes again! Blood Ties is one of hundreds of low effort retro-pixel RPG Maker asset/construction kit flips spamming the Steam catalog, made with the RPG Maker video game construction kit... in their own words, "Our easy to use tools are simple enough for a child." Like all RPG Maker "games", this is essentially a bunch of low quality/canned assets from RPG Maker coupled with a cringeworthy high school anime club fan fiction. This is a particularly bad asset flip even from the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So this is an RPGMaker game by Warfare Studios. As with others of their catalog, this game involves vampires. Apparently, vampires have been hidden in this world, and had made a truce to help keep the peace... well, one of the Vampire leaders has decided she does not like these lesser creatures and wants to go out for bloodletting (and drinking). And Chloe, the protagonist, gets swept up with those of the Church and the vampires that do not want this truce to end... Anyway, standard save the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very confusing maps. Long cutscenes and sequences. Terrible plot.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →drawing minor npcs with only zoomed in screenshots for reference sjfgsjfd Blood Ties my favorite quest ever, murder/detective mystery adventure minigame??? IN MY WARHAMMER 40k???? nobility drama and intrigue about my favorite character of the game????? IT WAS MADE FOR ME
positive · AI labelView post →I got out of listening to fiction story podcasts a bit last few years. I love the following: @laurenshippen.com things, Passenger List, Rabbits, Blood Ties, Blackout, Left Right Game. Are there some good recent ones?
neutral · AI labelView post →Did you happen to read Blood Ties? The way that ended, I wish they had it in-game!!!, cos it makes his grumpiness even more understandable :|
positive · AI labelView post →I'm surely not full of emotions again after Blood Ties+ The Warning lore... Man... its like... I cant play this game without Alleria, not ever again... It just feels so different than the WoW I used to play when its HER... Look at her... I love Alleria sm...
positive · AI labelView post →Took a break from main game for minute to play the Blood Ties DLC which I don't think I have ever played. Its Lara looking around Croft manor for proof that will keep her uncle from taking it from her. Very walking simulator like Gone Home (complimentary) as its more just exploring her & her family
positive · AI labelView post →RISE OF THE TOMB RAIDER FULL PC GAME Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration comes with both the main game and a Season Pass with brand-new material. In the new story “Blood Ties,” you can look around Croft Manor and then protect it. pcgamelover.com/rise-of-the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Do you have Netflix? A couple of my faves are Las Villamizar ("Blood Ties" in English) which is about spy sisters during the Colombian revolution & Boca a Boca ("Kissing Game") about high schoolers in small-town Brazil who start contracting a mysterious disease.
neutral · AI labelView post →#1FinishAWeek 2024 #12: Rise of the @tombraider (@XboxGamePass) 35h32m Completed all Extreme Survivor story content, Baba Yaga, and Blood Ties. Leaving the Expeditions for later but had a lot of fun with this title, a great step up from the first game!
positive · AI labelView post →Good story line. didnt like the a few things but in the overall for the price still a great game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The earth is 4.6 billion years old and we managed to exist at the same time as this masterpiece.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very interesting game, wonderful story, different characters!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good simple game- reminds me a lot of Jade's Journey-worth playing just for fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gosh Deception has such a /texture/ to it!! (But yee it felt like there was a lot of undercooked potential in that classic C/B game way) Truly a quintessential "gamey" game ~ Maybe I should go back to do Blood Ties one day...
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished Rise of the Tomb Raider, what an amazing and fun game with a great hook into Shadow! Then completed the Blood Ties dlc and cried like a baby at Amelia's last letter to her daughter
positive · AI labelView post →I stopped reading the WoW novels after Before the Storm (I just fell off, though I play the game) so I admit I'm very curious about Blood Ties. Also, Batman: Resurrection.
neutral · AI labelView post →The atmosphere is fire, the plot is really captivating. Constantly keeps you in suspense, just like a TV series that you can't tear yourself away from.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm gonna level with you, I forgot to review this game and it's been quite a while since I played it but I put almost 6 hours into this which is standard faire for an RPG Maker Game and I do recall some heavy vampire vibes from this one, It also looks about what you'd expect from an RPG Maker game. You work within the limitations of what you have.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very very very very very very very mindless turn based RPG that I picked up because it didn't look to bad for a discounted price of 54 cents. For that price it wasn't that bad I guess, but I definitely see why people would be mad to pay more than a dollar for this. The fights are super lackluster. They don't change the character sprites at all once you're in the battle, so what you see of the character is what you get with them 100% of the time. Enemies are boring too, once you get into a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nobody will read my review, so i'll just say i'm gay
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Story: 3/10 There are a lot of grammatical errors, NPCs don't have a lot to say, and while Vampires are a big part of the story, they behave no differently from regular feudal houses just with extra powers tacked on. There's interesting development between the MC and her terminally ill mother, with some vague theme being drawn in contrast to the immortal vampires, but the potential of this plot point is left unrealized. (Spoilers:) At the time of this review, I've defeated what appeared to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →simple game easy to play. good story line.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Humans teaming up with Vampires is an interesting twist of a story concept you'll see in... well... ever really. Hell, this might be the first game I've ever played where Vampires and Humans worked together to save the world. If only the actual story, writing and dialogue was good and not utterly boring. Its especially worse when the only way to know what to do and where to go is by reading through it and trying to pay attention because there is zero direction in this game. Encounters aren't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ohh cool! its a replica project from rpg maker! wow1
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →RPGMAKER FUNNY GAME ORIGINAL CONCEPT AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is good Can be improved,Classic RPG game and fair story It lacks Some Details hopefully will be added soon.(Item Level requriements and etc) Anyways Still a nice game
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