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The Bloodline
Developer Shieldbearer Studios
The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come… From the Steam store page
313 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
74
Fresh
181 positive · 64 negative
95% range 68–79%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 181 | 64 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 16 | 1 | 49 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
2,893 of 3,476 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
74% recommend · 173 yes, 60 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 233 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,303 of 3,997 positive).
Players praise The Bloodline as a fun, ambitious RPG that blends elements from Mount & Blade, RuneScape, and Elder Scrolls. [1][2][3] Many note the game is buggy and feels unfinished, with work-in-progress areas and features. [4][5][6]
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Representative posts
- [5]
there's a lot to love but it feels extremely unfinished basically everywhere. the dev needs to return their focus to the core of the game and finish anything before adding more stuff that's also not finished ad infinitum
- [1]
It's hard to put into words where exactly this game lies in terms of overall genre. You can easily call it an RPG and be on your way, or you could throw on 20 more tags of types and still be just as accurate, but both instances would be selling this game short of what it is and both are equally...insulting(?) in their own way. Where the difficulty comes in labeling this game, describing it is not. This game is fun. …
- [4]
Perfect? No. Buggy? Yes. Early Access and small/solo dev team? Yes. Played this game about a year ago, got a few hours in, finished building the bakery in town, enjoyed it a lot then. Kinda forgot about it for a long time and picked it back up. It does feel like the game has made quite a few improvements. This time around I tried out unarmed with a little cryomancy, and the satisfaction of uppercutting a goblin to …
- [12]
Its a buggy mess, and has a barebones story, but otherwise is a dream RPG. Lots of cool stuff going for it, awesome abilities, cool items, interesting creatures, cool movement. BUT lots of really bad bugs, save often.
- [2]
The scale of content this game is accomplishing is amazing. It is one of the biggest, and most open world games I have played. It's like if "Mount and Blade" and "Runescape" had a love child somehow.
Summarised from 34 of the 296 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 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
74% of the 233 Steam reviewers we collected recommend The Bloodline. The complaint that keeps coming up: numerous bugs and jank. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 313 · most liked firstthere's a lot to love but it feels extremely unfinished basically everywhere. the dev needs to return their focus to the core of the game and finish anything before adding more stuff that's also not finished ad infinitum
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If the developer stops the constant roll of adding new unfinished feature after new unfinished feature and makes a longer concerted effort to polish what already exists in the game, I'll recommend it. Until they do, this is just singleplayer low-poly WoW with no endgame. An increasing list of places to go and things to do with no purpose. Yeah, you can build a village; but most of it doesn't do anything. Yes, you ARE able to fish; but there's very few fish, and they all do the same thing in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I guess someone had to make sure that @thespherehunter.bsky.social was in the new WWE 2k25 game. Now, we need Jill Valentine, Leon S. Kennedy and other RE heroes to team up against The Judgement Day or The Bloodline.
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is fun and has a lot of potential, but it's just so unfinished. Everywhere you go, there's a (work in progress) or (incomplete) message. Even simple things like a quest staff that's supposed to shoot fireballs doesn't do it. Half the shops are (underway) or (in development) while the new content releases are entirely new areas. It's like they get bored with what they've already made and just want to move on. After a while, it just feels pointless to continue. However, the couple maps…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's hard to put into words where exactly this game lies in terms of overall genre. You can easily call it an RPG and be on your way, or you could throw on 20 more tags of types and still be just as accurate, but both instances would be selling this game short of what it is and both are equally...insulting(?) in their own way. Where the difficulty comes in labeling this game, describing it is not. This game is fun. Nothing else to say here because nothing else quite describes it well enough…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the game offers a lot of fun, I really cannot recommend it in its current state. The game offers a wide variety of ways to play around with in early access...but there's so much that's not really satisfying to play around with. I honestly wonder why there's so much content available for the player to interact with when a lot of it just isn't even half cooked. I'm not even sure how to really write a review for this game because there's a "but" to everything I like about the game. I like…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game after I saw a Reddit ad and it was 50% off. Let me start off by saying that I don't regret it. I had a solo RPG itch and judging by the reviews, this was going to scratch it. And it did, for about the first 10 hours. That was the threshold where everything started falling off afterwards. I leveled Cryomancy first, up to level 10. How excited I was when I unlocked that last spell and told myself "this is going to be great it's going to do so much". Nope. Turns out that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ladies and gentlemen, I don't have a ton of gaming time as a married adult with a full time job and subsequent responsibilities. I've owned this game for 3 days and have already surpassed 10 hours. It is hard to believe that the developer is a single person. This game (even though it is Early Access) is pure joy. It's a mix of relaxing tradesman tasks (like gathering, foraging and crafting) with surprise loot, ambushes or randomized events every time you adventure out of your stronghold.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A little bit of adventure in my life A little bit of crafting by my side A little bit of roleplay is all I need A little bit of Mount and Blade is what I see A little bit of Oblivion in the sun A little bit of Mirrors Edge all night long A little bit of RuneScape, here I am A little bit of these games makes perfection (ah)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Scope creep. Leaves entire areas mostly unfinished before moving on to the next. Dev. Please finish what you already have in the game that has been WiP since you added them.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Followed the development on social media before Steam EA release. Bought it immediately. Nothing I saw or read on the social media pages, or the steam pages, informed me that the game would in fact NOT be open-world like it seemed in all the pictures or videos. But it is a large overworld map you travel on, similar to "Mount & Blade" and you enter specific areas for quests/interactions/events. And after 2 years, I've still not really been able to get proper into the game, despite how excited I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In its current state, this hidden gem of a game is still a bit rough around the edges. However, it scratches an itch that the more mainstream open-world fantasy games can't quite manage to reach. The unarmed skilltree letting you do crazy air combos on bandits before spiking them into the ground at mach 5? T*dd H*ward would never dare attempt to create something so gloriously absurd. As someone who suffers from chronic character build indecision, I greatly appreciate the design philosophy of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game prolly coulda been better received if it just didn’t carry the Bloodline name and was just another game in the White Wolf universe
neutral · AI labelView post →Worked for a while, but at some point, the game started crashing on startup. Spent a real long time trying to fix it myself. No luck. Tried YouTube. No luck. Tried Reddit and the Steam Community. Nothing. I reached out directly to the developer via email and filed a bug report through both the website and the discussions tab, and ultimately got radio silence from the devs, and responses from the community that varied between "hope you work it out" and "I'm having the same problem." I can't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, but there isn't a no clip command to get you out of random spots you can get stuck in with the magic system. You can as of the time of writing this brick your save because you got stuck in an area that wont allow the opening of the overworld map. Due to that I can't recommend the game yet.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The scale of content this game is accomplishing is amazing. It is one of the biggest, and most open world games I have played. It's like if "Mount and Blade" and "Runescape" had a love child somehow.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →please add an option to enable toggle-run instead of holding the button down for controller, holding rs down hurts my wrists after a while its a good game, i see the vision and am looking forward to watching it come to life :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In early access for years. Missing so much content and balancing. It scratches the need for a skyrim-like game for a few hours, after that it's too empty to enjoy. The random encounters are not enjoyable at all, the game keep throwing the same generated little groups of enemies at you, no variety, no surprise.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I came back after a year to see how much it improved and, from my experience, it hasn't. It's actually gotten worse for me. I encountered so many bugs in my first hour that it was unplayable. Couldn't talk to NPCs, models were blinking between two positions etc.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is undercooked enough to be a healthfood violation, if this was 1 year away from completition in 2023, I can't imagine what it was intended to be. Maps are empty and lifeless, the UI is atrocious, there are like 3 generic voice sound effects from completely different people and every character that has dialog uses all 3 of them, the writing is ridiculously bad (worse than uninteresting), movement on the world map is so slow that the game decided to just give the player the ability to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Perfect? No. Buggy? Yes. Early Access and small/solo dev team? Yes. Played this game about a year ago, got a few hours in, finished building the bakery in town, enjoyed it a lot then. Kinda forgot about it for a long time and picked it back up. It does feel like the game has made quite a few improvements. This time around I tried out unarmed with a little cryomancy, and the satisfaction of uppercutting a goblin to Mars after we both ragdoll on my ice patch because my icewalking skill is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cover piece for an indie game called ‘The Bloodline’ which has been incredibly fun to work on. I also made an alternate colored sunset theme for them. #indiegame #steamcapsule #videogames
neutral · AI labelView post →For a game developed by a single person, it is one of the best rpg's of the new age. Most games miss the point of gaming. However, this awesome goblin fighting, fishing, crafting, and all sorts of adventures is astonishing. Aside the fact that if you do the starter missions before you get them they wont complete. Finish them in order or they won't work. That is a minor detail in an amazing adventure this person has set out for the community. Thank you developer for the time and investment into…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →for over 3 years since release I'm starting to notice a trending pattern with solo devs in early access area progress is slow an not on point since the game even came out sections of the map were a work in progress ok that's fine a couple of years later its still a work in progress area an yet added more sections of the map followed by u guessed it more work in progress places. don't get me wrong i tried to play this but to adding things just to appease the community of barely active players…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very interesting mechanics and game-style principles. Feels like RuneScape with Elder Scrolls DNA. Has the potential for emergent gameplay like Kenshi if overworld events are added. I understand that this is a small team (solod dev?). But for the love of god, please fix/address the numerous bugs: controls randomly not working, tutorial banner being stuck, etc. The jank is excessive and prominent. Despite that, this could be something really special.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Checked back in after 2 years and honestly - it doesn't seem like much has changed. It was pretty buggy unfished tech demo with a few fun ideas and that's what it still is. Whether I recommend this game or not simply depends on if it get's finished.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Stock Asset game has no right to be as enjoyable as this If anything it "Does asset flipping right" treating Asset stores more like Legos rather then something to create shovelware with its a competent diet soda RPG due to its nature of being indie its scope is kept limited but it gives you toys - the game really feels like someone who played skyrim and said "what if i made a game out of features skyrim should have to enhance the sandbox" give this developer an actual budget and people…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game feels like someone took the best parts of Mount & Blade, ESO Online, and Requiem: Memento Mori—then stripped away everything tedious and left only what’s actually fun. The graphic style is a big plus: consistent, clean, and perfectly fitting for the world. But the real standout is the sound design. Honestly, it’s good enough to deserve a nomination on its own. The weather effects? Better than what most AAA studios are putting out in 2025. They add a level of atmosphere that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*edited to be slightly less scathing and redundant* So here's the deal. Don't claim your game has full controller support without actually playing it with a controller. This is ridiculous man. It would take you literally 2 minutes playing to realize controller support is screwed. The menus and navigation are absolutely atrocious, and there is no option to change sprint to toggle instead of hold. You realize how detrimental this is to your thumb? no you probably don't because you didn't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In it's current state I can't recommend this game. It's fairly buggy and seems pretty empty. However I really do hope the dev keeps working on it and in another few years it might be a really good game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun at first and definitely had A LOT of potential but you exhaust the playable content very quickly and the rest is just an unfinished buggy mess which is disappointing. wouldn't recommend this until its much more completed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Probably one of the best Early Access RPG's I have played. For all it's flaws still being worked on, it is a thoroughly enjoyable game. The map instances are well done, combat is fantastic, unique item collection very fun and quirky, and NPC interaction minimal if desired, but expansive if you are into that. Crafting weapons and gathering resources is probably some of the best features. I haven't done much with the building features, but looks expansive and very accessible in it's current…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fun and if you don't mind playing a super janky game, it might be worth your time if you get it on sale. Normally that'd be enough for me to recommend it to a specific type of gamer and give a thumbs up, but unfortunately I don't feel I can do that due to the development following a track that doesn't look great. There's a lot of great ideas that were added in rough states then never really refined in favor of just adding more stuff. It kind of kills any interest in going back and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Most fun I a have had playing a game since the day Skyrim came out. I know that seems like a crazy statement and it is. The bloodline doesn’t have the same streamlined structure but somehow it has the same secret sauce. There are glitches galore, but virtually all of them have been purely cosmetic or inconvenient but not game-breaking. (in my experience. ) If you are okay with a little chaos and things not making sense, this could be for you. Ragdoll physics ragdolling. UI acting like a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →one of those "will never leave EA" Titles. Lots of promises, lots of blogposts, game still runs like a turd years, UI bugs including camera breaks that can't be fixed. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, stay away
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game has been out for more than three years and still has game breaking bugs. I don't expect that to change at this point. you don't get to use the excuse of early access for 3 years it's pure laziness because why fix these issues when people are already purchasing your game? that being said I still believe this game has a lot of potential. The combat is very satisfying and so is the resource collection. The graphics are pretty ugly for the most part, the story is boring, and I feel…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →15 hours in. The game clearly is still being developed and the devs literally make that clear in game. Regardless, the game is goofy, imaginative, and expansive. I imagine I'm about 1/3 of my way through the game at 15 hours, making it a 45 hour game (as it stands now...not talking about replay-ability). So if 45 hours of goofy RPG gameplay is good at whatever the current price is, it has my recommendation. Note: I do get FPS issues at some points. It gets better on new area loads, loading…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Post 3 Media for Spooky Month, Tag 5 Scary Movie: Monster House Scary Video Game: Little Nightmares Heavy Metal Song: Join the Bloodline @snwatt.bsky.social @ne0n-n0v4-artz.bsky.social @slijmwesly.bsky.social @thesoulpunk.bsky.social @trackingxp.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →I have put a good amount of time into this game and could see myself doubling that as im only half way through the available content. I'm looking forward to coming back to it some time in the future.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like the premise of the game, but I just don't think it has any legs at this point. I'll appraise the last three content updates for an example: Elemental Rebirth: Supposedly supposed to bring parity and completion to the different magic trees, it was scaled back to just the elemental magic skills, but even then, it didn't accomplish this. Skills that were already largely supported, like Pyromancy, got as many new skills as the other trees. Aeromancy specifically still seems barebones, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a buggy mess, and has a barebones story, but otherwise is a dream RPG. Lots of cool stuff going for it, awesome abilities, cool items, interesting creatures, cool movement. BUT lots of really bad bugs, save often.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game quite a while ago and have followed the development for years, generally enjoying the direction it has been growing in, but I have to leave a negative review largely on the basis that it is advertised as having full controller support when that is simply not the case. You can navigate the main menu and character creation with a controller, although it is impossible to start a new game without using a physical keyboard to name the save file, and once you get into the actual…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't listen to the reviewers that whine about it still being unfinished. He updates it every couple months, (so far) and he can take as long as he wants, if it winds up being a good game. As it is, it needs flushed out a bit, but it's a fun game, and worth $20. Also, IT'S LITERALLY. ONE. DUDE. And even when he's working on new updates, he still gives updates on what he's doing, so as far as it goes, he's doing great.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even in the early stages, it is clear this game has amazing potential. A combination of unique art styles, fluid mobility in combat and traversal, a wide variety of skills that range in uses and utility and a wide spanning world of different biomes and random events matched to a calendar year, I cannot wait for this game to be fully released. The kingdom builder portion already has an array of possible buildings and quests, though the RNG of loot makes the building grindy in a way that can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Diamond in the making, but I would much rather see the devs address some of the issues, bugs, and re-work what's already there, instead of adding new content, because frankly the new additions are also buggy, not thought out or polished. For example the armor smithing is a great addition, but for some reason you can't sell crafted gear, so you're left with a lot of unnecessary junk you can't do anything with. Crafting runes is a chore, but it's the grindy/farming nature of the game, so I am…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good idea, but not executed well yet. Climbing bugs so that you can't get over the edge/ledge, weapons + resource harvesting glitch out (gotta reload), character's graphic permanently turn 90 while armor didn't, helms and shields showing on some shapeshifted-animal forms, swimming isn't actually swimming just walking with water around you, enemies do weird things like appear in front of you out of literally nowhere, skills and skill points aren't balanced, neither are enemies. this is not a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Incredible. In the first 10 hours, this solo dev game is 10x more engaging and fun than most new games out there. It is one of those gems where you actually want to stick around to see the 1.0 version. Don't expect skyrim, or anything other than a sandbox game, but you should definitely try.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Welcome to The Wholesome Fatherhood Game: Save the Bloodline Edition™ where a dude in a high tech missile proof armor takes his daughter to an active warzone wearing an old sweatshirt
neutral · AI labelView post →Great game even in EA, frequent updates and only getting better!! Support the dev!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game that has bones to be an amazing game! :) Been following for awhile and finally starting to sink my teeth in. Good: Build Variety - Able to mix/match skill lines/weapons to make your own playstyle Crafting - Fun crafting a lots of options such as cooking or forging Town SIM - Your character has reputation with towns and the starter town that you own you are able to even build it from the ground up (you start with a castle and some basic vendors but you have specific spots that can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Bloodline is an open-world fantasy RPG similar to Elder Scrolls games, designed by one indie dev who is active on social media and friendly. The Bloodline is focused on FUN, the that's the highest compliment I can give a game. Everything is designed to be player-friendly. You set out to do good in the kingdoms to restore the good name of your Bloodline. The game is a great power fantasy, giving you a plethora of abilities and magic spells, and fun effects with them in combat because of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I havent played in like a year but when I did the game was a skeleton. It doesnt matter how much the video makes it look like theres content its just a trap to make you buy a game you will never play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish I had more time to game, man. Payday 3 out today, the Bloodline out on October 5th… and I still have to finish Dredge!
neutral · AI labelView post →After 3 years in Early Access, the game still feels incomplete. Yet it says: “The game should only be in Early Access for at most 1 year.” I don't think this game will ever be finished. It feels more like a testing ground for trying out a bunch of features. It's fun for a while, but at some point, they need to focus on finishing the game instead of adding new areas and features with every patch, since those are things that can be added later once the game is finished. It feels like they're…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't have high hopes for this game during the first half hour, because it certainly doesn't put its best foot forward. But once you start exploring the world, you discover it's massive, densely packed with points of interest, and well-crafted. Combat quickly goes from slash-block-slash to epic skills that send body parts flying. There's a ton of side activities, like mining, foraging, and crafting; they're worthwhile, but you never feel like you're forced to engage in them. I look…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was playing an early access game called "The Bloodline", and on a whim I made my character a minimum height shortstack goblin. That made her basically immune to all detection. "But isn't stealth crouching super basic?" Yes, except this made her invisible in an open field while shooting fireballs
positive · AI labelView post →Turning enemies into involuntary jetpacks by sticking a flame geyser to their forehead is diabolically hilarious, and this game's combat has approximately 400 other funny and unique ways you can turn enemies into funny ragdolls. Fantastic power fantasy sandbox to go mess around in, highly recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a fun game, the skills (especially unarmed) make it very hard to get bored of combat. I do wish they'd finish the main story already. Not that its the main appeal of the game but aside from wanting to see the end of the harbinger storyline, I find adventuring is most enjoyable when there is an active main quest to take a break from/return to in the first place. Edit: Crafting has alot variety even if the devs aren't finished with the updates yet.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's great but it needs a lot of love. Don't approach this expecting a full completed game. It feels bare bones in a lot of ways. However, what is there feels really solid and I expect the dev to do a great job on this. Go in thinking a mix of Skyrim, M&B, and Runescape. Those are the vibes I got from this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've heard this game described as an indie developer's own version of Oblivion, which has intrigued me enough to try it! It's The Bloodline! 🔴 LIVE @ twitch.tv/zarah_vt #Twitch #Stream #VTuber #PNGTuber #BirdTuber
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