Fit check
Is Blood Reaver worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Fans of first-person horde shooters who want magical abilities alongside firearms
- Small groups seeking cooperative combat for up to four players
- Players who enjoy combining upgrades, crafting, secrets, and dark-fantasy lore
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a traditional linear shooter may find the repeated round-based horde structure restrictive
- Players who prefer simple loadouts may find the spells, abilities, infusions, crafting, and progression systems demanding
- Solo players looking specifically for a campaign built around a large party may not find the intended group structure
Our take on Blood Reaver
Its layered progression and multiple ability systems trade simplicity for run-to-run customization. The round-based format keeps combat focused on surviving escalating enemy groups, but it gives less space to a straightforward, continuously paced campaign.
What is Blood Reaver?
Blood Reaver is a dark-fantasy, round-based first-person shooter for solo play or co-op squads of up to four.
Players fight demonic hordes with guns, spells, abilities, and ultimates while gathering demon blood to fuel abilities. Weapons can receive Blood Infusions, and the Deck of Fates provides in-wave upgrades. Spell combinations support different attack approaches, including Blood Magic, Ethereal Arts, and Forbidden powers. Materials from defeated enemies can upgrade spells and equipment, create ability variants, and produce relics for later battles. Maps include distinct mechanics, challenges, weapons, abilities, and enemy types. Secrets and easter eggs reveal lore about the Blood Reavers, the conflict between earth and hell, and the demonic invasion.
How Blood Reaver plays
- 01Four-player co-op
- A squad can combine forces against demonic enemies, while solo play is also available.
- 02Blood-powered abilities
- Demon blood collected during combat fuels the player's abilities.
- 03Weapon infusions
- The Blood Infuser adds special powers to weapons during a run.
- 04Spell combinations
- Utility spells, lethal abilities, and ultimates can be switched during combat to form different attack setups.
- 05Persistent crafting
- Materials from enemies can improve spells and equipment, create ability variants, and produce relics carried into battle.
- 06Map-specific challenges
- Each map has its own mechanics, challenges, legendary weapons, abilities, and special enemy types.
Blood Reaver compared to similar games
Blood Reaver combines round-based first-person horde combat with guns, spells, weapon infusions, crafting, and co-op for up to four players. VOID/BREAKER also centers on repeated combat, but its description focuses on imprisonment by an all-seeing hostile AI and an endless cycle of fighting, dying, and repeating rather than Blood Reaver's fantasy magic and cooperative squad play.
Blood Reaver: platforms & release
Is Blood Reaver worth it?
It is worth it if: fans of first-person horde shooters who want magical abilities alongside firearms. Skip it if: players seeking a traditional linear shooter may find the repeated round-based horde structure restrictive.
Where can I download Blood Reaver?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Blood Reaver's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Blood Reaver on?
Windows only.
