{"id":1465062,"date":"2026-01-17T06:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kxYMTYPn68xxmr4bqXnBEM"},"modified":"2026-01-17T06:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T06:33:37","slug":"theres-a-fantasy-swordsmithing-sim-launching-on-steam-next-week-which-is-a-sentence-ive-been-waiting-to-hear-since-browsing-my-dads-replica-sword-catalogs-in-4th-grade-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/theres-a-fantasy-swordsmithing-sim-launching-on-steam-next-week-which-is-a-sentence-ive-been-waiting-to-hear-since-browsing-my-dads-replica-sword-catalogs-in-4th-grade-2\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s a fantasy swordsmithing sim launching on Steam next week, which is a sentence I&#8217;ve been waiting to hear since browsing my dad&#8217;s replica sword catalogs in 4th grade"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>As the son of a man who was a historical reenactor, pre-internet Tolkien lorehead, and casual collector of bladed weaponry, my upbringing was of a very specific flavor. While I&#8217;ve overheard more complaints about the accuracy of period film costumes than anyone ever should, it did have its benefits\u2014like getting to browse the occasional catalogs that would arrive in our mailbox selling replicas of historical and fictional swords. Hours of my youth were spent fascinated by the fact that there were people out there making Oakeshott Type XVIII longswords and copies of Gandalf&#8217;s Glamdring.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, I was destined from a young age to be the kind of person who&#8217;d see that Bladesong, a fantasy swordsmithing simulator, is launching in early access <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2305640\/Bladesong\/\">on Steam<\/a> next week, and immediately add it to PC Gamer&#8217;s task tracking software with the addendum &#8220;hell yes dude this is videogames.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"B7Ncf9ewpEdKu7A79BpFP6\" name=\"ss_710aca26d932c4fdb90bb4091f268b31b6011eb8.1920x1080\" alt=\"An elaborate saber mid-smithing in Bladesong.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/B7Ncf9ewpEdKu7A79BpFP6.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Mythwright)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bladesong promises an elaborate and intricate toolset for handcrafting your Platonic ideal of a cool sword\u2014whether that&#8217;s a period-accurate arming sword or a glowing, rune-etched work of high fantasy maximalism with appropriately absurd proportions. There&#8217;s a demo available now, and while it only offers a limited selection of the full game&#8217;s swordsmithing features, it&#8217;s more than enough to stir my internal childhood sword sicko.<\/p>\n<p>Bladesong&#8217;s simulated blacksmithing allows shaping of a blade&#8217;s length, width, thickness, and cross-section. With some precise hammering, you can taper its dimensions, or curve it, or alter the spine width and concavity of one or both of its edges. It has dynamic fuller technology. <em>It has modular hilt construction using freely malleable quellon segments and scalable grips. <\/em>It&#8217;s a simulation clearly, undeniably, and admirably designed by and for extreme sword weirdos.<\/p>\n<p>It also has a surprisingly compelling story mode. I expected to be working as a fantasy blacksmith, but I didn&#8217;t expect to be thrust into an eerie medieval postapocalypse where I&#8217;d be shaping swords for what pockets of civilization remain in a world whose gods have died. It&#8217;s good, flavorful writing\u2014and meeting the specifications of my miserable customers is satisfying, too, requiring attention to the delicate interplay of blade weight, shape, and balance that shifts with each hammer blow.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"YMWutGLaRefzHRqmaHrouD\" name=\"ss_a980b9ef0b413d82de2d388dbcd207c105265cbd.1920x1080\" alt=\"An intricately-engraved broadsword hilt in Bladesong.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/YMWutGLaRefzHRqmaHrouD.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"1\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"inline expandable\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Mythwright)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And that&#8217;s just the demo. The early access launch will bring all sorts of additional engraving options, ornamentations, materials, and blade shaping techniques. I might have thought Glamdring was the coolest possible sword as a kid, but by this time next week, Gandalf&#8217;s going to be feeling deeply inadequate.<\/p>\n<p>Bladesong launches in early access <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2305640\/Bladesong\/\">on Steam<\/a> on January 22.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"b28dd624-4ebf-4dfd-8013-7102d695b4ff\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:661px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:98.94%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6offQUY4CXebir2TC27dMd\" name=\"kingdom come 2 square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/theres-a-fantasy-swordsmithing-sim-launching-on-steam-next-week-which-is-a-sentence-ive-been-waiting-to-hear-since-browsing-my-dads-replica-sword-catalogs-in-4th-grade-3.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"661\" height=\"654\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-pc-games-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"b28dd624-4ebf-4dfd-8013-7102d695b4ff\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2026 games\" data-dimension48=\"2026 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2026 games<\/strong><\/a>: All the upcoming games<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/sim\/theres-a-fantasy-swordsmithing-sim-launching-on-steam-next-week-which-is-a-sentence-ive-been-waiting-to-hear-since-browsing-my-dads-replica-sword-catalogs-in-4th-grade\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the son of a man who was a historical reenactor, pre-internet Tolkien lorehead, and casual collector of bladed weaponry, my upbringing was of a very specific flavor. While I&#8217;ve overheard more complaints about the accuracy of period film costumes than anyone ever should, it did have its benefits\u2014like getting to browse the occasional catalogs that would arrive in our mailbox selling replicas of historical and fictional swords. Hours of my youth were spent fascinated by the fact that there were people out there making Oakeshott Type XVIII longswords and copies of Gandalf&#8217;s Glamdring. In other words, I was destined from a young age to be the kind of person who&#8217;d see that Bladesong, a fantasy swordsmithing simulator, is launching in early access on Steam&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/theres-a-fantasy-swordsmithing-sim-launching-on-steam-next-week-which-is-a-sentence-ive-been-waiting-to-hear-since-browsing-my-dads-replica-sword-catalogs-in-4th-grade-2\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1465063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,763],"class_list":["post-1465062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-sim"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ 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