<s>
Battlerite	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
team-based	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
based	O
on	O
multiplayer	O
online	O
battle	O
arena	O
(	O
MOBA	O
)	O
gameplay	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Stunlock	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
considered	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Bloodline	B-Application
Champions	I-Application
and	O
is	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
saw	O
the	O
last	O
content	O
update	O
;	O
both	O
Battlerite	B-Application
and	O
Battlerite	B-Application
Royal	O
were	O
to	O
stay	O
in	O
"	O
maintenance	O
mode	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
foreseeable	O
future	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlerite	B-Application
consists	O
of	O
two	O
teams	O
,	O
with	O
two	O
or	O
three	O
players	O
each	O
,	O
battling	O
against	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlerite	B-Application
received	O
mainly	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
;	O
on	O
aggregate	O
review	O
website	O
Metacritic	O
the	O
game	O
attains	O
an	O
overall	O
score	O
of	O
85	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
IGN	O
Ian	O
Nowakowski	O
gave	O
Battlerite	B-Application
a	O
score	O
of	O
8.2/10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
criticizing	O
the	O
randomized	O
progression	O
rewards	O
as	O
"	O
lackluster	O
,	O
"	O
Nowakowski	O
concludes	O
"	O
Battlerite	B-Application
strikes	O
true	O
where	O
it	O
counts	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
’s	O
in	O
the	O
arena	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlerite	B-Application
quickly	O
rose	O
in	O
popularity	O
upon	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
weeks	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
launched	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
's	O
Early	O
Access	O
,	O
Stunlock	O
Studios	O
claimed	O
they	O
had	O
already	O
amassed	O
200,000	O
players	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
pay-to-play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
right	O
now	O
,	O
Battlerite	B-Application
has	O
a	O
small	O
player	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
included	O
Battlerite	B-Application
in	O
its	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
free	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
Steam	B-Application
platform	I-Application
.	O
</s>
