Follow-Up: Phantom Blade Zero Sells 4 Million Copies in 72 Hours, Steam Peak Reaches 833,921 Players
Chinese developer S-GAME of Beijing announced on Nov. 2 through the game's official X account that its wuxia action role-playing game Phantom Blade Zero sold more than 4 million copies worldwide in the 72 hours after its Oct. 29 launch, across PlayStation 5 and PC (Steam, the Epic Games Store and Tencent's WeGame in China). "Thank you everyone from the bottom of our hearts for all the love and support!" the studio wrote.
According to SteamDB, the game's concurrent-player count on Steam peaked at 833,921 on Nov. 1, among the highest peaks in the platform's history; GSM previously reported a launch-day peak of 723,876. The game also topped Steam's global top-sellers chart in its launch window.
The game holds a Metacritic score of 88, and roughly nine in ten Steam user reviews are positive. Before launch, analytics firm Alinea Analytics estimated combined Steam and PS5 pre-sales at about 850,000 copies, rising above 1 million once WeGame was included. The standard edition costs $59.99 and the Deluxe Edition $69.99; the release is digital-only for now, with a physical PS5 edition planned for 2027.
Phantom Blade Zero is S-GAME's first major console and PC title, following Phantom Blade: Executioners. Its protagonist, Soul, is framed for his master's murder and left with a wounded heart and just 66 days to live as he hunts the conspiracy behind it; the game's combat was designed with action choreographers from the golden age of wuxia cinema. By comparison, Black Myth: Wukong sold 10 million copies in its first three days in 2024.
Related: [Video Phantom Blade Zero Launches Worldwide: Steam Day-One Peak Hits 723,876 Players]
Source: S-GAME
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：《影之刃零》游戏实机截图：主角 Soul 在挂满布条的古树前临战（S-GAME 官方宣传截图，经 Steam 商店页发布）。 / Official gameplay screenshot from Phantom Blade Zero, showing the protagonist Soul before a ribbon-hung tree (S-GAME promotional image via the Steam store page).
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