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Phantom Blade Zero draws 431,541 peak players on Steam
Chinese studio S-Game launched Phantom Blade Zero on PC and PlayStation 5, and the game quickly drew a large audience.
It reached 431,541 concurrent players on Steam, making it the platform’s second most-played game at the time reported.
The game draws on wuxia, a tradition of martial-arts stories about roaming fighters, moral debts and revenge.
Players follow Soul, a swordsman with 66 days to find a cure and clear his name after he is accused of murdering his master.
S-Game has not announced sales figures, but an analyst estimates sales are already above 1 million copies across PC, PlayStation 5 and China’s WeGame platform.
That is a strong start, though it remains far below the success of Black Myth: Wukong, another Chinese action game.
The game is now on sale, and its player numbers may rise further over the weekend, according to the forecast cited.
Phantom Blade Zero reached a peak of 431,541 concurrent players on Steam, according to SteamDB.
The wuxia action game was developed by Chinese studio S-Game and released for PC and PlayStation 5.
Eurogamer says the game released on October 28, while TechNode, published the next day, describes it as launching that day.
At the time Eurogamer reported, the game was Steam’s second most-played title and led the global top sellers chart.
Early Steam user reviews were rated Mostly Positive, and S-Game had not announced sales figures.
- Who
- S-Game, the Chinese developer of Phantom Blade Zero.
- What
- The game reached a peak of 431,541 concurrent players on Steam.
- When
- It launched on October 28, 2026, according to Eurogamer; TechNode says it launched on October 29.
- Where
- On Steam; the game is also available for PC and PlayStation 5.
- Why
- Not stated
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Reviews were published, and analyst Rhys Elliott estimated that 80,000 copies sold afterward.
Eurogamer says Phantom Blade Zero was released.
The articles were published; Eurogamer reported a Steam peak of 431,541 concurrent players.
- Peak concurrent players
- 431,541 on Steam
- Developer
- S-Game
- Release date
- October 28, 2026, according to Eurogamer; TechNode says October 29
- Platforms
- PC and PlayStation 5
- Steam ranking
- Second most-played game at the time of Eurogamer’s report
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Phantom Blade Zero has now sold 850K pre-launch copies, with 73.8% on Steam and 26.2% on PS5. (@alineaanalytics estimates). Overall, around 62.5% of Phantom Blade Zero’s pre-launch copies sold have been in China, Taiwan, or Hong Kong. These markets – but predominantly China –