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Phantom Blade Zero Is Out: Steam Chart Debut, PC Requirements and Price

By MetaPatchAI Gaming · Published · Updated

Oct 30, 2026: S-GAME's wuxia action RPG Phantom Blade Zero launched on Wednesday, Oct. 28, and it is already one of the most-played games on Steam. Here is what you need to know before you buy: price, PC specs, platforms, and what the early numbers show.

Launch at a glance

  • Release date: Oct. 28, 2026 (Steam store page).
  • Developer / publisher: S-GAME Studio / S-GAME Publishing.
  • Platforms: PC (Steam, Windows only) and PlayStation 5. The PS5 version is confirmed in S-GAME's launch letter on Steam, which mentions three PS5 button layouts.
  • Price on Steam (U.S.): $59.99 for the base game when we checked on Oct. 30.
  • Genre: single-player action RPG. You play as Soul, a warrior with 66 days left to live, in Unreal Engine 5.
  • Languages: 15 supported, per the Steam page.

How it's doing

  • Steam most-played chart: Steam's own chart data ranked Phantom Blade Zero #5 when we checked at about 5:05 AM ET on Oct. 30, with a reported peak of 723,876 concurrent players.
  • User reviews: 87% of 2,030 English user reviews were positive on the Steam page at the time we checked.
  • Critics: Steam's store data lists a Metacritic score of 88.

These numbers move hourly, so check the store page for the latest.

PC requirements (official)

Minimum (1080p / 30 FPS with upscaling) Recommended (1440p / 60 FPS with upscaling)
OS Windows 10/11 64-bit Windows 10/11 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i7-8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Intel Core i5-10600K / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
RAM 16 GB 16 GB
GPU GeForce GTX 1660 6GB / Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB / Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
Storage 145 GB, SSD required 145 GB, SSD required
DirectX 12 12

The 145 GB SSD requirement is the one to plan for. Clear space before you download. Both targets assume upscaling is on.

From the developer

In a first-person launch letter on Steam ("Reason and Madness"), the game's creator traces the series back to Rainblood: Town of Death, an RPG Maker hobby project made 20 years ago. The letter says the team used thousands of hours of motion capture, built a dedicated team of martial arts performers led by action director Yang Liu, with guidance from Donnie Yen, and that music director Caisheng Bo created more than ten hours of music almost entirely by himself. It also highlights support for 16:9, 16:10 handheld and ultrawide displays beyond 3:1.

Can't run it locally?

Phantom Blade Zero is also on GeForce NOW. See our GeForce NOW this week story.

What's confirmed / not confirmed

Confirmed: release date, developer, Steam price, PC requirements and languages (Steam store); PS5 version (developer letter); chart rank and peak (Steam charts API, checked Oct. 30 at about 5:05 AM ET); review share (Steam store page at the same time).

Not confirmed: PS5 price, sales figures, and any deluxe edition contents. We did not verify edition names, so only the base price is listed.

Sources

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