Phantom Blade Zero drew an all-time peak of 723,876 concurrent players on Steam on October 29, 2026, hours after its global launch, according to SteamDB data cited in Steam’s own news feed.
Key points
- Phantom Blade Zero peaked at 723,876 concurrent players on Steam on October 29, 2026.
- The game topped Steam's best-selling chart and ranks sixth among single-player action RPGs by peak concurrents.
- Phantom Blade Zero holds Metascores of 88 on both PC and PS5, with an OpenCritic average of 91.
- Analyst estimates put combined PC, PS5 and WeGame sales above 1 million copies.
- The wuxia action RPG launched for $59.99 on PS5, Steam and the Epic Games Store.
The number makes S-GAME’s wuxia action RPG one of the biggest single-player launches on Valve’s platform this year, a notable result for a Chinese studio that had previously worked only on mobile titles. It also signals growing appetite among Steam’s audience for big-budget, story-driven action games out of China, a trend that began in earnest with Black Myth: Wukong in 2024.
How the Launch Numbers Stack Up
Phantom Blade Zero’s peak places it among Steam’s biggest single-player RPG launches, ranking sixth for the category behind Black Myth: Wukong, which hit 2,415,714 concurrent players, and Cyberpunk 2077, which peaked at 1,054,388. It also sits close to, but still below, the launch peaks of Hogwarts Legacy (879,308) and Baldur’s Gate 3 (875,343).
The game has already surpassed Hollow Knight: Silksong’s launch numbers and dwarfed several recent single-player releases, including Resident Evil Requiem (344,214), Fallout 4 (roughly 472,962), Monster Hunter: World (334,684) and Starfield (330,723). Reports differ slightly on the climb: one tally has Phantom Blade Zero launching October 28 with an early peak of 431,541 concurrent players before rising to 723,876 hours later, while another account cites a similar jump from over 430,000. Either way, the peak of roughly 723,000 concurrent users confirms the game’s rapid climb in its first day.
Critical Reception and Scores
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