More Chinese success as Phantom Blade Zero enjoys a big launch and becomes one of Steam's most played games
Phantom Blade Zero has been officially released, and just as everyone expected, it's popular.
Phantom Blade Zero has been officially released, and just as everyone expected, it's popular.
The short version
- The wuxia action game from S-Game debuted to a massive 431,541 concurrent players on Steam (via SteamDB ) at its peak just hours ago.
- At the time of writing, Phantom Blade Zero is Steam's second most-played game , landing just below Counter-Strike 2 , and it's currently leading Steam's global top sellers chart , having jumped 16 places this week.
- Players appear to be happy with the final game, too, judging by early user reviews on Steam, which currently have it sitting at a Mostly Positive average.
What happened
S-Game has yet to announce any sales figures, but the game was estimated to have sold more than 1m copies just before launch. According to Alinea Analytics analyst Rhys Elliott , Phantom Blade Zero sold 850,000 copies across PC and PlayStation 5.
Why it matters
It is also available on Tencent WeGame in China, where Elliott estimates it sold enough to bring the total to well above 1m copies.
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