Phantom Blade Zero is on monitor to be an enormous hit, with estimates suggesting the motion sport has already offered over 1 million copies earlier than launch.
In a post on social media, Rhys Elliott, head of market evaluation at Alinea Analytics, estimated that Phantom Blade Zero had offered 850,000 pre-launch copies on Western launch platforms Steam and PS5, with gross sales on Tencent’s WeGame (an internet PC storefront in China) bumping the full determine above 1 million.
Of the Western launch prelaunch gross sales, Elliott estimated three quarters had been on Steam. Almost two thirds of complete prelaunch gross sales are from China, Taiwan, or Hong Kong. Phantom Blade Zero is a wuxia motion sport developed by Chinese language studio S-Sport, and options martial arts film star Donnie Yen.
Elliott stated that Phantom Blade Zero’s prelaunch gross sales had generated $43 million in income, and had cracked the highest 40 video games of 2026 by income earlier than it’s even launched, regardless of solely being accessible on PC and PS5. He did, nonetheless, add that Phantom Blade Zero is unlikely to hit the gross sales heights of 2024’s megahit, Black Delusion Wukong, however nonetheless, “it’s going to promote a number of copies this 12 months in a crowded market.”
For context, Sport Science’s Black Delusion Wukong offered an eye-watering 10 million copies within the first three days alone, and has reportedly offered over 20 million copies up to now. Unsurprisingly, a follow-up is in growth.
IGN’s 9/10 Phantom Blade review known as it “an unbelievably clean motion sport crammed with memorable boss fights, compelling fight, and limitless swagger.”
Should you’re questioning when you can begin swinging, try our Phantom Blade Zero global release times and preload details post. There’s a full breakdown for precisely when you’ll be able to fireplace it up for main cities all over the world.
Phantom Blade Zero seems to be set to be one of many biggest video games of October 2026, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Name of Responsibility: Trendy Warfare 4, Nintendo Change Sports activities Resort, and Ultimate Fantasy Resonance. 2026 is shaping as much as be a particular 12 months, with the Ocarina of Time remake and GTA 6 nonetheless to come back.
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