Phantom Blade Zero is on observe to be an enormous hit, with estimates suggesting the motion recreation has already bought 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 bought 850,000 pre-launch copies on Western launch platforms Steam and PS5, with gross sales on Tencent’s WeGame (a web based PC storefront in China) bumping the entire determine above 1 million.
Of the Western launch prelaunch gross sales, Elliott estimated three quarters have 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 recreation developed by Chinese language studio S-Sport, and options martial arts film star Donnie Yen.
Elliott mentioned 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 obtainable 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 Fable Wukong, however nonetheless, “it will promote a number of copies this 12 months in a crowded market.”
For context, Sport Science’s Black Fable Wukong bought an eye-watering 10 million copies within the first three days alone, and has reportedly bought over 20 million copies to date. Unsurprisingly, a follow-up is in growth.
IGN’s 9/10 Phantom Blade evaluate referred to as it “an unbelievably clean motion recreation full of memorable boss fights, compelling fight, and limitless swagger.”
In case you’re questioning when you can begin swinging, take a look at our Phantom Blade Zero world launch occasions and preload particulars put up. There’s a full breakdown for precisely when you possibly can hearth it up for main cities world wide.
Phantom Blade Zero seems set to be one of many largest video video games of October 2026, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Name of Responsibility: Fashionable Warfare 4, Nintendo Change Sports activities Resort, and Last Fantasy Resonance. 2026 is shaping up to be a particular 12 months, with the Ocarina of Time remake and GTA 6 nonetheless to come.