The action RPG Stellar Blade from the Korean developer Shift Up was released in April 2024 exclusively on PS5 and became a great success there. They want to surpass that with a release on Steam.
What kind of game is it? Stellar Blade is an action-adventure with a sci-fi setting that focused its marketing primarily on its pretty protagonist Eve. They even invested a lot of effort into the design of her backside.
The game was released on April 26, 2024, exclusively on PS5 and is said to have sold 1 million units there within two months. For the coming year, they plan a release on PC, which is expected to surpass their previous success.
Where do the information come from? Shift Up published its quarterly report on November 12, 2024. This not only reveals how the year went for the Korean developer studio but also what plans they have for 2025.
Stellar Blade aims for the success of Black Myth: Wukong
This is what they expect from the PC release: The quarterly report suggests that Stellar Blade will even sell better on PC than on console. The reasons for this are two trends in the gaming industry: the growing market share of Steam in the AAA game sector and the global success of the action RPG Black Myth: Wukong.
This is significant, as according to Shift Up, they earned 25.8 billion South Korean Won with Stellar Blade upon its release in Q2, and 22.5 billion KRW in Q3. This totals approximately €32.5 million.
How do they plan to achieve that? Shift Up is not only relying on Steam’s market shares and the success of other games. To ensure that the action RPG maintains its momentum after a strong release, they have been providing a steady stream of patches and updates.
The Korean studio also proved how well it knows its target audience: The ’18+ game’ Stellar Blade gives fans exactly what they want in the new update for the PS5
In this way, they aim to maintain interest until the PC release in 2025. A DLC is set to introduce a collaboration with Nier: Automata into the game on November 20, 2024. Additionally, there will be a photo mode, new outfits, and the option No ponytail
in the character customization for the protagonist Eve.
There is no release date yet for the PC version.
