Stellar Blade fascinated many fans on PS5 and Steam, which is due to several factors. The success is so great that the developers are now planning a successor.
What about the success of Stellar Blade? The huge success of Stellar Blade came about due to several factors:
- The PS5 version has been technically sound from the beginning, which is no longer a given for some video games nowadays
- The release on Steam also contributed, from which the developers expected quite a bit
- The developers treated it like a live service game, even though it isn’t one
- The revealing outfits and curves of protagonist Eve are a nice bonus, which in combination with drastic representations of violence led to an age rating of “18+”
This allowed the development team from Shift Up to increase its revenue by 30% compared to the previous year, thanks mainly to Stellar Blade. It’s no wonder the team is already working on a sequel. And it seems that the release is just around the corner.
Sequel to Stellar Blade is coming sooner than expected
When is the sequel supposed to be released? As IGN reports, the sequel is already visible in the developer’s release plan. A slide shows the expansions of IPs like Nikke, Project Witches, and also Stellar Blade.
After the introduction in 2024, Stellar Blade has the platform extension and also the sequel. Both blocks are scheduled for before 2027. This means that the successor will probably be released next year, thus in 2026.
How is this received by fans? In the Reddit forum, many players are discussing the upcoming release. User HydraTower puts it aptly, stating that “before 2027” is crazy. Additionally, there are many commenters who are looking forward to the imminent release.
However, there are also critical voices: User AgitatedFly1182 thinks it could lead to a situation similar to that of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask. In that case, the sequel took many assets from the original and “only” changed the gameplay, lore, and story.
User Gornub believes that there could be enough material for a sequel. However, he hopes that the developers would put as much effort into the story, characters, writing, and voice acting as they did with the outfits.
Even protagonist Eve has had enough of being reduced to just her appearance. She pushed back against players who expected too much from her outfit: The “18+” game Stellar Blade on PS5 is known for its revealing characters, one of them has now had enough of you
