Stellar Blade

Shift Up Corp. • Sony Interactive Entertainment • •

How long to beat

23hrs

MAIN STORY

38hrs

STORY + SIDES

58hrs

EVERYTHING

40hrs

ALL STYLES

Images & Screenshots

Stellar Blade Performance Review

Good

By Michael Thompson

Summary

Stellar Blade is great in all of the most important ways for an action game, but dull characters, a lackluster story, and several frustrating elements of its RPG mechanics prevent it from soaring along with the best of the genre.

Developers

Shift Up Corp.

Publishers

Sony Interactive Entertainment

Release Date

Platforms

2 days, 14 hours

It Sounds Like Stellar Blade May Launch on Xbox and Nintendo Switch 2 This Year

2 days, 14 hours - Dev "reviewing platform expansion beyond PS5 and PC to broaden audience reach."

1 month

'One Person Can Perform the Work of 100 People' — Boss of Stellar Blade Developer Says It Needs to Use AI to Compete With Overwhelming Manpower of China and U.S. Studios

1 month - "We devote around 150 people to a single game, but China puts in between 1,000 to 2,000."

1 month

Stellar Blade Studio Shift Up Gifts Staff Yet Another Big Bonus, This Time an Apple Watch, AirPods Max, and a $3,400 Cash Bonus

1 month - Cut price.

2 months

Stellar Blade Director Receives Presidential Commendation for Development of Korean Game Industry

2 months - "We will continue to do our best to further promote Korean games on the global stage."

2 months, 3 weeks

Stellar Blade Dev Hails Its Performance on Steam, but New Research Suggests the 'Novelty' of Playing PlayStation Games on PC Is 'Wearing Off'

2 months, 3 weeks - "The audience that was once excited to experience these games for the first time has largely been served."

6 months, 2 weeks

Stellar Blade Developer Drops Update 1.3.0 — Here's What's New

6 months, 2 weeks - Cut to the chase.

7 months, 2 weeks

Nexus Mods To Introduce Age Checks For UK and EU Users Wanting To Access Adult Content

7 months, 2 weeks - Changes required by law.

8 months

As Stellar Blade Hits 3 Million Copies Sold, Dev Says Sequel Will Have the 'Rich' Narrative Missing From the Original

8 months - Shift Up will "do [its] best" to get it out in 2027.

8 months

Stellar Blade Is One of Sony's Biggest Steam Launches Ever - IGN Daily Fix

8 months - Hey everyone! In today’s Daily Fix: Stellar Blade is now Sony’s biggest single-player launch on Steam, beating Ghost of Tsushima with over 105K players! Plus, Konami just announced a Silent Hill 1 remake from the Silent Hill 2 devs, Bloober Team. Presented by MindsEye

8 months

Stellar Blade Only Released On PC Yesterday, But It's Already One of Sony's Biggest Steam Launches Ever

8 months - Stellar work.

8 months, 1 week

Stellar Blade - 13 Minutes of 4K 60FPS PC Gameplay on Geforce RTX 5090

8 months, 1 week - Shift Up's acclaimed post apocalyptic action game has made the jump to PC! Check out 13 minutes from an early game portion of Stellar Blade, played on a PC with an Geforce RTX 5090 on Very High settings.

8 months, 2 weeks

Stellar Blade Director Can't Wait to See Our PC Mods

8 months, 2 weeks - "I myself also want to try out some of the more exciting mods," says director Kim Hyung Tae.

8 months, 2 weeks

There's No Stellar Blade Multiplayer Mod, but There Are Signs of Multiplayer in the Game Files

8 months, 2 weeks - Modders are digging into the PC version now it's out in the wild.

8 months, 2 weeks

Stellar Blade - Official PC Demo Trailer

8 months, 2 weeks - Watch the latest Stellar Blade trailer for this action RPG to see gameplay, formidable enemies and get a peek at Eve's post-apocalyptic world. A 40-minute PC demo for Stellar Blade is available now on PC. Save data can be carried to the full game when it launches on PC. Stellar Blade is available now on PS5, with the Complete Edition arriving on PS5 and PC on June 11, 2025.

8 months, 4 weeks

Stellar Blade Developer Confirms Sequel Plans

8 months, 4 weeks - Rising star.

8 months, 4 weeks

Stellar Blade Devs 'Closely Discussing' Mysterious PC Region Lock Issue With Sony

8 months, 4 weeks - Shift Up also insist DRM will have no negative impact on framerate.

9 months

Stellar Blade's Steam Rollout Mysteriously Blocked in Over 100 Countries

9 months - It's possible the block comes not because Stellar Blade requires PSN, but because it offers it as an option.

9 months

Stellar Blade - Official PC Features Release Date Trailer

9 months - Check out the PC Features Release Date Trailer for Stellar Blade, the third-person action game developed by Shift Up. Players will fight to reclaim Earth for Humankind with Eve and company on an adventure to defeat larger-than-life bosses, explore the remnants of the lost human civilization, and aid whoever is in need along the way. With the game coming to PC, players can enjoy AI Upscaling, Frame Generation technology, unlocked frame rate, Japanese and Chinese VO, ultra-wide support, and more content to find and unlock throughout the game. Stellar Blade is coming to PC on June 11 with the game being available now on PlayStation 5 (PS5).