Stellar Blade Developer Expects The Game To Be Even Bigger On PC, Aiming For 2025 Launch

Stellar Blade developer Shift Up has revealed more details on the game’s upcoming PC release, and it has high expectations for the platform. In the studio’s Q3 2024 earnings report, Shift Up confirmed that Stellar Blade is “being considered within 2025” for a PC release–something it has spoken about in the past.

“Considering recent trends such as Steam’s expanding market share in the AAA game sector and the global success of Black Myth: Wukong, we expect the performance on PC to exceed that on consoles,” Shift Up said in its report. To put that into context, Black Myth: Wukong had a strong launch in August with 10 million copies sold in its first three days on PC and PS5, and within two weeks, that figure climbed to 18 million.

Black Myth: Wukong was developed by Chinese studio Game Science and one of the company’s biggest external investors believes that it will sell 30 million copies over its lifetime, a figure that can potentially be reached with its upcoming expansion. In comparison, Stellar Blade reached 1 million sales on PS5 by the end of June.

Shift Up also mentioned that sales on PS5–where Stellar Blade is exclusively available for now–continue to remain stable, thanks in part to the studio constantly updating the game and releasing new DLC for it. “With the addition of the Nier: Automata DLC and ongoing marketing activities, we plan to maintain the IP’s popularity until the platform expansion,” Shift Up explained.

The Nier: Automata DLC for Stellar Blade will be available starting November 20, and in addition to some stylish outfits inspired by the game’s co-protagonist 2B, there’ll be a new hairstyle for heroine Eve to equip, as well as a photo mode will be added to the game.

“A strong battle system and exciting moments make Stellar Blade more than just an imitator,” Imran Khan wrote in GameSpot’s Stellar Blade review.