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Phantom Blade Zero will already be “well past” 1 million copies sold, analyst says
Phantom Blade Zero is estimated to have sold well over one million copies before release, according to market research firm Alinea Analytics. The early sales suggest strong demand for the Chinese-developed action RPG, although analyst Rhys Elliott expects it to fall short of the extraordinary sales achieved by Black Myth: Wukong.
Alinea estimates 850,000 copies were sold on Steam and PS5, including 80,000 after reviews were published. Additional sales through Tencent and WeGame are expected to push the total above one million; 62.5% of sales so far were in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. For comparison, Black Myth: Wukong has reportedly sold more than 30 million copies since launching in 2024.
In short
- Phantom Blade Zero is estimated to have passed one million pre-release sales.
- Steam and PS5 sales reached an estimated 850,000 copies.
- Most sales so far came from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Explained simply
Phantom Blade Zero is an action role-playing game being developed by Chinese studio S-Game. Players fight through a martial arts-inspired world, using weapons and fast-paced combat; it is planned for release on PlayStation 5 and PC.
The game follows a run of international interest in Chinese-made games, including Black Myth: Wukong, which sold tens of millions of copies after its 2024 release. Alinea Analytics is a market research firm that estimates game sales using available data, while Rhys Elliott is one of its analysts.
Sales estimates can help show how much interest a game has before launch, but they are not the same as confirmed figures from the publisher. The comparison with Black Myth: Wukong gives readers a sense of the scale of its success, while also showing how exceptional that performance was.