# Phantom Blade Zero Gets Off to a Flyer on Steam, Behind Only Counter-Strike 2 as the Most-Played Game

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/phantom-blade-zero-gets-off-to-a-flyer-on-steam-behind-only-counter-strike-2-as-the-most-played-game/
- Published: 2026-10-29T10:10:54+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T02:57:08+00:00
- Original publisher: IGN
- Original article: https://www.ign.com/articles/phantom-blade-zero-beats-modern-warfare-4-steam-top-selling
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Phantom Blade Zero reached 448,000 concurrent Steam players.
- It topped Steam’s best-selling chart by revenue.
- Nearly two thirds of pre-launch sales came from China, Taiwan or Hong Kong.

## Summary

Phantom Blade Zero surged to the top of Steam’s best-selling games chart within hours of release, with a peak of 448,000 concurrent players. It ranked behind only Counter-Strike 2 by peak player count on the platform, making its launch a major early success for Chinese studio S-Game.

The game had been estimated to sell more than one million copies before launch across Steam, PS5 and China’s WeGame, with nearly two thirds of those sales in China, Taiwan or Hong Kong. Its creative director, Soulframe Liang, said the team expanded production after an early trailer drew strong interest, travelling across China for research and extensively rebuilding parts of the game. The game also launched on PS5, where player numbers are not public.

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