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Phantom Blade Zero
S-GAME's dark wuxia action RPG, built on Unreal Engine 5 for PlayStation 5 and Windows: third-person martial-arts combat, four difficulty settings and eight endings. Pre-orders are open ahead of the October 2026 launch, and both first-party release dates on record are listed on this page.
A wuxia action RPG wearing a punk skeleton
S-GAME calls the look kungfupunk: martial arts, cold steel, mechanical prosthetics, crumbling industrial ruins, traditional Chinese aesthetics and modern rock music, in one dark register. Confirmed2026-09-17S-GAME site copy
Combat
Third-person melee. Soul carries two primary weapons and two secondary weapons; each blade has a power-surge ultimate, while Phantom Edges cover cannons, lances, axes and hammers taken from fallen foes. Defence is block, parry or dodge, and enemy attacks are colour-coded: brutal moves drain sha-chi heavily when blocked, killer moves cannot be blocked or parried at all. Parry a brutal move, or dodge a killer move on the last frame, and a ghostep puts you behind the enemy. Source2026-09-17Wikipedia
Scope
A semi-open world whose regions connect seamlessly; some are unreachable at first and open up later through non-linear routes and weapons acquired elsewhere. Main quests follow Soul, side quests carry multiple outcomes, and those outcomes resolve the story into eight distinct endings. There is a skill tree, weapon upgrading that consumes materials, and reforging that recovers them. Source2026-09-17Wikipedia
Difficulty
Four settings ship with the game: Wayfarer, Pathbreaker, Hellwalker, where enemy AI is more adaptive, and 66 Days, which is Hellwalker plus permadeath once the death counter runs down from 66. New Game Plus unlocks after a first completion. Source2026-09-17Wikipedia
Who makes it
Developed and published by S-GAME, the Beijing studio behind the Phantom Blade series. Engine: Unreal Engine 5, with full-scale development starting in 2022. Soulframe Liang directs and produces. Kungfu filmmaker Donnie Yen has been Creative Consultant since 2023 and plays Mó Yuan, leader of the Bastion of Mó. Steam credits the developer as S-GAME Studio and the publisher as S-GAME Publishing. The Phantom Blade marks are held by PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED. Confirmed2026-09-17Steam / PS Store
Two pages answer almost everything before launch
What people ask before buying
Is Phantom Blade Zero the same game as Phantom Blade or Phantom Blade: Executioners?
No. Phantom Blade Zero is a new entry in the same Phantom Blade series, not a remake or a renamed re-release. The series began with the Rainblood titles, continued through Phantom Blade 1 to 3 on mobile and Phantom Blade: Executioners, and the studio says Zero follows a new story that requires no knowledge of the earlier games.
When does Phantom Blade Zero come out?
29 October 2026, per S-GAME's own site, its Steam launch letter and the PlayStation Store listing. Steam's store page still prints Oct 28, 2026, and the PlayStation Store adds an unlock time of 02:00 AM UTC on 29 October. Both dates are first-party, so we show both instead of picking one.
Is Phantom Blade Zero a soulslike?
S-GAME calls it an action RPG, and the official site never uses the soulslike label. Steam lists its genres as Action and RPG, and the game ships with four selectable difficulty settings including a permadeath mode, so the challenge is adjustable rather than fixed.
How much does Phantom Blade Zero cost?
$59.99 for the Standard Edition and $69.99 for the Digital Deluxe Edition, the same on the PlayStation Store and Steam in the US. The Epic Games Store page linked from S-GAME's site could not be read on 2026-09-17, so its price is listed as not published rather than estimated.
Will Phantom Blade Zero get a physical edition?
Nothing has been announced. S-GAME's site links five digital storefronts and no disc SKU, the PlayStation Store sells two digital editions, and Steam is digital-only. An import retailer listed a PS5 version and then withdrew it, and its support said it could not confirm whether a physical release would happen. Some third-party coverage mentions a physical Collector's Edition; no first-party channel lists one.
Is Phantom Blade Zero coming to Xbox?
No Xbox version has been announced. S-GAME's site names Epic Games, PS5, Steam, WeGame and TapTap PC, while the PlayStation Store and Steam list PS5 and Windows. A console-exclusivity window for PS5 has been reported, but we found no first-party statement of its length, so we treat the window as unconfirmed.
Is there a Phantom Blade Zero demo?
No. S-GAME's site, the Steam page and the PlayStation Store all offer pre-order only. The newest first-party announcement on Steam is dated 2026-08-13 and it is the pre-order notice; the only other first-party posts are the 2026-06-03 launch letter and two from December 2025. A community thread claims a public demo is coming, but we could not read its body and no first-party channel repeats the claim.
Does Phantom Blade Zero have co-op or multiplayer?
No. Steam lists it as Single-player only and the PlayStation Store shows 1 player. No co-op, PvP or online mode has been announced.
Changes ifS-GAME or a first-party store changes a release date, a price or a platform listing. Re-checked 2026-09-17.
Where these facts come from
Every page below was fetched and read on 2026-09-17. Facts on this site are limited to what these sources state; anything we could not confirm is labelled Not announced rather than guessed.
- S-GAME official site, English — pbz.s-game.com (Release banner, edition contents, five storefront links)
- Steam store page, app 4115450 — store.steampowered.com (US price, genres, features, system requirements, Oct 28 label)
- PlayStation Store, concept 10017620 — store.playstation.com (US prices, unlock time, PS5 Pro Enhanced, 1 player)
- PlayStation game page — www.playstation.com (US prices, edition contents, pre-order bonus detail)
- Steam news, A Letter From Creative Director — store.steampowered.com (The 2026-06-03 letter that moved launch from 9 September to 29 October)
- Official Discord — discord.com (Official server, 6,483 members, permanent invite)
- Official YouTube channel — www.youtube.com (Verified channel, 664K subscribers)
- Official X account — x.com (Linked from the official site; post bodies are not readable for us)
- Epic Games Store listing — store.epicgames.com (Linked from the official site; returned HTTP 403 when read)
- Wikipedia, Phantom Blade Zero — en.wikipedia.org (Combat, scope, difficulty modes and series history, third-party)