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

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PC version of

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, but it's already Sony's biggest single-player Steam launch ever.

Right now, the concurrent player peak

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, but that's the seventh all-time peak the game has set since I started writing this story. There's no doubt player numbers will continue to climb, especially as we move into the weekend.

By

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topped out at 77,154 players,

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peaked at 73,529, and

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sports a peak of 66,436 players. In fact, the only Sony-published game to have a higher concurrent record than Stellar Blade is

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, which is, of course, a multiplayer game.

PC-specific features include AI upscaling via Nvidia DLSS 4 and AMD FSR 3, an unlocked framerate, Japanese and ******** voiceover, ultrawide display support, higher resolution environment textures, and DualSense support for haptic feedback and trigger effects.

The PC version was

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, but is now available in

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. Dozens and dozens have popped up, with modders making all kinds of tweaks and buffs since the demo dropped a few weeks ago. Not all of them are safe for work, though...

Stellar Blade has done so well for developer Shift Up that

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. The Sony-published action game launched to a positive response back in April 2024, with players saying its gameplay mixed elements of NieR: Automata and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

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returned a 7/10. We said: "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."

Vikki Blake is a reporter for IGN, as well as a critic, columnist, and consultant with 15+ years experience working with some of the world's biggest gaming sites and publications. She's also a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her at

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