Stellar Blade targeting 2025 PC release, sales expected to "exceed" console
Stellar Blade, the well-received sci-fi action-adventure from developer Shift Up, is targeting a 2025 release on PC, and the studio says it expects sales to exceed those seen on console.
Stellar Blade, which tells the story of sword-wielding soldier Eve as she attempts to liberate Earth from a monstrous alien threat known as the Naytibas, released exclusively for PlayStation 5 back in April, going on to sell 1m copies by the end of June.
And now Shift Up has announced plans to follow that success with a PC version at some point next year. The news was shared in the developer’s Q3 2024 earnings report, where it said a Stellar Blade PC release was “being considered within 2025”. It then added that due to “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.”
Black Myth: Wukong, for context, was a barnstorming success when it released in August, managing to sell 10m copies across PC and PS5 in just three days and quickly becoming the most-viewed game on Chinese livestreaming platforms. And while Shift Up’s targets for Stellar Blade on PC are likely to be considerably more modest, the developer still has positive expectations for the game’s ongoing popularity.