Stellar Blade Becomes The Most Successful Ex-PlayStation Exclusive on PC

Stellar Blade's PC version has finally launched, and despite some of the release's questionable aspects like the inclusion of Denuvo and the €70 price in Europe – around $80 when converted – Shift Up's action-adventure became an instant hit within the PC gaming community, drawing impressive player numbers and even setting a new record for its publisher, Sony.

With 183,830 concurrent players at its peak, Stellar Blade now holds the title of the most successful ex-PlayStation exclusive to launch on PC, beating out Ghost of Tsushima (77,154 players at its peak), 2018 God of War (73,529), Marvel's Spider-Man (66,436), Horizon Zero Dawn (56,557) and Forbidden West (40,462), The Last of Us Part 1 (36,496) and Part 2 (30,690), and all the others by more than 100K players.

Moreover, Stellar Blade has become the second-best performing PlayStation title on PC overall, losing only to Helldivers II and its massive 458,709 peak concurrent players. Despite taking only silver on that distance, Shift Up's title still sold enough copies to break into Steam's Top 10 best-performing games of 2025, pushing out Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

When it comes to the game's reviews, the success of the launch is reflected there as well, with Stellar Blade currently holding a 95% Overwhelmingly Positive score on Steam. Gamers have praised it for its great combat, smooth performance and optimization, engaging exploration, gorgeous graphics and soundtrack, and, of course, appealing character design.

Mirroring the scores of the original PS5 version, gaming journalists weren't that enthusiastic, with the PC edition of Stellar Blade sitting at a slightly lower yet still commendable 87 critic score on Metacritic.

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