Phantom Blade Zero is a single-player action RPG from Chinese studio S-GAME, built in Unreal Engine 5 and set in a dark wuxia world the studio calls "Kungfupunk": Hong Kong martial arts cinema mixed with mechanical prosthetics, folk horror and fantasy. You play as Soul, a swordsman framed for the murder of his master and left with sixty-six days to live, hunted by his former comrades while he unpicks the conspiracy behind it.
Combat is the centrepiece. S-GAME promises more than thirty weapons and over twenty "Phantom Edges" to mix and match, with weapons and their signature techniques taken from defeated enemies. The fight choreography was motion-captured with martial artists, and actor and filmmaker Donnie Yen has been a creative consultant since 2023.
The game was first dated for 9 September 2026 at The Game Awards 2025, then moved to 29 October 2026 (28 October in the Americas) in a letter from the creative director in June. It launches digitally on PS5 and on PC through Steam and the Epic Games Store, priced at $59.99 for the standard edition on Steam. PS5 physical editions follow in 2027, and Sony's deal keeps it off other consoles for at least 12 months after launch.
This hub collects AFK Journal's coverage of Phantom Blade Zero: launch timing, PC performance, editions and, once the game is out, guides built from official sources and a review that summarises what critics and players say.
Phantom Blade Zero's review embargo lifted on 26 October: a 91 Top Critic Average on OpenCritic, an 88 Metascore, and the same two complaints in most reviews.
Phantom Blade Zero unlocks at 02:00 UTC on 29 October on Steam and PS5, which is the evening of 28 October in the Americas. Here are the PC specs, preload and Steam Deck status.