Stellar Blade PC debut welcomes record numbers for a PlayStation published single player release

The PlayStation published Stellar Blade made its measurement onto PC past night, and has sewage disconnected to a very bully commencement indeed.

According to SteamDB, Stellar Blade has already welcomed a highest subordinate count of 99,980, little than 24 hours since its merchandise connected PC. This intends it presently has nan highest highest concurrent subordinate count for a PlayStation published azygous subordinate crippled connected nan platform.

To compare, Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered has a highest subordinate count of 66,436, while Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition has a highest of 56,557. Meanwhile, The Last of Us Part 1 has a highest of 36,496 and its sequel - The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered - has a highest of 30,690.

As for what players are saying, correct now Stellar Blade is sitting rather happily pinch an "overwhelmingly positive" Steam reappraisal average. "In a world afloat of unoptimised slop it really is awesome to spot a crippled tally truthful smoothly," sounds 1 specified review.

So, yes, things are going good for Stellar Blade's PC release. Back successful February of this year, Shift Up stated successful a financial study it expects the PC type to transcend console sales.

"In nan AAA crippled market, PC devices person a higher marketplace stock than consoles, truthful we expect nan capacity of nan PC type to transcend that of nan console version," nan institution said astatine nan time. "We are peculiarly watching trends specified arsenic nan important description of nan single-player action crippled marketplace successful nan Asian gaming industry."

Image credit: Steam/Eurogamer

Not judge if nan crippled is for you? In Eurogamer's original Stellar Blade review we noted it "has a adjacent spot of weirdness", but " its slayer tunes and vibey, flow-state combat - positive a transformative difficult mode - are capable to time off you entranced".

If you are popping into Stellar Blade for nan first clip now that nan crippled is disposable connected PC, but request a small helping manus present aliases there, beryllium judge to cheque retired our guides. Here's one connected each Stellar Blade tin locations to get you started.