Phantom Blade Zero FAQ

October 29, 2026, on PlayStation 5 and PC (Steam and Epic Games Store). The PlayStation Store lists the PS5 unlock at 02:00 UTC; S-GAME has not announced an hour itself.

Not at launch. The release date trailer says it will not come to other consoles until at least 12 months after release.

$59.99 for the Standard Edition and $69.99 for the Digital Deluxe Edition, which adds two outfits, a digital artbook and the soundtrack. Regional prices vary.

About 20–30 hours for the main story, plus about 20 hours of side missions and extra content, according to the developers in early 2025.

Yes. A mode called Li Wulin lets you return to bosses you have already beaten as often as you like, and gives access to hidden bosses. How it unlocks has not been shown.

Yes. Hidden bosses exist, and the director has said a hidden boss's weapon is among the rarest in the game. The total boss count has not been revealed.

No. It is a single-player game; no co-op or competitive mode has been announced.

No. S-GAME said in 2023: “You'll be paying for a complete experience. No gacha or microtransaction.” Equipment, cosmetics and upgrades are earned in play.

No. It has eight handcrafted, interconnected regions with bells for fast travel rather than one open map.

Partly. The world design borrows from soulslikes, but S-GAME calls it a kungfupunk action game: fights are built on parrying, weapon swaps and Sha-Chi, and there is an easy mode.

Yes. Wayfarer is the story-first difficulty. Pathbreaker is the standard challenge, Hellwalker the hardest, and 66 Days a permadeath mode for a second playthrough.

No. There is no experience or currency to drop. Only the optional 66 Days mode ends a run, and it keeps its own save separate from your normal game.

No public demo has been released. A PS5 demo listing appeared in August 2026 and was pulled.

No. Director Soulframe Liang says every piece of content was made by human artists, and that the studio will not use AI that alters an artist's intent.

DualSense adaptive triggers (a drawn bow resists your finger), haptic feedback on blade clashes and hammer strikes, and 3D audio through TV speakers or headphones.

Yes. The Steam page lists Denuvo anti-tamper.

Yes. Full audio in English, Simplified Chinese and Latin American Spanish, with subtitles in 15 languages.

No. The director calls Phantom Blade Zero a spiritual rebirth of Rainblood, with a story that needs no earlier knowledge.

No. You play Soul, a fixed protagonist; there is no character creator.

No. It is not coming to Xbox for at least 12 months after launch, and no Game Pass release has been announced.

Unreal Engine 5.

In the Wulin, a fictional martial world inspired by Ming-dynasty China, mixed with machinery and folk horror — the style S-GAME calls kungfupunk.