Phantom Blade Zero sells 300,000 Steam pre-orders in days
Pre-sales ran at about 73% of Black Myth: Wukong's pace at the same point, and the game briefly topped Steam's global best-seller chart.
- Steam pre-orders
- ≈300,000
- Vs Wukong's pace
- ≈73%
- Pre-orders opened
- Aug 11, 2026
- Estimate by
- Alinea Analytics
Still unknown
- PS5 and Epic Games Store pre-order numbers — the estimate covers Steam only.
300,000 copies in days
Within days of pre-orders opening on August 11, Phantom Blade Zero sold around 300,000 copies on Steam according to analyst firm Alinea Analytics, briefly reaching the top of Steam's global best-seller chart.
S-GAME's founder said pre-order results had “far exceeded expectations”.
How it compares with Black Myth: Wukong
That pace is about 73% of Black Myth: Wukong's at the same stage before its launch. Analysts note that hype inside China is lower than it was for Wukong, but well above other recent Chinese action games — and that the game releases in mainland China on the same day as everywhere else.
Last verified Aug 21, 2026
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