Beautiful visuals and Eve's design
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The graphics are gorgeous, the world is great to explore, the soundtrack is class”
Steam review · 79.4 h played ↗
Stellar Blade™
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%SHIFT UP Corporation2025Hack and Slash · Souls-like · Action
The verdict
A stylish, polished Nier-inspired action game with excellent parry combat, bosses and music, but a weak story and repetitive desert areas. Skip it if you want deep writing or hate platforming.
Great for
Fans of Nier Automata and Sekiro-lite parry combat who want flashy action, great music and outfit collecting
Main risk
Combat is great but story, side quests, platforming and open-world desert areas disappoint
What players love
Satisfying parry and dodge combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The combat is a 10/10 and can absolutely stand up to Elden Ring, Devil May Cry, Sekiro, and other games that constantly get brought up as having the best combat.”
Steam review · 44.4 h played ↗
Great soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“the soundtrack is genuinely one of the best I've heard in a game”
Steam review · 13.1 h played ↗
Lots of outfits and content
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The amount of content is huge. Hundreds of hidden collectibles, cosmetics, and a ton of upgrades too.”
Steam review · 102 h played ↗
Memorable boss fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“are tough, fair, and readable. Each one tests what you've learned and pushes you to improve.”
Steam review · 110.8 h played ↗
Runs well on PC and Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I had the graphics maxed out and I was running over 200 frames easily.”
Steam review · 31.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak, generic story and writing
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“nier automata if it had considerably worse writing. feels like a fanfiction made by an edgy 17 year old.”
Steam review · 84.5 h played ↗
Repetitive desert open world and fetch quests
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Expected some beautiful post-apocalypse environment - Look inside, sand”
Steam review · 51.1 h played ↗
Combat feels clunky or shallow
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The Dodge and Parry don't really work through animation locks”
Steam review · 11.4 h played ↗
Clunky platforming and movement
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Jumping is too floaty and unprecise which makes every single platforming section pure torture.”
Steam review · 22.2 h played ↗
Poorly tuned difficulty
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the game is excruciatingly easy on normal”
Steam review · 37.5 h played ↗
Unskippable cutscenes and Denuvo
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Can't skip cutscenes; can't manage save files (this is REALLY annoying)”
Steam review · 49.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support75 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-7600k Processor / AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600X Processor
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB
Storage75 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-8400 Processor / AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600X Processor
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
Storage75 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-7600k Processor / AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600X Processor
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB
Storage75 GB available space
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