Fluid, satisfying combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“It probably has the best combat feel I've experienced since Sekiro.”
Steam review · 10.2 h played ↗
Phantom Blade Zero
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%S-GAME Studio2026Action RPG · Souls-like · Action
$59.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A flashy, cinematic wuxia action game with fast, stylish combat, huge weapon variety and striking visuals. Skip it if you want deep, skill-driven combat or real challenge, or if you have an AMD GPU.
Great for
Fans of flashy character-action and Wukong-style games who don't need Souls-like difficulty or depth
Main risk
Combat feels floaty, weightless and like it plays itself, which disappoints players expecting skill depth
What players love
Better optimized than typical UE5
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Very impressed with how well this game is optimized. On a 4060 I'm playing on High settings with Ray Tracing, and getting a rock solid 90-100 FPS.”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
Stunning visuals and art direction
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The Wulin environment dark, rain soaked, and filled with traditional architecture blended with mechanical elements creates a unique atmosphere.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Huge weapon variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Best part is by far the weapon system. There is an extensive amount of build variety here that will keep your interest as you get new gear.”
Steam review · 61.5 h played ↗
Excellent soundtrack and audio
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Then that hybrid metal soundtrack kicked in, the tone of the game completely shifted, and suddenly I was all in.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Great boss fights
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Bosses are also the star of this game, very unique designs and absolute blast being countering them.”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Combat plays itself, button mashing
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“you see all those flashy combos on screen, but then you realize that none of your imputs correspond to what you're seeing.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
Stutter, shader compile and UE5 performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“At least 5 stutters a minute, completely unusable frame generation.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Weightless, floaty hit feedback
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Floaty, weightless, almost zero hit feedback and jank execution animations.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
Too easy even on hardest difficulty
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“I am playing on the hardest difficulty, why is it when i am choosing to opt in on the hardest difficulty, the game still feels somewhat easier than most other games within the same genres.”
Steam review · 6.7 h played ↗
Linear levels, invisible walls, repetitive
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“the linear maps (I'm about halfway through the crimson forest) are riddled with odd design choices like strangely placed invisible walls”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
AMD crashes and graphical bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“During intense boss fights, the game randomly freezes and triggers an AMD Driver Timeout, forcing a full system reboot.”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnknownController support145 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10/11 (64bit required)
ProcessorIntel Core i7-8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB
Storage145 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10/11 (64bit required)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-10600K / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8GB / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB
Storage145 GB available space
OSWindows 10/11 (64bit required)
ProcessorIntel Core i7-8700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB
Storage145 GB available space
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