Recommended435 found it helpful47 hours at review47 hours in total when mapped3 Nov
A phenomenal experience! I was absolutely in awe of the combat, music, animations, and the entire world throughout the game. It exceeded all my expectations
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Phantom Blade Zero
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94%Very Positive
of all 124,712 reviews on Steam, keys includedBought on Steam 74,267 · 93%Keys 50,445 · 95%
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Looks great. Praise: Visual style, art direction, animation, visual charm. The theme mentioned most in the latest 200 reviews. Every other bar is sized against it.
Music and sound. Praise: Soundtrack, sound design, voice work. Mentioned about half as often as Looks great, the theme mentioned most.
Story and writing. Praise: Story, characters, dialogue, lore, writing quality. Mentioned about a third as often as Looks great, the theme mentioned most.
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Bugs and crashes. Complaint: Bugs, crashes, softlocks, freezes, corrupted saves. Mentioned about half as often as Looks great, the theme mentioned most.
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Vs other games. Context: Judges it against another game: better, worse or mixed. Mentioned about a third as often as Looks great, the theme mentioned most.
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New Steam reviews each day
The last 7 days against the 7 before. Point atTap a day for its counts. Steam’s daily chart counts only copies bought on Steam.
Recommended, last 7 days67,076Not recommended, last 7 days6,816Recommend the game, last 7 days91%
| Day | Recommended | Not recommended | Recommending the game |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22 October, 7 days before | 0 | 0 | too few |
| 23 October, 7 days before | 0 | 0 | too few |
| 24 October, 7 days before | 0 | 0 | too few |
| 25 October, 7 days before | 0 | 0 | too few |
| 26 October, 7 days before | 0 | 0 | too few |
| 27 October, 7 days before | 0 | 0 | too few |
| 28 October, 7 days before | 0 | 0 | too few |
| 29 October, last 7 days | 12,389 | 2,798 | 82% |
| 30 October, last 7 days | 9,208 | 1,402 | 87% |
| 31 October, last 7 days | 9,688 | 912 | 91% |
| 1 November, last 7 days | 10,598 | 654 | 94% |
| 2 November, last 7 days | 8,527 | 432 | 95% |
| 3 November, last 7 days | 7,630 | 290 | 96% |
| 4 November, last 7 days | 9,036 | 328 | 96% |
Most helpful reviews, 29 October to 4 November
Steam’s top-ranked review for and against the game in these 7 days, in English. Votes as they stood when this map was made.
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Not recommended285 found it helpful28 hours at review28 hours in total when mapped30 Oct
Just a warning for AMD GPU users. There seem to be quite a few performance issues and graphical bugs with this game. I've experienced the entire sky being covered in white squares, hair clipping through characters faces during cutscenes and even a crash that took down my entire PC. After rebooting and relaunching the game, I could see through the ground and characters had no faces or bodies, just clothes floating in the air. Frame generation and ray tracing cause stuttering, which doesn't completely go away even when playing in fullscreen with VSync enabled or switching to other upscaling methods and quality settings. The game itself is like an 8/10, but I can't recommend it due to poor optimization. Update – Still experiencing stutters when entering new areas or during combat (unfortunately, the latest patch hasn't changed that). My settings: Display Mode: Fullscreen (2560 × 1440 / WQHD) Graphics Settings: Recommended (High–Ultra) Upscaling: FSR (Quality Resolution) Super Resolution Output Scale: 100% Dynamic Resolution Quality: Off FPS Limit: 90 Frame Generation: Off Ray Tracing: Off VSync: Off Motion Blur: Off
Recommended by playtime
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First 2 hours5,700 reviews71% recommendMostly Positive
2 to 10 hours35,667 reviews92% recommendVery Positive
10 to 50 hours65,227 reviews96% recommendOverwhelmingly Positive
50 hours or more7,881 reviews98% recommendOverwhelmingly Positive
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Unknown74 reviews86% recommendEveryone: 94%
Reviews by language
How many of the game’s reviews are in its main languages, with the rest together, and how many in each recommend the game.
| Language | Reviews | Share | Players recommending the gameThe line marks all languages together, 94%. The chip shows how far each language is above or below it. |
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| Simplified Chinese | 108,847 | 87% | 94%0 |
| English | 8,412 | 7% | 92%−2 |
| Russian | 1,682 | 1% | 83%−11 |
| Traditional Chinese | 1,242 | <1% | 88%−6 |
| Portuguese - Brazil | 1,008 | <1% | 95%+1 |
| German | 523 | <1% | 93%−1 |
| Spanish | 450 | <1% | 94%0 |
| French | 394 | <1% | 87%−7 |
| Other languages | 2,285 | 2% |
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