Global mobile market data analysis firm Sensor Tower revealed on the 14th that 'Stellar Blade' achieved the number one sales position in the hack-and-slash genre on Steam after its release on the platform.
According to the report released by Sensor Tower, Stellar Blade has recorded cumulative global sales of approximately 3.7 million units since its PlayStation release in April 2024. This ranks it 4th in sales for the hack-and-slash genre on that platform over the past year. The player composition showed the United States was the highest at 33%, and 57% of all players were hardcore gamers owning 100 or more games.
The performance of the Steam version, released on June 12 last year, is even more remarkable. Cumulative sales since the Steam release to date are approximately 2.4 million units, with cumulative revenue exceeding $100 million. Consequently, it ranked first in both cumulative sales and revenue among Steam hack-and-slash games over the past year.
It is explained that despite the relatively high price point of $59.99, it recorded a user rating of 94.2%, significantly surpassing the average paid hack-and-slash rating of 71%, proving its content completeness.
In the Steam player composition, Chinese users accounted for the majority at 52%. The analysis is that expansion to the PC platform was highly effective in broadening the new user base in the Chinese market, where PlayStation usage is limited.
The PC version release also had a positive impact on existing console metrics. On June 12, the release date of the PC version, the PlayStation daily active users (DAU) surged more than sixfold compared to the previous day, setting a new all-time high record. This is interpreted as cross-platform synergy resulting from an update that enhanced visual completeness and linked content with Shift Up's representative intellectual property (IP) 'Goddess of Victory: Nikke'.
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Seems Playstation published games do well on PC as long as the ports aren’t bad
Tits
it’s easier to play with one hand on pc
Goddamn. Good game all around so glad it’s taken off like this.
The port was stellar, no pun intended, so it wasn’t a surprise the sales are high on Steam even for a delayed launch!
I was deterred by the marketing focus on the MC at first and didn’t pick up the game on PS5 but finally pulled the trigger on Steam and it was awesome! Second best action game I’ve played in a while (after First Berserker Kazhan) !
A resounding success
Nikke dlc came out that day, thats why player count went up i think