Phantom Blade Zero reaches No. 5 on Steam most played list

Phantom Blade Zero reached No. 5 on Steam's most played list on October 29 with a peak of 723,876 players. The game was not on the list one week earlier. Reports say it is the highest-played single-player game on Steam this year. It is also the second biggest launch of 2026 so far, following Palworld 1.0. Steam counted 205,685 people playing the game on October 29 at 10:02 PM New York time. Because the platform handles its own rankings, a title with a lower peak player count might sometimes outrank another with a higher maximum. For comparison, Resident Evil Requiem peaked at 344,214 earlier this year, while Black Myth: Wukong saw well over two million concurrent players.

Phantom Blade Zero · official art via IGDB

Background On October 27, Phantom Blade Zero launched on Steam and the Epic Games Store. Our earlier story