{"id":48941,"date":"2025-06-11T17:24:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=48941"},"modified":"2025-06-11T17:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:24:59","slug":"stellar-blade-is-number-one-on-steams-top-sellers-chart-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/stellar-blade-is-number-one-on-steams-top-sellers-chart-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellar Blade is number one on Steam\u2019s Top Sellers\u00a0chart in Japan\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With <strong>Stellar Blade<\/strong>\u2019s PC release just around the corner, Shift Up\u2019s hack-and-slash title has topped Steam\u2019s Top Sellers chart in Japan, beating Elden Ring Nightreign, Apex Legends, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, and Street Fighter 6. In addition to being well received on the PlayStation 5, the game\u2019s free PC demo seems to have incentivized players to take the plunge into <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/stellar-blade-director-hyung-tae-kim-unveils-protagonist-eves-first-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eve<\/a>\u2019s adventures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300e\u30b9\u30c6\u30e9\u30d6\u30ec\u30fc\u30c9\u300f\u304c\u65e5\u672c\u306eSteam\u3067\u4eba\u6c17\u30e9\u30f3\u30ad\u30f3\u30b01\u4f4d\u3092\u9054\u6210\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u30e4\u30fc\u306e\u7686\u3055\u307e\u3001\u672c\u5f53\u306b\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059\uff01\uff01<br>\u300eNIKKE\u300f\u3068\u306e\u30b3\u30e9\u30dc\u3082\u3001\u305c\u3072\u3054\u671f\u5f85\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044!\ud83d\udc97<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StellarBlade?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StellarBlade<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%A9%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30b9\u30c6\u30e9\u30d6\u30ec\u30fc\u30c9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NIKKE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NIKKE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/6%E6%9C%8812%E6%97%A5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#6\u670812\u65e5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h3CtrRANbP\">pic.twitter.com\/h3CtrRANbP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; StellarBlade (@StellarBlade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StellarBlade\/status\/1932309331715694762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> Stellar Blade has reached the number one spot on the Steam Top Sellers list in Japan! Thank you to all the Japanese players! Please look forward to our collaboration with Goddess of Victory: Nikke!<\/em>\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While there are currently no metrics for the unreleased full game, the Stellar Blade PC demo has a \u201cVery Positive\u201d rating on Steam with 4,580 total reviews at the time of writing. In addition to platform-centric features such as AI upscaling, frame generation, an unlocked frame rate, ultrawide support, and higher resolution textures, the PC version of Stellar Blade will include all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/stellar-blade-will-continue-getting-new-content-ahead-of-steam-release-in-2025-shift-up-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PlayStation 5 post-launch content<\/a> as well as new content featuring a new boss battle against Mann, the leader of the Sentinels and new costumes. The aforementioned content will be added for free to Stellar Blade\u2019s PlayStation 5 version in a future update, though the new <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/stellar-blade-to-get-goddess-of-victory-nikke-crossover-dlc-alongside-pc-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Goddess of Victory: Nikke-themed gameplay, story, and costumes<\/a> will require purchasing to unlock them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300e \u30b9\u30c6\u30e9\u30fc\u30d6\u30ec\u30a4\u30c9\u300f\u304c\u65e5\u672c\u306eSteam\u3067\u4eba\u6c17\u30e9\u30f3\u30ad\u30f3\u30b0\u7b2c1\u4f4d\u3092\u9054\u6210\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01\u3054\u652f\u6301\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3044\u305f\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u30d7\u30ec\u30a4\u30e4\u30fc\u306e\u7686\u3055\u307e\u306b\u5fc3\u3088\u308a\u611f\u8b1d\u7533\u3057\u4e0a\u3052\u307e\u3059\uff01\uff01 \u30b3\u30f3\u30d7\u30ea\u30fc\u30c8\u30a8\u30c7\u30a3\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u3092\u3054\u8cfc\u5165\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3044\u305f\u65b9\u306f\u3001\u300c\u7d05\u84ee\u300d\u30b9\u30ad\u30f3\u3082\u305c\u3072\u304a\u53d7\u3051\u53d6\u308a\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\ud83d\udc95<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StellarBlade?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StellarBlade<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30b9\u30c6\u30e9\u30fc\u30d6\u30ec\u30a4\u30c9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/STEAM?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#STEAM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/6%E6%9C%8812%E6%97%A5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#6\u670812\u65e5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PjKHDm3g6C\">pic.twitter.com\/PjKHDm3g6C<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kim Hyung Tae, \uae40\ud615\ud0dc, \u30ad\u30e0\u30fb\u30d2\u30e7\u30f3\u30c6 (@jamm3rd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamm3rd\/status\/1932316876035567821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 10, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Director Hyung-tae Kim has expressed his gratitude to Stellar Blade players in Japan and, like them, is looking forward to the game\u2019s release on a new platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stellar Blade is available for PlayStation 5. 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