Stellar Blade managed to grab the attention of players even before its launch. With its sleek combat actions and Eve’s controversial design, the game was the talk of the town. While many praised its combat mechanics, others were severely critical of Eve’s character design. With all of these, Shift Up’s first AAA game was one of the most anticipated titles of 2024.
Stellar Blade came out on the PS5 on April 26. However, the game landed in a controversy of censorship after its launch. Nevertheless, despite these, the game was a success at launch. The game became a hit with the critics, and the fans liked it even better.
Stellar Blade can become the Game of the Year Award winner
Hyung-Tae Kim’s first AAA game has received an overwhelmingly positive response from the fans. Fans are loving the game for its over-the-top combat and eye-catching character designs. With this, thousands of fans have given positive ratings to the game since its launch. As of now, the game has more than 20,000 ratings on the PS Store, with an average user rating of 4.79.
Many fans took to X to talk about the game. The positive reviews for Stellar Blade continued on the review aggregator site Metacritic. It has been reported that the game has the highest user rating of 2024 on the site. Some fans even shared the game’s Metacritic score.
It's absolutely brilliant. Made it to the wastelands
— Nicola (@Nick_Marseil) April 29, 2024
StellarBlade has become the highest-rated game of this generation so far on Metacritic, reaching a rating of 93 🔥 pic.twitter.com/1RkehDcBiK
— 🅾️🔺️◻✖ (@0AOXO) April 30, 2024
It's been reported that Stellar Blade has the highest user rating of 2024 on Metacritic, sitting at a 93 after nearly 2K user reviews.
I'd say this is accurate, nearly everyone who is actually playing the game (not just complaining about suits) are really enjoying it, big time. pic.twitter.com/djnRSdaUIT
— SuperMetalDave64 (@SMetaldave64) April 30, 2024
With all of these, Stellar Blade has managed to become one of the highest-rated PS5 games out there. Going forward, it won’t be surprising to see if this masterpiece bags the next Game of the Year Award.
Stellar Blade’s sales figures at launch
With all the hype around it, Stellar Blade has proven to be a commercial success for Shift Up. While official data regarding the game’s sales figures at launch is not available yet, a reliable industry leaker shared some interesting details about it.
Industry insider @Zuby_Tech took to X, to share the game’s potential sales figures at launch. According to them, the game might have easily touched the 1 million units sold mark in just 24 hours.
Players need to take this information with a pinch of salt as it is based on speculation. It will be interesting to see if the game manages to achieve this remarkable feat once the official data comes out.
