Stellar Blade by Shift Up (founded by Kim Hyung-tae) launched on PS5 on April 26, 2024 and on PC on June 11, 2025. Sony Interactive Entertainment is the publisher. Players control Eve, a synthetic soldier fighting the alien Naytibas, with combat built around parries and counters.
NIKKE crossover DLC (June 12, 2025)
On June 12, 2025 the game received a free crossover DLC with Goddess of Victory: NIKKE (also by Shift Up) on PS5 and PC:
- A boss fight against Scarlet, a NIKKE character
- New outfits, hairstyles and music for EVE
- NIKKE-themed collectibles that can be fished up
- A shooting minigame and small minigames with the meme character Doro
Achievements
- Metacritic 81
- An estimated 6.1 million copies sold by January 2026 (3.7 million on PS5 and 2.4 million on Steam)
- The PC version had over 192,000 concurrent players on Steam in its opening weekend
- Swept all seven nominated categories at the Korean Game Awards
Besides NIKKE, the game also has a crossover DLC with Nier: Automata. A Nintendo Switch 2 version is scheduled for November 5, 2026. The sequel Stellar Blade: Blood Rain was announced at Summer Game Fest 2026; see our dedicated article.
This is 2025 news, not June 2026 news.