With Stellar Blade 2 already confirmed to be in active development and Shift Up promising to share more details within 2026, there has never been a better time to get acquainted with Eve's first outing. Stellar Blade arrived on PC last June to an overwhelmingly positive reception, and right now, Fanatical has cut 30% off both editions of the game.
Like it or not, Stellar Blade was a hit. Developer Shift Up (and PS5/PC publisher Sony) has been trying to avoid all sorts of drama since its release, but with over 3m copies sold overall by mid-2025, it's safe to say the action-adventure game found an audience.
Korean developer Shift Up is seemingly preparing the action-packed Stellar Blade 2 to be a multiplatform affair, rather than tied to PlayStation 5 like the original was at launch. The news comes from Insider Gaming who has looked at various recruitment posts for Stellar Blade 2 along with the developer stating that they want to… Read More »Stellar Blade 2 looks set to be multiplatform and original could come to more consoles
Rebecca Hanssen, the actor who provided the voice for Stellar Blade‘s Eve in the English localisation, has admitted she was taken aback by the game’s success.
Speaking with GamesRadar+ during the Golden Joystick Awards 2025 last week, Hassen described the game’s ongoing success as “surreal,” having no idea just how big the game would get when she was recording her dialogue.
I don’t think – in fact, I know that – when I was recording it, I had no idea how big it was going to become. It’s totally wowed me and continues to. I think being part of it, now, is lovely. I get messages every day from people telling me how much the game means to them and how many playthroughs they’ve done. I think Eve stays with me pretty much every day, which is lovely to have.
It goes without saying that Stellar Blade was a massive hit, both on console and on PC. Despite its temporary PS5 limbo, the game crushed it when it launched on Steam, and it appears the devs have taken note and are aiming for a "multiplatform" day one launch.
Or so one could gather from a recent job posting by ShiftUp, the development studio behind Stellar Blade itself. The listing, first posted on Nov. 21, details Stellar Blade's sequel and the responsibilities various roles would have. Stellar Blade's sequel (unnamed as of yet) is described as "AAA-grade multiplatform action game," that is "targeting release on various platforms including consoles and PC."
The listing further highlights that the game spent a year as a PS5 exclusive, topping 200,000 concurrent players once it finally launched on PC.
The above was translated from Korean using DeepL, and from what I could gather, it's a strong indication that Stellar Blade 2, or whatever the sequel is called, is going to launch simultaneously on the PS5 and PC. It could be a timed exclusive again, but I fail to understand why that would be if the studio itself is highlighting the game's stellar (pun intended) performance on PC.
Stellar Blade crushed it on Steam after escaping its PS5 prison. Image via Shift Up
What's more, the part that outlines "various platforms including consoles" plural tells me the game could, God willing, release on Xbox as well as PS5 and PC. Sony has been steering towards multiplatformity for a while now, and though it's likely going to keep its biggest hits as exclusives for console-selling purposes, I could see the likes of Stellar Blade 2 launch on Microsoft's platform.
After all, the latter has been pushing strongly toward a unified gaming market where platform exclusivity is a thing of the past, and has brought numerous of its own games to the PS5. Stellar Blade 2 could follow Helldivers 2 and branch out into Xbox. Time will only tell, but the listing above does inspire hope.
Keep in mind, this is what I have derived from the listing. It could very well be that "multiplatform" means something entirely different to ShiftUp than it does to me. Either way, the original Stellar Blade came out on PC eventually, and if anything's certain, it's that its sequel, which continues the "stylish action" of the previous game, is going to do the same.
