Shift Up revealed Stellar Blade Blood Rain at Summer Game Fest on Friday. It's a sequel to the 2024 action game Stellar Blade, and will continue the story from the first game.
Shift Up revealed Stellar Blade: Blood Rain at Summer Game Fest, a full sequel to the hit action adventure that will continue the story, but also bring with it a new protagonist.
That protagonist is Evie, who is on the trail of a bad guy and fighting tons of mutated tentacled people.
There’s not much more to say beyond that, with Shift Up still early in development on the project, but the action looks exceptionally slick, and the graphics are absolutely top tier. This will certainly go down well with fans of the original.
Our Stellar Blade review saw Gamoc say “Stellar Blade is a pretty enjoyable game to swing your hairband sword at, so long as you don’t mind the obvious sexualisation. There’s a few rough areas, but nothing to spoil things overall and there’s plenty of interesting story to uncover as you fight your way through giant monsters with circular saws for heads and weird tentacles for legs.”
Shift Up made an appearance during today's Summer Game Fest 2026 show, with its follow-up game to Stellar Blade revealed to be Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. While the first game followed Eve, Blood Rain focuses on a new protagonist, Evie, which certainly won't confuse anyone. Shift Up calls Blood Rain "the next chapter" in the Stellar Blade franchise, one that goes "beyond" the events of the first game. We've known that Shift Up was working on a sequel for a while now, so today's announcement was always just a case of when it would reveal rather than if it would […]
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During Summer Game Fest 2026, SHIFT UP released a new gameplay trailer announcing Stellar Blade: BLOOD RAIN. It is a sequel to Stellar Blade and is set in the same universe. The trailer features new protagonist Evie and showcases her fighting style as well as several locations, enemies, and more. A release date was not announced, but the game will be a self published title.
The game’s details via SHIFT UP:
Stellar Blade: BLOOD RAIN marks the next chapter in the acclaimed action adventure franchise being developed by the original team. Set in the same universe as Stellar Blade, the next installment continues the story beyond the events of the first game, introducing new protagonist Evie and expanding the world in a bold new direction.
While the project is still in early development, SHIFT UP has made incredible progress and is looking forward to sharing more details when ready. The team is hard focused on building upon the stylish action, world-building, and core elements that fans have adored from Stellar Blade, while evolving the universe in ambitious new ways.
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Shift Up announced its next game is Stellar Blade: Blood Rain and stars a new heroine named Evie. This sequel follows the original Stellar Blade, which starred Eve. The company will self publish this title, which is in development. There’s no release date for it yet, and the first trailer involved PC-build footage.
We already knew a Stellar Blade sequel was in development, as Shift Up teased a new project in its 1Q 2026 Earnings Results. That confirmed announcements tied to the title would come up in 2026.
The first trailer from Summer Game Fest 2026 offered a hint as to what we can expect from the world after the events of the first game. We also see Evie working on a mission alongside someone referred to as Canna. We see her go on a mission that involves following certain individuals. One of them injects themselves with something, attacking an establishment and people around them. We then see additional gameplay clips of Evie fighting in other areas.
The full Summer Game Fest 2026 stream can be seen below. As of time of writing, the Day of the Devs portion started.
Stellar Blade: Blood Rain is in development and a PC version is confirmed.
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Shift Up revealed Stellar Blade: Blood Rain at Summer Game Fest, a full sequel to the hit action adventure that will continue the story, but also bring with it a new protagonist.
That protagonist is Evie, who is on the trail of a bad guy and fighting tons of mutated tentacled people.
There’s not much more to say beyond that, with Shift Up still early in development on the project, but the action looks exceptionally slick, and the graphics are absolutely top tier. This will certainly go down well with fans of the original.
Our Stellar Blade review saw Gamoc say “Stellar Blade is a pretty enjoyable game to swing your hairband sword at, so long as you don’t mind the obvious sexualisation. There’s a few rough areas, but nothing to spoil things overall and there’s plenty of interesting story to uncover as you fight your way through giant monsters with circular saws for heads and weird tentacles for legs.”
