Phantom Blade Zero launches today on PC: Metacritic 88 and which GPUs run it

Phantom Blade Zero, S-GAME Studio’s Wuxia action RPG built on Unreal Engine 5, launches today, October 28, on Steam at 7:00 PM PDT for $59.99. It arrives with an 88 on Metacritic and was already selling hard. On Steam’s global top sellers for the week of October 20 to 27, it trailed only Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, according to SteamDB. In its PC review, CGMagazine compares it to Devil May Cry for pace and to Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice for intensity. On October 25 we told you the game takes about 145 GB and needs 300 GB free for the preload. If you already preloaded, all that is left is waiting for the clock.

Phantom Blade Zero PC requirements

On October 21 we told you the game was launching October 28 with DLSS 4.5 and path tracing, according to NVIDIA, and went over which GPUs cleared its requirements. These are the requirements on the Steam page on launch day:

The minimum targets 1080p at 30 fps and the recommended targets 1440p at 60 fps. Both assume upscaling is on and use DirectX 12. RAM is the same at both tiers, so anything under 16 GB falls below the minimum. S-GAME also asks players to update their graphics drivers to the latest version. If you have a GeForce RTX, on October 22 we told you that NVIDIA’s new Game Ready driver adds DLSS 4.5 support for the game.

Which GPUs run it

canirun grades are measured against the recommended requirement, with 16 GB of RAM:

• Below the minimum: GTX 1650, GTX 1060 6GB and RX 580.
• Clear the minimum but struggle (D): GTX 1660 Super, RTX 2060, RTX 3050 and Arc B580. They will launch it, with little headroom.
• Tight (C): RTX 3060, RTX 4060, RX 6600 XT and RX 7600. They sit between the minimum and the recommended.
• Meet the recommended (B): RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 3070 and RTX 4070.
• Smooth (A): RTX 5070, RTX 5080 and RX 9070 XT.

What about Steam Deck?

Valve has not verified it yet. Our spec-based estimate gives it an F, which means the Deck falls short of the minimum on paper. You can see the details on the Phantom Blade Zero Steam Deck page.

Can your PC run Phantom Blade Zero?

Here is how your setup grades against the game’s requirements:

Game	Rec. GPU score	Rec. RAM	Min. RAM	Your PC
Phantom Blade Zero	19,810	16 GB	16 GB	?

If you come up short, the full game page shows which upgrade raises your grade the most.

Sources: Phantom Blade Zero on Steam, S-GAME announcement on Steam, SteamDB: weekly top sellers, CGMagazine: PC review