Stellar Blade Dev Has Reassuring News for Steam Deck Users

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Stellar Blade Dev Has Reassuring News for Steam Deck Users
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Summary

  • Shift Up plans to optimize Stellar Blade for Steam Deck at launch.
  • While Stellar Blade sold well as a PS5 exclusive, the company expects the game to sell even more copies on PC.
  • The company may share new details about its upcoming game, Project Witches, during the first half of 2025.

Stellar Blade developer Shift Up has revealed its intention to optimize the action-adventure game for the Steam Deck and similar handheld PCs. Initially released in April 2024 as a PS5 exclusive title, Stellar Blade is scheduled to roll out on PC later in 2025.

Korean game development studio Shift Up marked its big debut in the console game market with Stellar Blade‘s well-received launch. Despite some controversy related to the protagonist’s appearance leading up to release, the Sony-published title garnered impressive reviews while also instantly topping sales charts in the US. After months of speculation, Shift Up eventually confirmed that Stellar Blade was headed to PC with an announcement in November 2024. More recently, the studio, established in 2013, talked about the hack-and-slash game’s in-development PC version, providing a big confidence boost for Steam Deck owners.

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In the Q&A section of its latest financial report (via GamingOnLinux), Shift Up shared that optimization is one of the company’s areas of interest to ensure Stellar Blade‘s “continued success in the PC market.” It added that the devs plan to make “smooth gameplay” possible on UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) systems, such as the Steam Deck. Along with optimization, the Seoul-based developer said that it also aims to provide enhanced “user convenience” and additional content as well as a “tailored” marketing plan for Stellar Blade‘s PC release. Moreover, Shift Up stated that it expects the PC port to commercially “exceed” the performance of the console version, given the larger market share of the former platform. Besides talking about the forthcoming PC port, the studio also said that it may share new details related to Project Witches, its next game scheduled to launch after 2027, in the first half of 2025.

Stellar Blade Will Be Optimized for the Steam Deck

The aforementioned comments from Stellar Blade‘s developer about optimization could give a big morale boost to Steam Deck players. This encouraging update, which hints that the sci-fi game may be playable on Valve’s handheld system at launch, comes at a time when heavyweight AAA entries are becoming increasingly more difficult to run on the Steam Deck’s aging hardware. If the Shift Up team somehow manages to execute its plan, Stellar Blade would be a major addition to the handheld device’s library.

As Steam Deck users wait to try out Shift Up’s console hit later this year, they can possibly indulge in some comparatively lightweight AAA titles that have become available on Steam recently. The newest name on this list is Civilization 7, which rolled out as a Steam Deck-verified game at launch.

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