Korean developer ShiftUp released Stellar Blade last year, and it quickly became a hit. In roughly one year, it has brought in more than $48 million of revenue for the developer, so it won’t be a surprise that the team is working on a follow-up game. However, according to a Q1 2025 fiscal year presentation from ShiftUp, the developer plans to have a sequel before 2027.
In the presentation, which is where ShiftUp reveals Stellar Blade has brought in 68.1 billion KRW (or $48 million), there’s a slide titled, “IP expansion on its way with high visibility.” We can see the 2024 release of Stellar Blade on PlayStation 5, additional strategy for ShiftUp’s mobile gacha game, Goddess of Victory: Nikke, and “Platform Expansion” for Stellar Blade. This likely alludes to the upcoming PC release. However, beyond that, the slide also shows “Sequel” for Stellar Blade before the year 2027, which is represented as the cutoff for the slide’s timeline.
Though there aren’t any accompanying details, given the reception to Stellar Blade, it makes sense ShiftUp is planning a sequel for the action game.
Elsewhere on the slide, there’s mention of something called “Project Witches,” which gets its own color and is separate from Nikke and Stellar Blade, as it’s likely a new IP.
While waiting for a Stellar Blade sequel, potentially next year, read Game Informer’s Stellar Blade review. After that, read about why it’s Game Informer’s best action game of 2024, and then check out the PC specs required to play Stellar Blade when it launches there next month.
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