As if the past few months of game releases haven’t been packed enough, Metacritic has painted a picture that we’ve got at least one more banger in October left to go.

Phantom Blade Zero , the Wuxia martial arts action RPG from S-GAME Studio, is getting some extremely positive reception across the board, racking up an 88 average score on Metacritic across 40 critic reviews, including six perfect scores.

With the first 57 critic reviews lodged, Phantom Blade Zero has a Metascore of [PC – 89; PS5 – 88] https://t.co/uQT1LHUHEU

"A beautiful & horrific game, Phantom Blade Zero has everything to be both the game of the year & to be a gateway to wuxia for new audiences."- But Why Tho? pic.twitter.com/4tw6x6PXQl

— metacritic (@metacritic) October 26, 2026

The shocking part about this is that the 88 Metascore currently ranks the game in 27th place for all games released this year, coming in just short of the 89 score of games like Pokémon Pokopia, Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, and Resident Evil Requiem .…