Phantom Blade Zero Reviews Roundup

01Metacritic and OpenCritic Scores

Aggregate scores move as more reviews arrive. Output Lag tracked OpenCritic moving from 91 to 90 to 89 during review day, so treat the figures below as a snapshot.

02Review Scores by Outlet

Scores below are taken from each review, the Game Beacon roundup, or the OpenCritic and Metacritic critic lists; the Wccftech and GamesRadar+ scores are quoted on the official Steam store page.

03What Critics Praised

IGN's 9/10 review, quoted on the Steam page, sums it up as "compelling combat, and limitless swagger", and singles out how weapon swaps restore posture, the easy reallocation of upgrade points, and a missable questline tied to Donnie Yen's gold-masked character. GamesRadar+ calls it "a GOTY contender".

GameSpot's 8/10 review headline makes the same point from the other side: the combat is so good you won't care the story makes no sense.

04What Critics Criticized

The most common complaint is the story: IGN calls it convoluted and GameSpot's headline says it makes no sense. IGN also reports geometry snags, invisible walls and one map with a poor frame rate.

Eurogamer's 3/5 is the lowest score in the Game Beacon roundup, and Polygon published an unscored review.