Stellar Blade became the best game of 2024 and the main title for PS5 according to Metacritic users

User ratings for Stellar Blade opened on Metacritic — the game immediately became the highest-rated new release of 2024. At the time of writing this note, the rating is 9.2 based on 2.5 thousand reviews.

In addition, Stellar Blade was named the highest-rated project for PlayStation 5. According to Metacritic, only Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition and Resident Evil 4: Separate Ways can boast a user rating of 9.2, but there are not as many reviews.

Notably, gamers praise not only the curvaceous main heroine but also other aspects: excellent optimization, a solid combat system, and the absence of microtransactions.

The professional press rated the game not as high. Journalists were also delighted with the combat system, but at the same time noted problems with the story and dull characters.

The release of Stellar Blade took place on April 26.