Games like Phantom Blade Zero for parry-and-combo fans
Sekiro, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty and Black Myth: Wukong are the best next steps after Phantom Blade Zero. All three reward a well-timed parry and a clean combo. Phone picks and Roam sword-fight games follow.
About Phantom Blade Zero
Phantom Blade Zero is a kung fu action game by Chinese studio S-GAME, released on PS5 and PC on October 29, 2026, after a delay from September. You play Soul, an assassin in a dark wuxia world, and fight with fast weapon combos, dodges and parries. S-GAME calls the style kungfupunk.
On launch day it passed 720,000 players at once on Steam. The pitch is speed: fights are quick, flashy and readable, not slow and heavy.
On PC and console
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. FromSoftware's 2019 ninja game. Deflect attacks to break the enemy's posture, then finish them. The purest parry game around.
- Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. Team Ninja's 2023 Three Kingdoms action game, built around deflecting and fast counters.
- Black Myth: Wukong. Game Science's 2024 Journey to the West action game, with staff combos, spells and huge bosses.
- Stellar Blade. Shift Up's 2024 action game with parries and perfect dodges. On PS5, and on PC since 2025.
- Nine Sols. Red Candle Games' 2024 2D action game with Taoist sci-fi and a deflect system close to Sekiro.
On phones
Phantom Blade Zero has no phone version. These keep the one-on-one sword fight on a small screen:
- Shadow Fight 2. Nekki's side-view duel game with weapons, armor and martial-arts moves.
- Crimson Hunt (Roam). A side-view sword brawler: parry the white, roll from the red.
- Iron Lists (Roam). Medieval melee duels. Swing, kick, dodge.
- Split Second (Roam). One arena, one skeleton. Strike first.
- Skyshard Duel (Roam). Pick a fighter and go best of three on a sky island arena.
Play it on Roam
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Make your own sword-fight game with Roam
Describe the fighter, the arena and the enemy. Roam builds the duel, and you tune the timing by talking.
Try: "kung fu duel on a rainy rooftop, parry to stagger, my brother is the boss with two swords, best of three"Questions people ask
Is Phantom Blade Zero on mobile?
No. It is on PS5 and PC. Shadow Fight 2 and Roam duel games are the closest picks on phones.
Is Phantom Blade Zero a soulslike?
Not really. Its director says it is neither a soulslike nor a classic action game. Sekiro is the closest soulslike for parry fans.
Who made Phantom Blade Zero?
S-GAME, a studio from China. It launched on October 29, 2026.