Stellar Blade developer Shift Up has revealed through its recent earnings report that it made ₩219.8 billion in revenue over the previous year. This translates to roughly $151.4 million, and is a 30.4 percent increase over its reported revenues from 2023, according to Game World Observer.
With revenues having gone up, the studio also announced ₩145.58 billion (roughly $102.3 million) in profits, which was up by 33.8 percent year-over-year. This rise in revenue and profits has made 2024 a record year for the studio. Net profits for the studio were up as well, amounting to ₩142.6 billion (roughly $98.2 million).
Of note is that, while mobile gacha game Goddess of Victory: Nikke generated plenty of money – ₩153 billion (roughly $105.4 million) – and accounted for 69.6 percent of total revenue, its revenue was actually lower compared to last year by around 7 percent.
Third-person action game Stellar Blade also made a fair amount of money, totalling up to ₩62.8 billion (roughly $43.2 million). The studio stated that the upcoming PC release of Stellar Blade will likely perform even better than the console version. The studio stated that the game is currently in its optimisation phase, and the studio is even working on getting it running smoothly on the Steam Deck.
Among other things, Shift Up credited the game’s various updates, as well as the NieR: Automata collaboration event from back in November for the success of Stellar Blade.
Currently, the PC version of Stellar Blade doesn’t have a release date, though the studio has stated that it is targeting a 2025 launch for the platform. In the meantime, check out our review of the PS5 release.
