How-to · 5 min read · Article updated Oct 16, 2026

Is Phantom Blade Zero on GeForce NOW? Not yet. Phantom Blade Zero in the cloud, on a Mac and on Steam Deck

Phantom Blade Zero comes out on October 29, 2026, on PC and PS5. NVIDIA hasn’t added it to GeForce NOW and Boosteroid doesn’t list it, so at launch the way to play it in the cloud is Shadow, a Windows PC you rent by the month.

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Not yet. Phantom Blade Zero comes out on October 29, 2026, on PC and PS5, and NVIDIA hasn’t added it to GeForce NOW or said it will. Boosteroid doesn’t list it, there’s no Xbox version, and the PlayStation Store doesn’t mark it for cloud streaming. At launch, the way to play it in the cloud is Shadow, which rents you a whole Windows PC. The game costs $59.99 on Steam and the Epic Games Store.

A warrior in dark robes leaps over a swordsman in a courtyard of curved temple roofs, under a gray sky.

Phantom Blade Zero isn’t light on a PC. S-GAME’s minimum is a GeForce GTX 1660 or a Radeon RX 5500 XT, 16 GB of memory and an SSD, and that gets you 1080p at 30 frames per second with upscaling on. For 1440p at 60, it asks for an RTX 3060 Ti. If your computer can’t keep up, or you play on a Mac, streaming is the way around it, but the usual services don’t have the game yet.

Is Phantom Blade Zero on GeForce NOW?

Not yet, and NVIDIA hasn’t announced it. On Steam, the publisher decides whether GeForce NOW may stream a game, and S-GAME hasn’t given Phantom Blade Zero that permission so far.

If NVIDIA does add it, the plan to pick is Ultimate. Phantom Blade Zero comes with DLSS 4.5 Multi Frame Generation, and on GeForce NOW only Ultimate’s RTX 5080 machines run it. Our guide to the DLSS 4.5 controls shows where to switch it on.

Follow the Phantom Blade Zero page and you’ll get an email the day a service adds the game.

How to play Phantom Blade Zero on Shadow

Shadow works differently from the game services. It rents you a whole Windows PC, so you install Phantom Blade Zero from Steam or the Epic Games Store the way you would at home. Phantom Blade Zero isn’t on Shadow’s list of games that won’t run on its machines.

  1. Buy the game on Steam or the Epic Games Store. The Standard Edition is $59.99.
  2. Subscribe to Shadow. Neo Lite, the cheapest plan, costs $29.99 a month for a PC with an RTX 2000 Ada graphics card and 120 hours of play.
  3. Install Steam or the Epic Games Launcher on your Shadow PC, then the game.
  4. Play from 7 p.m. PT on October 28, which is October 29 in Europe and Asia.

Shadow costs more than GeForce NOW or Boosteroid, and you set up the PC yourself, from Windows updates to the game’s graphics settings.

Is Phantom Blade Zero on Boosteroid, Xbox Cloud or PlayStation Plus?

Boosteroid doesn’t list it yet. Xbox Cloud Gaming won’t carry it, because there’s no Xbox version at all.

On PS5, PlayStation Plus Premium streams some games you buy, but the PlayStation Store doesn’t mark Phantom Blade Zero for cloud streaming, and the game isn’t in the PlayStation Plus catalogue.

Can you play Phantom Blade Zero on a Mac or a Steam Deck?

Not on a Mac as a download: S-GAME makes it for Windows and PS5 only. Shadow has a macOS app, so for now that’s the way to play it on a Mac. Valve hasn’t rated the game for the Steam Deck yet.

When Phantom Blade Zero comes out, and what it costs

Phantom Blade Zero comes out on October 29, 2026, on PC (Steam and the Epic Games Store) and PS5. It unlocks at 2 a.m. UTC, which is 7 p.m. PT on October 28 in the Americas and 3 a.m. in Paris.

PriceWhat you get
Standard Edition$59.99The game
Digital Deluxe Edition$69.99The game, two bonus items (Wulin Legend and Blood-Steel Form), a digital artbook and the soundtrack
Shadow Neo Lite$29.99 a monthA Windows PC in the cloud to install it on
Steam prices. In Europe, €59.99 and €69.99. In the UK, £49.99 and £59.99.

About Phantom Blade Zero

A swordsman in a wide hat crosses a wooden bridge in heavy rain, trails of blue light around his blade.

Phantom Blade Zero is a single-player action RPG from the Chinese studio S-GAME, set in a dark wuxia world and built on Unreal Engine 5. You play Soul, a fighter framed for his master’s murder, who’s left with sixty-six days to live after a wound to the heart. On PC, it adds ray-traced reflections, shadows and caustics that the PS5 version doesn’t have.

Sources

The Phantom Blade Zero page on Steam, for prices, PC requirements and the Steam Deck rating. The PlayStation Store page, for the release time and streaming. NVIDIA: Phantom Blade Zero launches October 29th with DLSS 4.5. Shadow: games incompatible with Shadow PC. Which games stream on GeForce NOW, Boosteroid, Xbox Cloud Gaming and PlayStation Plus, and which Steam games are opted in to GeForce NOW, comes from our own catalogue.

Questions

Is Phantom Blade Zero on GeForce NOW?

Not yet. NVIDIA hasn’t announced it, and S-GAME hasn’t opted the game in to GeForce NOW on Steam.

Can you play Phantom Blade Zero in the cloud?

Yes, on Shadow, which rents you a Windows PC to install it on. GeForce NOW and Boosteroid don’t have it yet.

Is Phantom Blade Zero on Xbox or Game Pass?

No. It comes out on PC and PS5 only, so Xbox Cloud Gaming doesn’t have it either.

Can you stream Phantom Blade Zero with PlayStation Plus?

Not for now. The PlayStation Store doesn’t mark the PS5 version for cloud streaming, and it isn’t in the PlayStation Plus catalogue.

Can you play Phantom Blade Zero on a Mac?

Not as a download. There’s no Mac version. Shadow’s macOS app streams a Windows PC that runs it.

Is Phantom Blade Zero on Steam Deck?

Valve hasn’t rated it for the Steam Deck yet.

When does Phantom Blade Zero come out?

October 29, 2026, on PC and PS5, at 2 a.m. UTC. In the Americas, that’s 7 p.m. PT on October 28.

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