Stellar Blade: Blood Rain

Blood Rain is a third person action adventure and hack n slash. The game features fast paced close quarters combat focused around punching enemies with a set of gauntlets.^[4] Later in the game more weapons and skills are unlocked, including a sword.^[4] Combat emphasizes quick timing for dodging and countering enemy attacks, as well as quick time events, similar to the first game.^[4] Similar to the first game, Evie will have a number of unlockable outfits.^[5]

Setting

Stellar Blade: Blood Rain takes places in an apocalyptic sci-fi urban environment. Shift Up has teased a location based on Chongqing, China.^[6][7]

Plot

Evie^[b] is a member of a special force unit tasked with tracking down the group behind a terrorist attack on the city.^[4]

A sequel to Stellar Blade was teased shortly after the original game's release for the PlayStation 5, with Shift Up announcing plans to expand the game into a franchise in June 2024.^[8] Investor relations reports published in May 2025 further detailed an organization chart for the sequel's development team, planned to release sometime before 2027.^[8][9] In May 2026, Shift Up announced in an earnings presentation that it would be shifting away from publishing under PlayStation in favor of self-publishing for the sequel in order to "reach a broad global audience from day one".^[10][2] The game was officially announced under the title Stellar Blade: Blood Rain at the Summer Game Fest on June 5, 2026.^[11] In an interview published on March 6, 2026, game director Kim Hyung-Tae said the art direction was mostly finalized, but a lot more work was still needed on the second half of the story and depth of combat.^[4]