Phantom Blade Zero Meets God of War Ragnarök in Upcoming Steam Action Game Hit
Tides of Annihilation plays a whole lot like Black Myth: Wukong, Phantom Blade Zero, and other stylish action games out of China's gaming scene.
Tides of Annihilation plays a whole lot like Black Myth: Wukong, Phantom Blade Zero, and other stylish action games out of China's gaming scene.
The short version
- Right now, the gaming world is obsessed with Phantom Blade Zero .
- S-Game’s Wuxia-inspired action game landed as one of the highest-rated games of 2026 and immediately tore up the charts on Steam, cracking 800,000 concurrent players on launch weekend.
- I’m enjoying Phantom Blade Zero , even if it does have a few too many parries for my taste.
What happened
But it’s primarily made me more excited about a similar, promising game I briefly played earlier this year: Tides of Annihilation . In fact, here’s a line directly from my notes: “Hot girl god of war???” There is simply no way around it: Gwendolyn, the main character of Tides of Annihilation , is stunning.
Why it matters
This has become some matter of debate among the game’s community.
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