Phantom Blade Zero · Pre-load
Phantom Blade Zero pre-load date and download size: what is reported
The pre-load opens at 02:00 UTC on 27 October 2026 on all platforms, two days before release: 10:00 in Beijing, 19:00 on 26 October in Los Angeles.
On PC the game is about 145 GB, and S-GAME asks you to keep at least 300 GB free for the pre-load. On PS5 no official size has been announced; a tracker account that reads the PlayStation Network database reports 134.857 GB.
The launch weeks, 8 to 29 October 2026
- Last previews 8 Oct
- Reviews published 26 Oct 00:00 UTC
- Pre-load, all platforms 27 Oct 02:00 UTCPre-load to unlock: 48 h
- Unlock 29 Oct 02:00 UTC
Lit: already happened, announced or on the store pageUnlit: reported only
PS5 download
134.857GB
unconfirmed reported · PlayStation Game Size, 16 Oct 2026
PC download
145GB
official approx. · S-GAME on Steam, 26 Oct 2026; keep 300 GB free
The reported 134.857 GB at three line speeds
- 100 Mbps3 h 00 min
- 300 Mbps1 h 00 min
- 1 Gbps18 min
Idealised: a steady line at the quoted speed, no overhead; real downloads are slower.
The short answer, as of 27 October 2026
| Question | Answer | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-load opens | 27 October 2026, 02:00 UTC | Official |
| PS5 download size | 134.857 GB, reported | Unconfirmed |
| PC pre-load | Yes, same hour, all platforms | Official |
| PC download size | About 145 GB | Official |
| Release | 29 October 2026, 02:00 UTC | Store data |
Phantom Blade Zero pre-load date and time
S-GAME announced the pre-load with its launch trailer on 22 October 2026 (UTC). The video’s page reads “Pre-load: Oct 27, 10 am Beijing Time / Oct 26, 7 pm PT”, and a card in the trailer at 2:18 reads “October 26, 7:00 PM PDT Pre-load Begins”. Both are the same moment: 02:00 UTC on 27 October 2026.
The Chinese post of the same trailer, on S-GAME’s Bilibili account, says the pre-load opens on all platforms at 10:00 on 27 October. That covers Steam and the Epic Games Store as well as the PS5.
Before the announcement, the date came only from PlayStation Game Size, an account that posts what appears in the PlayStation Network database. On 16 October 2026 it reported that the PS5 pre-load opens on 27 October 2026, two days before release; the official date matches it.
On 20 October 2026 two more outlets repeated the date. One of them puts the hour at 19:00 Pacific on 26 October, which is 22:00 Eastern on 26 October and 02:00 UTC on 27 October; the other prints 26 October at 04:00 Central European Summer Time, a day earlier, and names no source. The first matches the hour S-GAME later announced; the second is a day early.
This is the local clock time at which the pre-load opens. The conversions are ours, using each city’s time zone rules for late October 2026: clocks in London and Berlin go back on 25 October, clocks in Los Angeles and New York on 1 November.
Each solid diamond marks the city’s clock at the pre-load moment, on one line that runs from Monday 18:00 to Tuesday 14:00 local time. The dashed line is midnight: everything left of it is still Monday 26 October. All eight are solid because S-GAME announced the hour on 22 October 2026.
| City | Local date | Local time | UTC offset then | Position on the clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | Mon 26 Oct | 19:00 | UTC−7 (PDT) | |
| New York | Mon 26 Oct | 22:00 | UTC−4 (EDT) | |
| São Paulo | Mon 26 Oct | 23:00 | UTC−3 | |
| London | Tue 27 Oct | 02:00 | UTC+0 (GMT) | |
| Berlin | Tue 27 Oct | 03:00 | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| Beijing | Tue 27 Oct | 10:00 | UTC+8 | |
| Tokyo | Tue 27 Oct | 11:00 | UTC+9 | |
| Sydney | Tue 27 Oct | 13:00 | UTC+11 (AEDT) |
The game itself unlocks at 02:00 UTC on 29 October 2026 on the PlayStation Store, exactly two days later. The unlock moment in ten cities, and why the Steam date reads 28 October, are on our release time page.
Phantom Blade Zero download size on PS5 and PC
The same tracker account reports a 134.857 GB download on PS5, read from the PlayStation Network database on 16 October 2026. A day-one patch can change the final size. The PlayStation Store page still listed no size on 21 October 2026.
On PC the game is approximately 145 GB, and S-GAME’s Steam post of 26 October asks for at least 300 GB of free disk space during the pre-load, an SSD and up-to-date graphics drivers. The full minimum and recommended specs are on our PC requirements page.
On 28 October S-GAME added two launch notes. The day-one patch is about 5 GB and improves ray tracing and path tracing performance, with bug fixes: if you pre-loaded, download and install it before you start the game; if you did not, your download already includes it. On an NVIDIA card, use driver 617.42. S-GAME saw unstable performance with the newer 621.01 and recommends rolling back to 617.42 with a clean installation until NVIDIA’s next driver arrives.
Pre-ordering is not needed to see the size: the store pages publish it, when they do, for everyone. What the two editions contain and cost is on our editions page.
What is not yet known
- An official PS5 download sizeNot announced by S-GAME or Sony. Only the tracker’s 134.857 GB exists; the PC figure is official.
Phantom Blade Zero pre-load FAQ
When does the Phantom Blade Zero pre-load start?
At 02:00 UTC on 27 October 2026, which is 10:00 in Beijing on 27 October and 19:00 Pacific on 26 October. S-GAME announced it with the launch trailer on 22 October 2026, two days before the 29 October unlock.
How big is the Phantom Blade Zero download?
The same tracker account reports a 134.857 GB download on PS5, read from the PlayStation Network database on 16 October 2026. A day-one patch can change the final size. On PC the game is about 145 GB, S-GAME says, with at least 300 GB free needed for the pre-load.
Can you pre-load Phantom Blade Zero on PC?
Yes. S-GAME’s Chinese post of the launch trailer says the pre-load opens on all platforms at 10:00 Beijing time on 27 October 2026, so on Steam and the Epic Games Store as well as on PS5.
Sources for this page 19
- Introduction Official launch trailer, 22 October 2026
- Introduction Unconfirmed PlayStation Game Size on X, 16 October 2026
- Introduction Our arithmetic 134.857 GB × 8 = 1,078.856 gigabits, counting a GB as one billion bytes, divided by the line speed.
- Phantom Blade Zero pre-load date and time Official Phantom Blade Zero on YouTube, launch trailer page and its card at 2:18. Frame by frame on our launch trailer page.
- Phantom Blade Zero pre-load date and time Official Phantom Blade Zero on Bilibili, 22 October 2026; the translation is ours.
- Phantom Blade Zero pre-load date and time Unconfirmed PlayStation Game Size on X, 16 October 2026, as reported by TwistedVoxel and Final Weapon.
- Phantom Blade Zero pre-load date and time Press-reported TwistedVoxel, 20 October 2026; Playfront, 20 October 2026.
- Phantom Blade Zero pre-load date and time Our arithmetic from the announced 02:00 UTC moment on 27 October 2026.
- Phantom Blade Zero pre-load date and time Store data PlayStation Store, US page, read 21 October 2026.
- Phantom Blade Zero download size on PS5 and PC Official S-GAME on Steam, “Ready your blade!”, 26 October 2026: about 145 GB on PC, 300 GB free for the pre-load.
- Phantom Blade Zero download size on PS5 and PC Unconfirmed PlayStation Game Size on X, 16 October 2026.
- Phantom Blade Zero download size on PS5 and PC Official Steam page, read 21 October 2026.
- Phantom Blade Zero download size on PS5 and PC Official S-GAME on Steam, “Reason and Madness”, 28 October 2026: day-one patch about 5 GB; NVIDIA driver 617.42 recommended over 621.01.
- Introduction Official youtube.com/watch
- Introduction Unconfirmed x.com/PlaystationSize
- Introduction Official no figure reported; Steam lists none
- Introduction Official bilibili.com/video
- Introduction Official store.steampowered.com/app
- Introduction Store data store.playstation.com/en-us