Is there a Stellar Blade demo?

Another of 2024’s big-time PlayStation 5 exclusives, Stellar Blade is a hard-hitting, heavy-lifting action title, and a demo would be a big chance to sell people on its punchy premise.

Like Team Ninja’s Rise of the Ronin, Stellar Blade is only available on PS5 in 2024. Formerly known as Project Eve, the third-person franticness of Stellar Blade has you slicing and dicing enemies and barrelling around its dystopian world at a rate of knots.

From the mind of Shift Up Second EVE Studio, Stellar Blade isn’t being as pushed and marketed in the same vein as other contemporaries facing a similar release window, meaning a demo could help. There’s been some controversy surrounding a Stellar Blade demo, so let’s read into everything we know so far.

Can you play the Stellar Blade demo on PS5?

A Stellar Blade demo is scheduled to release on PlayStation 5 on Friday, March 29, at 9am CT. We’ve included a short list of its release time for other regions should you need it:

• Los Angeles: 7am PT March 29
• New York: 10am ET March 29
• London: 2pm GMT March 29
• Australia: 1am AEDT March 30

The demo released on March 9, but that was a mistake. Although people could download and play through it in its entirety, Sony swiftly pulled the demo from the PS Store within half an hour of its release. Sony even updated the licence, making the demo unplayable for anyone who had downloaded it.

What is included in the Stellar Blade PS5 demo?

According to Sony and developer Shift Up, the Stellar Blade demo covers the first stage of the game, starting with Eve’s arrival on Earth to reclaim the planet from the antagonistic Naytiba alien race. It includes a tutorial on Stellar Blade‘s combat mechanics and concludes with the first boss fight.

Director Kim Hyung Tae has teased a “little surprise” for anyone who completes the demo, and you’ll also be able to transfer your progress from the demo to the full game, so you don’t have to start from scratch.