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Black Myth: Wukong

Game Science · 2024-08-19

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 20, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 20, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 20, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology. You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.

37,212
playing now
96%
positive of 1.2M reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000,000–100,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
230
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
89/100
IGDB user rating (235 ratings)
82/100
opencritic · strong · 81% recommend
44h
to beat · rushed 26h · completionist 68h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$41.99
steam price (US)

37,212 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Black Myth: Wukong‍ is a 2024 action role-playing game developed and published by the Chinese studio Game Science. The player assumes the role of the Destined One, a staff-wielding monkey, who embarks on a journey to recover six relics corresponding to Sun Wukong's six senses. The game is inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West. It is the first installment in the Black Myth series.

Trailer

Black Myth: Wukong trailer thumbnail

Black Myth: Wukong - Final Trailer | PS5 Games

≈847,047 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 37,212 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 3,285 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~411/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (401,300 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 24M–54M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,209,217 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$37.99-37%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $41.99 at Fanatical (2026-02-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 5 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
385k385k20242026Week of 2024-08-20: 385,153 positiveWeek of 2024-08-20: 16,147 negativeWeek of 2024-08-27: 123,882 positiveWeek of 2024-08-27: 7,691 negativeWeek of 2024-09-03: 56,303 positiveWeek of 2024-09-03: 2,450 negativeWeek of 2024-09-10: 36,296 positiveWeek of 2024-09-10: 1,422 negativeWeek of 2024-09-17: 32,455 positiveWeek of 2024-09-17: 955 negativeWeek of 2024-09-24: 19,317 positiveWeek of 2024-09-24: 570 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14,103 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 436 negativeWeek of 2024-10-08: 7,921 positiveWeek of 2024-10-08: 291 negativeWeek of 2024-10-15: 5,862 positiveWeek of 2024-10-15: 181 negativeWeek of 2024-10-22: 4,236 positiveWeek of 2024-10-22: 163 negativeWeek of 2024-10-29: 3,452 positiveWeek of 2024-10-29: 156 negativeWeek of 2024-11-05: 2,980 positiveWeek of 2024-11-05: 110 negativeWeek of 2024-11-12: 10,249 positiveWeek of 2024-11-12: 417 negativeWeek of 2024-11-19: 5,274 positiveWeek of 2024-11-19: 164 negativeWeek of 2024-11-26: 36,987 positiveWeek of 2024-11-26: 203 negativeWeek of 2024-12-03: 6,367 positiveWeek of 2024-12-03: 105 negativeWeek of 2024-12-10: 7,072 positiveWeek of 2024-12-10: 443 negativeWeek of 2024-12-17: 4,045 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 287 negativeWeek of 2024-12-24: 11,720 positiveWeek of 2024-12-24: 173 negativeWeek of 2024-12-31: 11,524 positiveWeek of 2024-12-31: 170 negativeWeek of 2025-01-07: 2,064 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 139 negativeWeek of 2025-01-14: 1,801 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-01-21: 1,858 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 125 negativeWeek of 2025-01-28: 1,919 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 101 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 1,752 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 120 negativeWeek of 2025-02-11: 1,413 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 1,575 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 87 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 1,368 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 80 negativeWeek of 2025-03-04: 1,156 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-03-11: 1,120 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 1,022 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-03-25: 1,000 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 928 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 841 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 960 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 760 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 864 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 674 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 682 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 724 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 838 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 789 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 835 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 1,569 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 126 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 2,006 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 158 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,851 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 157 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 1,541 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 149 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 1,341 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 96 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 2,783 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 124 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 1,985 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 1,339 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 1,352 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 1,662 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 340 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 1,207 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 115 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 868 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 723 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 631 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 514 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 709 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 638 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 688 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 514 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 489 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 464 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 447 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 503 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 553 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 402 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 375 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 425 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 440 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 491 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 445 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 409 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 402 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 369 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 399 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 857 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 1,086 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 142 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 838 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 81 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 667 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 554 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 513 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 461 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 393 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 376 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 319 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 331 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 342 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 280 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 289 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 270 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 330 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 353 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 359 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 412 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 340 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 355 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 398 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 353 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 361 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 386 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 389 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 183 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 25 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

47k3.3k2026-08-06 21:00 — 3,378 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 4,284 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 3,308 players2026-08-13 06:00 — 15,207 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 9,787 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 16,886 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 12,136 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 22,737 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 15,238 players2026-08-16 06:00 — 26,676 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 13,980 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 19,504 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 12,641 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 19,697 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 12,747 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 19,493 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 12,972 players2026-08-20 06:00 — 19,942 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 13,907 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 22,954 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 17,029 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 30,865 players2026-08-22 18:00 — 21,216 players2026-08-23 06:00 — 36,198 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 19,804 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 24,831 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 17,625 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 25,464 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 17,481 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 24,782 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 13,610 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 25,557 players2026-08-27 19:00 — 12,421 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 24,948 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 13,728 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 32,542 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 15,258 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 35,066 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 37,212 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#53#942026-08-132026-08-302026-08-13 — #942026-08-14 — #832026-08-15 — #772026-08-16 — #712026-08-17 — #712026-08-18 — #712026-08-19 — #722026-08-20 — #722026-08-21 — #642026-08-22 — #602026-08-23 — #552026-08-24 — #552026-08-25 — #542026-08-26 — #542026-08-27 — #532026-08-28 — #532026-08-29 — #542026-08-30 — #56
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
3073072026-08-142026-08-302026-08-14: 187 new positive2026-08-14: 30 new negative2026-08-15: 204 new positive2026-08-15: 24 new negative2026-08-16: 248 new positive2026-08-16: 20 new negative2026-08-17: 239 new positive2026-08-17: 23 new negative2026-08-18: 208 new positive2026-08-18: 13 new negative2026-08-19: 197 new positive2026-08-19: 18 new negative2026-08-20: 219 new positive2026-08-20: 17 new negative2026-08-21: 248 new positive2026-08-21: 21 new negative2026-08-22: 263 new positive2026-08-22: 34 new negative2026-08-23: 307 new positive2026-08-23: 49 new negative2026-08-24: 292 new positive2026-08-24: 28 new negative2026-08-25: 279 new positive2026-08-25: 32 new negative2026-08-26: 189 new positive2026-08-26: 25 new negative2026-08-27: 226 new positive2026-08-27: 27 new negative2026-08-28: 204 new positive2026-08-28: 10 new negative2026-08-29: 242 new positive2026-08-29: 25 new negative2026-08-30: 262 new positive2026-08-30: 21 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$37.992024-06-072026-08-172024-06-07 — best price $59.992024-08-15 — best price $59.992024-08-19 — best price $56.992024-08-29 — best price $58.192024-09-16 — best price $50.992024-09-20 — best price $49.792024-09-30 — best price $50.992024-10-31 — best price $59.992024-11-16 — best price $59.992024-12-03 — best price $50.992025-01-05 — best price $50.992025-02-01 — best price $59.992025-02-25 — best price $59.992025-03-03 — best price $52.792025-03-06 — best price $54.592025-04-01 — best price $52.792025-05-01 — best price $59.992025-06-02 — best price $59.992025-06-13 — best price $55.192025-06-19 — best price $47.992025-06-24 — best price $59.992025-07-10 — best price $59.992025-08-04 — best price $43.792026-02-09 — best price $44.992026-02-23 — best price $59.992026-08-11 — best price $41.992026-08-17 — best price $37.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8.4k1.0k2026-05-28 — 1,421 pageviews2026-05-31 — 1,325 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1,460 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,970 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,476 pageviews2026-06-12 — 1,325 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1,241 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1,361 pageviews2026-06-21 — 1,495 pageviews2026-06-24 — 1,293 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,312 pageviews2026-06-30 — 1,274 pageviews2026-07-03 — 1,214 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1,199 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1,230 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1,176 pageviews2026-07-15 — 1,031 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1,149 pageviews2026-07-21 — 1,081 pageviews2026-07-24 — 1,117 pageviews2026-07-27 — 1,199 pageviews2026-07-30 — 1,165 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1,305 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1,334 pageviews2026-08-08 — 1,152 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1,402 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,578 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,656 pageviews2026-08-20 — 8,407 pageviews2026-08-23 — 3,503 pageviews2026-08-25 — 2,805 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6.8k962026-08-18 09:12 — 1,427 viewers2026-08-25 02:12 — 6,446 viewers2026-08-25 05:12 — 6,065 viewers2026-08-26 20:34 — 606 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 925 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 290 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 356 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 297 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 453 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 536 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 2,322 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 347 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 434 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 344 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 361 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 156 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 480 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 327 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 643 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 368 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 302 viewers2026-08-29 04:34 — 2,593 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 2,342 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 269 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 621 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 386 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 526 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 621 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 742 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 1,138 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 249 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 575 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 383 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 230 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
97.7%
earned "Home is Behind"
55.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedPlayable without Timed InputDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportStereo SoundSurround Sound2 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Italian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)59,66621%36
Steam (Steam)46,12815%81
Xbox Series (Xbox)2,69413%81

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DRPGDramaActionCombatFantasyAdventureMythologyAction RPGSouls-like

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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