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MONKEY KING: HERO IS BACK

HEXADRIVE Inc. · Oasis Games · 2019-10-16

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 17, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 17, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

The curtain rises on yet another never-before-seen Chinese myth: a new saga in the Journey to the West! Based on the original CG movie that became an unprecedented box office smash in China, this unique episode will be playable in exciting kungfu action adventure game!

MONKEY KING: HERO IS BACK is an Action, Adventure, and RPG game released in 2019, priced at $34.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (47% of 483 reviews).

0
playing now
47%
positive of 483 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
61/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$34.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 80% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (197 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 483 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2018-10-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14414420192026Week of 2019-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$1.992018-05-292022-02-032018-05-29 — best price $3.992018-06-24 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-10-30 — best price $1.992018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $1.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992018-12-21 — best price $1.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-08-19 — best price $34.992020-01-23 — best price $24.492020-01-27 — best price $34.992020-06-25 — best price $20.992020-07-09 — best price $34.992020-11-25 — best price $17.492020-12-01 — best price $34.992020-12-22 — best price $17.492021-01-05 — best price $34.992021-02-11 — best price $17.492021-02-15 — best price $34.992021-06-24 — best price $17.492021-07-08 — best price $34.992021-12-28 — best price $17.492022-01-05 — best price $34.992022-01-27 — best price $17.492022-02-03 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
91.2%
earned "Dasheng: Back in Action"
4.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing10 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2019-10-17, latest 2019-12-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)2,4492%42
PS4 (PlayStation)18413%42
Steam (Steam)1800%42
PS4 (PlayStation)1237%42

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

Player tags

RPGActionFightingAdventureMythologyHack and Slash

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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