“Black Myth: Wukong” topped Steam’s most played game, the current number of players nearly one million

“Black Myth: Wukong” burst out of the circle, triggered a wave in the global game market, the sales of all platforms hit a record, the first day of listing or has achieved a return.

According to the national game bestseller list statistics, “Black Myth: Wukong” has sold more than 3 million copies on steam, plus wegame, epic and ps platforms, total sales of more than 4.5 million copies, total sales of more than 1.5 billion yuan.

The game reached 2,223,179 simultaneous online achievements on Steam on its first day, which has surpassed the sudden popularity of “Phantom Beast Palu” (2,101,867) earlier this year, and is second only to “PUBG” (3,257,248 in 2018).

At 10 o ‘clock on August 20, China’s first “3A” game “Black Myth: Wukong” was officially launched, including PS5 / Steam/WeGame platform has been pre-loaded players can now officially unlock to play. The game is produced by Zhejiang Enterprise Youke Interactive Technology Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as “Youke”), which has topped the global hot list of Steam, the world’s largest game distribution platform, for many times before the pre-sale.

Black Myth: Wukong is an action role-playing game set in Chinese mythology, in which players take on the role of a “man of destiny” who embarks on a journey of danger and wonder to the west in order to discover the truth of an old legend.

For the explosive popularity of “Black Myth: Wukong”, Goldman Sachs pointed out in its latest report that this is a major turning point for the Chinese console game industry, and a key step for Chinese games to go global, or stimulate investment in the Chinese game industry, especially 3A games.

At the same time, Goldman Sachs believes that this is a key step for Chinese games to go global:

Although we observe that more than 80% of the reviews on Steam are currently from Chinese users, indicating a more local player base, Black Myth: Wukong is the first classic Chinese IP to go global in the form of 3A games, and Chinese developers are increasing their production capacity on PC/ console, not just mobile games.

On June 10, 2024, the physical version of Black Myth: Wukong officially opened full pre-sale. Steam China standard edition is priced at 268 yuan, digital deluxe edition is priced at 328 yuan.