Black Myth: Wukong has already sold more copies on Steam than Elden Ring, despite only being released last week.
Black Myth: Wukong was released earlier this month (August 20) but has quickly become one of the best-selling games of the year. Its peak concurrent Steam player count has beaten records set by the likes of Palworld, Counter-Strike 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 while in China, bosses have reportedly been giving their employees time off from work so they can play it.
A Chinese company gave employees a day off to “study” Black Myth: Wukong
Participants received Deluxe Editions of the game and free coffee to keep them up pic.twitter.com/e86VOqXtoR
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) August 21, 2024
According to VGInsights, Black Myth: Wukong has already sold 15.4million units on Steam earning developers Game Science $737million (£558million) in gross revenue. Elden Ring, which was released back in 2022, has reportedly sold 13.8million copies.
However, these numbers don’t include copies bought via other digital storefronts or physical versions of the game. Last summer, it was reported that Elden Ring had sold over 20million copies while the game received another sales boost this year following the launch of the Shadow Of The Erdtree expansion.
The action-adventure game is inspired by the classic Chinese novel Journey To The West and sees players take on the role of The Destined One as they head out into the world to retrieve a series of Lost Relics.
In a four-star review, NME wrote: “Black Myth: Wukong delivers on the spectacle and satisfying combat that caught everyone’s eye during its trailers. Discovering secrets and boss fights are the highlights here, but overall level design and some of the upgrade systems feel messy. Despite that, Black Myth: Wukong is still an incredibly fun time.”
In other news, Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez has confirmed that a character in the film was heavily inspired by Naughty Dog‘s The Last Of Us Part 2 video game.
Álvarez, who also directed 2013’s Evil Dead and the Don’t Breathe franchise, told fans that Isabela Merced’s Alien: Romulus character Kay was partially inspired by Dina from The Last Of Us Part 2.
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