Black Myth: Wukong Tops 1 Million Concurrent Players on Steam in 1 Hour - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 August 2024 / 2,296 Views
Developer Game Science released the action RPG, Black Myth: Wukong, tonight at 10:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm PT and the game in about an hour has already surpassed one million concurrent players on Steam, according to SteamDB.
As of the time of writing, the game is at 1,140,485 concurrent players and growing.
Black Myth: Wukong is just the seventh game to ever surpassed one million concurrent players on Steam and is already sixth place on the all-time peak list with a good chance to go even higher.
Black Myth: Wukong is now available for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. The Xbox Series X|S will launch at a later date.
Now, reembark on the Journey to the West!#BlackMythWukong is now available on PS5, Steam, Epic Games Store, and WeGame. Confront your destiny on the journey westwards! pic.twitter.com/CMsnde97Ho
— Black Myth: Wukong (@BlackMythGame) August 20, 2024
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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1.4m now, insane!
Now 1.9m and it's not even the weekend yet, could PUBG's record be broken?
To anyone that brought this game, does it have the option to turn off the stupid and annoying screen shake gimmick?
Nice to see a game based on classical chinese mythology being so successful. I hope we can see more cultures from around the world reflected in games.
Over 2.2 million now
2.1 millions now!
Almost 1.7 million now. This game is incredible, Sony got a temporary exclusivity for free. This game will boost PS5 sales in August
Not every game sells a PS5...
At some point everyone that wants a specific game already has that platform...
Its ridiculous to think someone that isn't a hardcore gamer is going to spend $600 for a single game. Anyone that is "hardcore" probably already has a PS5.
The game has clearly gone viral. People bought PS5's for helldivers 2 because it had viral success and I think the same could happen here too
It was pretty clear the split on PC/Console was 70/30 for HD2. At best it was a modest PS5 seller because it still had the backing of Son. Not a Spider-Man or God of War level. But PC numbers is what made it go viral in the first place. If it weren't for PC, HD2 would not have gone viral.
PC gaming is the second largest gaming community behind sadly......mobile gaming lol. Even Palworld only allowed a modest success in an increase of Xbox sales, but PC by a substantial margin had the most players despite going viral.
I'm not disputing that PC gaming is a bigger market than console, but Sony in the console business and not competing with PC market so it's a moot point
Very impressive. I wonder how many are Chinese buyers ? Or they don’t use steam much ? No idea.
1.23m right now. It topped Elden Ring, Cyberpunk, Hogwarts, and Baldur's Gate 3 on the all-time peak concurrent user rankings.
Good for them, but I'm not supporting China.
It's not the developers fault that they live in China. I don't see the logic here
Yea, I'm no fan of the CCP but individual citizens are still individuals.
There are good and bad people in every country and culture.
People are just starting to get a taste of how massive the Chinese market is.
It's a meh game
The copium.
Copium that someone doesnt enjoy the same games as you?
Going by the thumbs up/down it's clear who the people agree with
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