most popular game ever on Steam, attracting more than 2.13 million concurrent players during its inauguration on 20th August.
The single-player adventure game is based on the mythical monkey king’s exploits. The launch turned out to be a monumental success, even for those who were expecting the Black Myth: Wukong adventure game to perform well.
The Black Myth: Wukong adventure game was awaited to provoke a frenzy among the players in the West, but it is hard to estimate the number of players it will gain among the 1.4 billion population of China.
The single-player video game was developed by the Chinese company Game Science and it was rooted in the famous Chinese novel, “Journey to the West”, written back in 1592 by Wu Cheng’en.
The adventure game’s numbers are impressive and it became the most-played single-player adventure game on Steam, overshadowing both Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077. Furthermore, the Black Myth: Wugong seems ready to detonate the PUBG: Battleground’s record for the highest number of simultaneous players.
The game was first announced back in August 2020, and its success might be backed up by the amazing graphics, transformational gameplay, and cultural bond with Chinese mythology. The single-player video game launching trailer surpassed 55 million views on Bilibili making it the most-watched adventure games trailer of all time on the platform.
With China’s gaming industry believed to reach 730 million players within the next couple of years, the Black Myth: Wukong video game's attractiveness to this wide public probably played a key role in its beginning triumph.
Here is the all-time top of the most-played games, registered on 20th August:
- PUBG - 3.257 million players
- Black Myth: Wukong - 2.215 million players
- Palword: 2.101 million players
- Counter-Strike 2 - 1.818 million players
- Lost Ark - 1.325 million players
- Dota 2 - 1.295 million players
- Cyberounk: 2077 - 1.054 million players
- Elden Ring - 953.000 players
- Banana - 917.000 players
- New World - 913.626 players
The Black Myth: Wukong adventure single-player game hasn't only affected the gaming industry. The market excitement has also extended across various fields, such as retail, tourism, and mass electronics.
The percentage of sales on personal computers and PS5 gaming consoles has almost tripled, while gaming-linked stocks listed in the A-share market witnessed huge gains.
Specialists think that the phenomenon will generate huge potential for the launch of more China-provided video game and will also lead Chinese tech industries to invest more in study and development for hardware improvements and semiconductor advances.
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