Black Myth: Wukong Makes Record-Breaking Debut on Steam

Just hours after his debut, Black Myth: Wukong already breaking records on Steam. Black Myth: Wukong is currently the most played game on Steam with a peak of 2,151,942 concurrent players at the time of writing. That puts developer Game Science’s retelling of Journey to the West in the second slot for the highest number of simultaneous players ever on Steam, next only PUBG: Battlegroundswhich peaked at 3,257,248 in January 2018.

Black Myth: Wukong has surpassed Old Ring, Dota2, Cyberpunk2077, Counterattack 2And Palworld — all of whom hold formidable concurrent player records. Black Myth: Wukong is also available on PlayStation 5 and Windows PC via the Epic Games Store and Chinese platform WeGame; the Steam record does not include players on those platforms. WeGame reportedly has around 80 million monthly players, according to a developer FAQ page. Steam had 132 million monthly active users in 2021.