Black Myth: Wukong saw a jaw-dropping number of players immediately after its release on Aug. 20, with its peak player count reaching 2,223,179. But after nighttime in China, the player count dropped considerably.
Wukong reached its peak player count around 8am CT. China has a few different timezones, and Wukong’s numbers spiked at 10pm in its capital, Beijing. It’s hardly surprising to see so many Chinese players tuning in to Black Myth: Wukong at that time, and given roughly 90 percent of its players are in China, the drop-off isn’t surprising, either.
At 5pm CT, or 6am Beijing time, the player count for the Game Science title was only 247,325, according to SteamDB. Usually, people wake up and go to work around that time, unless they took time off to dive into Black Myth: Wukong, which we’re sure some did.
The game is already on the rise, though, with more players returning to it after their daily routines. At the time of writing, Black Myth: Wukong has 1,312,834 players, according to SteamDB.
The RPG title is heavily inspired by Chinese culture and mythology, so its popularity in the Asian regions is nothing but expected. It’s also one of the best games of 2024. In our review, we gave it an eight out of 10 score, praising its combat, bosses, and graphics.
It seems we’re not alone in our favorable opinion. Game Science’s production scored 81 on Metascore out of 60 critic reviews (for the PC version), while the user score sits at an impressive 8.5 rating.
