As soon as Black Myth: Wukong jumped on the Flying Nimbus in its launch in August, it hasn't gone back down since. What's more amazing is that Game Science's debut AAA title keeps on rising, shattering records and redefining expectations for Chinese-developed titles.
Since its release on August 20, the action RPG has achieved unprecedented success, becoming the most-played single-player game on Steam and helping it set a new concurrent player count record en route to selling well over 18 million copies in just two weeks, as per a Bloomberg report.
To put that into perspective, the only games to have sold as much or more in just as much time if not less are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in 2022 when it crossed billion dollars in revenue in 10 days, and Grand Theft Auto 5, which accomplished the feat in three days over a decade ago. It has even outpaced the likes of Hogwarts Legacy, which, you could argue, boasts wider appeal across the world. The game has now raked in an estimated $800 million in revenue – more than 1,000% return on its $70 million development budget.