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Black Myth: Wukong
Developer Game Science
Black Myth: Wukong is a 2024 action role-playing game developed and published by the Chinese studio Game Science. The player assumes the role of the Destined One, a staff-wielding monkey, who embarks on a journey to recover six relics corresponding to Sun Wukong's six senses. The game is inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West. It is the first installment in the Black Myth series. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
353 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
88
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221 positive · 29 negative
95% range 84–92%
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Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
1,170,716 of 1,213,411 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 353 · most liked firstGOTY nominees for The Game Awards -Astro Bot -Balatro -Black Myth Wukong -Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree -Final Fantasy VII Rebirth -Metaphor: ReFantazio Vote: thegameawards.com
unlabelledView post →Game of the Year nominees at #TheGameAwards • Astro Bot • Balatro • Black Myth: Wukong • Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth • Metapahor: ReFantazio
unlabelledView post →When I finished Black Myth: Wukong, I just sat on the main menu for a while. I knew the game was over, but for some reason, I didn't feel like closing it right away. It was a strange feeling, like something I'd spent so much time working toward had suddenly come to an end. When I first started playing, the visuals and combat were what impressed me the most. The world looks absolutely beautiful, and the enemy designs are on another level. Some of the bosses drove me completely crazy, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seeing that Black Myth Wukong won in multiple categories *and* Game of the Year in the Steam 2024 GOTY awards does not scream user vote brigading at all. No sir.
unlabelledView post →The 2024 nominees for Game of the Year: • Balatro • Astro Bot • Black Myth: Wukong • Metaphor: Refantazio • Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth • Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
unlabelledView post →Astro Bot is the winner of Game of the Year at #TheGameAwards 2024, taking home the prize in a category that also included Balatro, Black Myth Wukong, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. www.ign.com/articles/ast...
unlabelledView post →Game Science CEO criticizes #TheGameAwards and says he wrote a GOTY acceptance speech for 'Black Myth: Wukong' two years ago "The games nominated this year were all excellent ... but I really didn’t understand the criteria for this year's Game of the Year ... felt like I came here for nothing!"
unlabelledView post →The nominees for Game Of The Year at The Game Awards 2024 are: Astro Bot Balatro Black Myth: Wukong Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Metaphor: ReFantazio
unlabelledView post →Ok, here are my thoughts on Black Myth: Wukong. On a fundamental level, what Game Science have been able to pull off here is extremely impressive. They started developing this game in 2018 when there was only 13 people working on it, and scaled up to 140 people by 2024. 🧵Thread below:
unlabelledView post →Astro Bot is the winner of Game of the Year at #TheGameAwards 2024, taking home the prize in a category that also included Balatro, Black Myth Wukong, and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. bit.ly/3ZCjfDs
unlabelledView post →Blossom, but No Fruit The graphics are excellent. The presentation is excellent. The story, from what I have seen, is genuinely interesting. But as an action game, I simply do not find Black Myth: Wukong very fun to play. My problem is not that the game is difficult. Making a player lose is easy. Make an attack faster, delay it longer, obscure its cues, or punish mistakes more severely. The difficult part of game design is making failure, learning, mastery, and eventually success enjoyable.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's August 12th today, and I'm really excited to spend time with Wukong I've been waiting for this discount for a long time, game is not very expensive, but you need to manage the budget properly, and patience is the key to success Thanks Steam for the discount notification And a huge thank you developers, for the opportunity to play this miracle At 2:52am I got a discount notice, and at 2:58am I bought it Why am I so happy about this? For the first time on my birthday, I can do what I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's crazy that Black Myth Wukong keeps being glazed by western shows when the global market broadly did not respond to that game lmao
unlabelledView post →I think I set a new record. Every year, there’s one game of the year nominee I’ve never heard of. This year, there’s three: Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. I know what Elden Ring is, but didn’t know they made another one.
unlabelledView post →I think the world needs more anthropomorphic video game characters like this in my humble opinion 👉👈 I just think it'd be nice to see (🎮-Black Myth: Wukong)
unlabelledView post →Hate to be a buzzkill but considering the TOS saying you can’t stream it if you promote “feminist propaganda,” among other things, I’m not touching that Black Myth: Wukong game, and ideally, I think the company behind it shouldn’t be given any money for it.
unlabelledView post →I want to make one of those THE LORE BEHIND BLACK MYTH: WUKONG videos and deliberately credit everything in the game to Dragon Ball Z, never mentioning Journey to the West even once
unlabelledView post →The #IGNAwards nominees for Game of the Year 2024: Animal Well Astro Bot Balatro Black Myth Wukong Dragon Age: The Veilguard Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth Helldivers 2 (1/3)
unlabelledView post →- Started the game - See monke with armour looking at the horizon - Monke jumps - Rides a freaking cloud just like Goku - Stops in front of an army - Me afraid, monke not afraid - God gay dude says monke is an idiot - Monke laughs - Monke starts to beat the ♥♥♥♥ out of the gay god - Gay god flees from the fight - Monke mountain getting destroyed - Me sad, monke angry - We bring them to the forest - We now bird, bird flies - Gay god now bird too - Something happens and monke loses his power of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There was an unsubstantiated rumor that Sweet Baby Inc tried to extort Black Myth Wukong’s studio for millions because they didn’t make the game more “woke.” It was never retracted by antiwoke clown. They also directly attacked Rebekah Valentine for reporting on the studio’s culture of misogyny
unlabelledView post →The Game Awards | Game of the Year 2024 Nominees ▪️Astro Bot ▪️Balatro ▪️Black Myth Wukong ▪️Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC ▪️Final Fantasy VII Rebirth ▪️Metaphor ReFantasio #TheGameAwards
unlabelledView post →First off, visually this game is absolutely stunning. Every chapter looks incredible, and the art direction is top-tier. My main advice to anyone looking at this game: do not buy it expecting Elden Ring or Sekiro. It isn't a Soulsborne game, and judging it by those standards misses what makes it special. It has its own rhythm, structure, and combat identity. The only real hurdle for me is the story. It is deeply rooted in Chinese mythology and heavy Buddhist lore/references. Unless you're…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this a while back when it released and completely forgot to leave a review, so here it goes. After 100+ hours and 100% completion, I can confidently say Black Myth: Wukong exceeded every expectation I had. The combat is incredibly satisfying, rewarding skill without ever feeling unfair... well, aside from the few times I almost punched a hole through my monitor. Even then, I always wanted to jump right back in. Every boss feels unique, and overcoming the toughest fights was one of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story might seem weird to us Westerners, but it's actually the coolest thing ever. It's a myth, so don't take it literally. The Chinese monkey travelling West towards India symbolizes the spiritual journey of all sentient beings. It's a journey towards Enlightenment, man. The monsters and boss battles represent the poisons of the mind (attachments and negative emotions) that we all have to overcome in order to not be douchebags in our lives. Most of us fail this quest IRL, but we can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PS Blog Game of the Year 2024 blog.playstation.com/2024/12/17/p... Best PS5 Game: Astro Bot Gold Trophy: Black Myth: Wukong Silver Trophy: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Bronze Trophy: Stellar Blade
unlabelledView post →This game proves that the Chinese are actually willing to pay for quality products. They're not just a bunch of pirates and gacha addicts. My wife’s boyfriend says this is just a Monkey skin for Jedi: Fallen Order/Survivor. Reject humanity, embrace Monke. Me Me buy MONKE Game. Me Me Play MONKE Game. Me Me like MONKE Game. Man see Monke game. Man buy Monke game. Man play Monke game. Monke Game Good Man day dream about being Monke while at work. MAN HAPPY!! Man finish game - man miss Monke…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Black Myth: Wukong is voted Game of the Year in the Steam Awards 2024 store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...
unlabelledView post →Baldur’s Gate 3 is allegedly getting review bombed by Black Myth Wukong fans after Sven’s speech at the game awards. Unfortunately for them, the game is too successful for a review bomb 💀
unlabelledView post →Game Developers Choice Awards Nominees: gdconf.com/news/astro-b... GOTY: -Astro Bot -Balatro -Black Myth: Wukong -Final Fantasy VII Rebirth -Helldivers 2 -Metaphor: ReFantazio Astro Bot & Black Myth Wukong lead with 7 nominations each
unlabelledView post →Black Myth Wukong developer Game Science is working on an Elden Ring-style expansion for the game ahead of any sequel. bit.ly/3XdiLCL
unlabelledView post →The Game of the Year 2024 Nominees: - Astro Bot - Balatro - Black Myth: Wukong - Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree - Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - Metaphor: ReFantazio The Game Awards are live December 12.
unlabelledView post →Reminder: you are now, as a paying customer, playing an inferior version of the game compared to pirates.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alert status set to Geoffcon 1 for the latest DF Direct Weekly, covering Summer Game Fest, State of Play, Black Myth: Wukong on Xbox and - yes - confirmation that VRR is now fixed on PS5 and PS5 Pro: youtu.be/4XozSIAdxeA
unlabelledView post →#IGNAwards nominees for Best PlayStation Game of 2024: Astro Bot Black Myth: Wukong Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Helldivers 2 Silent Hill 2 Stellar Blade Full nominees: bit.ly/3ZLTKky
unlabelledView post →The boss of Black Myth: Wukong developer Game Science has pointed the finger at the Xbox Series S over the lack of an Xbox version of the game. bit.ly/4gYfC1N
unlabelledView post →Astro Bot shouldn't have been GOTY 2024. TL:DR: A tale about a wonderful game that is too loyal to its source material for its own good. (written and posted after getting all the achievements) No spoilers here, so feel free to read till the end. Also, I'll try to keep it not unreasonably long (kinda hard in this case, tbh) Where do I start with this one? I guess, with a good general question. Is it a souls-like? No, I don't think so. While all souls-likes are basically ARPGs, not all ARPGs…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game Awards "Game of the Year" nominees: Astrobot Black Myth: Wukong Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Metaphor ReFantazio Balatro
unlabelledView post →Remove Denuvo. It hurts performance and adds nothing for players. The game is already cracked anyway, so it’s just punishing people who actually buy it. It can cause worse performance and ties the game’s lifespan to Denuvo’s servers, which means one day it might just stop working.Here is proof for that: [url=https://youtu.be/bf3ccg2E_68]Performance comparison video [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d63-nTq_-E]Denuvo explanation video Aside from that, the game itself is great.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look, I’ve put over 300 hours into this game and unlocked every single achievement, so nobody can say I didn't give it a fair chance. But even after all that dedication, I still absolutely cannot recommend it. Let’s be real for a moment: Black Myth: Wukong is wildly overrated, largely driven by biased, hyper-inflated scoring from Chinese players turning it into a national pride project rather than judging it objectively as a piece of software. It simply does not live up to the insane hype, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☑ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have played this game for over 80 hours and it is amazing.Its my first game bought on steam with my own money so I try to enjoy every second of it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Black Myth: Zhong Kui – 15 Minutes Gameplay Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi2Q... "As the game is still in early development, all footage was captured in-game from a work-in-progress build running at a 21:9 aspect ratio. The final release may differ."
unlabelledView post →Game Science says they don't need AI to speed up 'Black Myth: Zhong Kui' development, they will use tradional methodes. wap.gamersky.com/news/Content...
unlabelledView post →"Black Myth: Wukong" presents a heavily unbalanced gameplay loop that ultimately functions as a tedious boss rush. The core structure of the game consists almost entirely of walking from one boss arena to the next, with the interstitial environments offering minimal engagement. The standard enemies populating the areas between bosses are exceptionally easy to defeat. They require little strategy and provide no meaningful preparation for the major encounters, making the traversal sections…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →EN: Black Myth: Wukong is for me a game that sits somewhere between God of War for its mythological, grandiose side, with giant symbolic environments, and the Souls-like school for certain mechanics. But make no mistake: it is not a pure Souls-like. Visually, the game is simply stunning. The panoramas are gorgeous, the environments have real personality, and there’s this “living mythology” feeling that clearly echoes God of War: everything is huge, theatrical, and loaded with symbols. You…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Black Myth: Wukong is one of the most best games I've played all year -- ambitious beyond measure, often lopsided, controversy-ridden but absolutely singular. It is a game I loved playing, and its ambition is worth taking seriously. For @aftermath.site aftermath.site/black-myth-w...
unlabelledView post →A game that is way ahead in combat mechanics and animations Though I had completed the game way back, after having got into the hype train back at the end of 2024, I could not find the time to write down a review of the game despite having enjoyed it greatly. As I remember, playing Black Myth Wukong felt great - to witness the never before seen superior combat animations together with great graphics, while also keeping one eye on the GPU temperature. Going into the game it felt like stepping…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game Science's New Title | Black Myth: Zhong Kui - Teaser Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ7V... www.gamesci.cn/zhongkui This single-player action role-playing game draws its primary creative inspiration from the famed Chinese folk figure "Zhong Kui"
unlabelledView post →Black Myth Wukong is a very mediocre game, which makes it so much funnier that the CEO talks about it the same way Kanye West would talk about his music
unlabelledView post →This isn't about the gameplay itself, which I'd say is decent enough for a first time stab at a genre in which the established standards are so high. No, this is about the performance, because this game is legitimately unpleasant to play sorely due to its horrific technical state. I have a 5080 and after arriving at the second area of the game, I have dropped my settings for a THIRD time and still can't maintain 60 fps in hectic scenes. The overall level of performance and the insane…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very cool and creative game, basically blends God of War 2018 with Dark Souls. Fun time, but VERY unoptimized. It forces you to use super resolution resulting in an often muddy looking character model, and the game stutters often with frame rate drops and the frame gen causes visual glitches and artifacting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Apparently, Feng Ji wrote his Game of the Year award acceptance speech for Black Myth: Wukong two years ago, illustrating how confident he was in the game." HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
unlabelledView post →Beautiful game. The skills are well implemented and give Wukong personality, the music is also really good. The journal was very helpful for understanding the characters and bosses. All the fights were amazing, but Mount Mei and the final battle were on another level, I hope we can see something similar in the future. +15 social credit
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Astro Bot wining over Elden Ring and Black Myth …. Imma let this game award slide bc I was rooting for Astro Bot and it fun so
unlabelledView post →Let's try the game of the year! #BlackMythWukong
unlabelledView post →Black Myth: Wukong producer on The Game Awards top prize snub: "I came all the way here for nothing!" www.eurogamer.net/black-myth-w...
unlabelledView post →The nominees for Best Game are… ASTRO BOT BALATRO BLACK MYTH: WUKONG HELLDIVERS 2 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: ECHOES OF WISDOM THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE HERE! #BAFTAGamesAwards
unlabelledView post →Phantom Blade Zero reportedly received "substantial" new investment following the success of fellow Chinese-developed game Black Myth: Wukong. The claim comes as developer S-GAME releases a new trailer for the game. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/phantom...
unlabelledView post →Black Myth: Wukong respects your time as much as your skill. It challenges you, rewards you, and never mistakes frustration for good game design. It will not hold your hand, but it will not bury you alive either. This is difficulty done right.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Introduction This game is my first soullike game. I always wanted to challenge myself with one of these games one day, but just never found a story that interested me enough to play through one, until I got this game. I watched the original Journey to the West TV series with my wife about 2 years ago, so I was already familiar with the story before starting the game. This was actually good for me, as I kinda knew what to expect in some parts of the game, though the majority still remained a…
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