Black Myth: Wukong’s first week of sales numbers are in, and they firmly inhabit “Don’t take a big sip of coffee before you look at them” territory. 10 million units sold, which, as industry analyst Daniel Ahmad pointed out on X, “The Everything App,” is a record-breaking performance that leaves some of the biggest releases of the past few years in the dust.
For perspective, here are some comparative numbers:
- Hogwarts Legacy: 15 million in three months
- Elden Ring: 13 million in one month
- Cyberpunk 2077: 13.7 million in one month
- Baldur’s Gate 3: 20+ million in five months
- Helldivers 2: 12 million in three months
The only game that comes close is Palworld’s 19 million players in two weeks, a mark that Black Myth: Wukong seems on track to surpass. It’s a sales figure that lines up with Wukong having leapfrogged the competition to be the #2 most-played game in Steam’s history by concurrent players. Before that, it was also the most wishlisted game on the platform after The Day Before met its ignominious end.
Why the fuck was Palworld so big
Pokemon with guns thing made it go viral and so people tried it. It got a LOT of free advertising. Apparently it is also a good game in and of itself too, I’ve never played it, but the impression I get is that while it’s a bit rough around the edges it does accomplish some neat stuff that isn’t in other games the same way
93% positive on Steam speaks for itself. Have you played it?
Aside from the game, the memes spawned from it are pretty good.
Since it says “19 million players” it might be including people who played it for free on Gamepass
These are sales figures. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1447359/palworld-games-sales-worldwide/
