Black Myth: Wukong breaks Steam's concurrent single-player record within hours of launch

Black Myth: Wukong, considered China's first true AAA game, has broken Steam's concurrent players record for a single-player title, passing Cyberpunk 2077 for the single-player record. In addition, it's now the game with the second-most all-time concurrent players to date (including multiplayer), moving past Palworld. Based on the 16th-century novel Journey to the West, the souls-like action-adventure epic peaked at 2,223,179 players. Industry analyst Simon Carless of GameDiscoverCo posted on X ...