Black Myth: Wukong, an action role-playing game based on Chinese mythology, was launched globally on August 20, 2024. According to SteamDB monitoring, the number of online players on Steam exceeded 1 million only about an hour after Black Myth: Wukong was launched, quickly becoming the No. 1 stand-alone game in history. That night, the Steam favorable reviews were as high as 96%, with more than 50,000 user reviews, and received a "rave reviews" rating.