Wukong sees the main player Count Spike

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Summary

  • After The Game Awards 2024, Black Myth: Wukong has seen an increase in concurrent players.
  • The game, which had seen an average of 70,000 daily concurrent players, jumped to 213,882 on December 14.
  • Black Myth: Wukong took home the award for best action game, as well as the Player's Voice award.



Black Myth: Wukong experienced a significant increase in player numbers last Saturday, December 14, with many influenced by its recognition at The Game Awards 2024 along with the game's producer's comments. The Game Science title already had impressive numbers for a single-player game, but winning the Best Action Game 2024 and Player's Voice category seems to have brought even more attention to Black Myth: Wukong.

Black Myth: Wukong was nominated for Best Action Game, Best Art Direction, Best Game Direction and Game of the Year at this year's Game Awards ceremony. It took home the award for Best Action Game and Player's Vote, a fan-voted category. However, Black Myth: Wukong lost Best Art Direction to Metaphor: ReFantazio and both Best Game Direction and Game of the Year to Astro Bot. Overall, The Game Awards 2024 was widely hailed as one of the best shows in recent years, both for its announcements and for giving winners more time for their acceptance speeches. But not everyone was happy with the result, which Black Myth: Wukongs producer publicly questioned the Game of the Year criteria.


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Although producer Feng Ji's comments sparked some backlash, there seems to be no such thing as bad publicity. His comments, combined with the game's accolades, seem to have contributed Black Myth: Wukong is seeing a significant increase in the number of players according to SteamDB. The game, which had seen an average of 70,000 concurrent players daily, jumped to 213,882 on December 14 and has since stabilized at around 150,000 throughout the week. Although this is far from the two million simultaneous players Black Myth: Wukong achieved at launch, those are still impressive numbers for a single-player game.


Black Myth: Wukong Concurrent Player Count Spikes


However, neither the game's producer nor fans took into account that sales figures do not necessarily translate to being named the best game of the year. After Swen Vincke's speech and Astro Bots Game of the Year Winner, Black Myth: Wukong fan review-bombed Baldur's Gate 3. Most of the negative comments on Baldur's Gate 3s Steam page currently appears to have come from players in China. Since The Game Awards are conducted in English, mistranslation may have played a role in the backlash, and users may have misinterpreted Vincke's points. Alternatively, it could simply be fans venting their frustration as Black Myth: Wukong didn't win the game of the year and took it out Baldur's Gate 3 as an agent, given that Astro Bot is not available on Steam.

Ultimately, Black Myth: Wukong isn't the only game getting a boost after The Game Awards. Many TGA-nominated titles also saw sales peaks, although they did not win any awards. Following the announcement of the finalists for this year's games, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth saw a 268% increase in sales, while Metaphor: ReFantazio saw a 172% increase. While some in the gaming community have expressed their distaste for the awards ceremony, this year's event sparked some massive traffic and set the stage for what's to come in 2025 and beyond.


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