Black Myth: Wukong
Black Myth: Wukong is an action role-playing game developed by Game Science, inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West. Players control the Destined One, a staff-wielding monkey protagonist…
Black Myth: Wukong is an adventure developed by Game Science, released 20 August 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 43.8 hrs to finish.
What Black Myth: Wukong is
Black Myth: Wukong is an adventure game developed by Game Science and released in 2024. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Following his legendary pilgrimage to the West alongside the Tang Monk, Sun Wukong ascends to Buddhahood but rejects the Celestial Court in favor of his simple life on Mount Huaguo. The Court, grown mistrustful, sends an army led by Erlang Shen to force his submission. During their duel, the binding circlet incapacitates Wukong, and he is sealed in stone, severed from six powerful relics corresponding to his senses. Over the following centuries, the monkeys of the mountain seek to recover these relics and revive their fallen king. The Destined One, one of these monkeys, sets out on a journey across treacherous lands to reclaim the relics. From the fog-shrouded Black Wind Mountain to the…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 81 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Black Myth: Wukong holds a critic score of 88 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 12 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 88, across 252 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 43.8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 68 hrs, roughly 1.6 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 16 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB. A 16GB memory requirement is demanding — worth checking before you buy, because 8GB is still common in older and budget machines. It also needs around 130GB of free storage, which is a real consideration on a 512GB drive. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: India is the cheapest region we track at ₹2,519.00 (about $26.43), while Germany pays €41.99 — 1.8 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 42 on Steam, which is about $41.99.
What it launched against
Black Myth: Wukong launched on 20 August 2024, within three weeks of Star Wars Outlaws, Astro Bot, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II and Satisfactory. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Star Wars Outlaws, Astro Bot, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II, Satisfactory.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Black Myth: Wukong yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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