Adventure
Black Myth: Wukong’s impact is more important than any award
More than any other game released in 2024, Black Myth: Wukong took the world by storm. The action-adventure title from Game Science, a Chinese developer, annihilated Steam records in August, peaking at over 2.4 million concurrent players. It comfortably sits in second place among its contemporaries, according to SteamDB. Most recently, Game Science reached another milestone by winning Best Action Game and the Player’s Voice voting at The Game Awards. While Black Myth: Wukong is an adaptation of the classic Chinese novelJourney to the West, it has an entirely different narrative