Black Myth: Wukong has already delivered one of the biggest launches in Steam history, making it one of the most successful games of 2024 just a day after release. Amid some performance complaints from PC players, developer Game Science posted an update that noted that you may experience “occasional serious issues” playing it on PC, due to the “game’s vast scale and the myriad of software and hardware environments.”
Many resource-intensive games suffer from some degree of technical issues after launch, but Game Science has taken the unusual step of providing a detailed FAQ that breaks down common problems that players have reported. These include video memory errors with 13th and 14th generation Intel CPUs, a driver issue with AMD GPUs, and frame rate woes, especially with 40-series Nvidia cards.
Black Myth: Wukong recently exceeded 2.2 million concurrent players, giving it the second-highest peak player count in the history of Steam, a feat made all the more impressive thanks to its $60 price tag. The game also garnered headlines in recent days thanks to its highly unusual content guidelines given to streamers covering the game, telling them not to discuss COVID or “feminist propaganda” when covering the game.
In GameSpot’s Black Myth: Wukong review, critic Richard Wakeling praised the game’s impressive visuals and boss fights. “Black Myth: Wukong is an uneven game where the highlights often outnumber the lowlights,” he wrote. “Its triumphant boss battles and fast-paced combat make up for the stale moments in between, where bland level design and a scarcity of enemies will have you clamoring for the next face-off with a deadly Yaoguai. I appreciate that it’s not just another souls-like in what is now a crowded genre, and the choice to go for a boss gauntlet is unexpected and, honestly, quite refreshing.”
