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Black Myth: Wukong Quiz
China's Game Science breakout — Sun Wukong's epic Soulslike adventure
China's Game Science breakout — Sun Wukong's epic Soulslike adventure
Black Myth: Wukong sold 20 million copies within 3 months of launch — making it one of the fastest-selling games ever and proving Chinese AAA development had arrived. Developed by Beijing-based Game Science and released August 2024, this Unreal Engine 5 action-RPG retells Wu Cheng'en's 16th-century novel Journey to the West through the eyes of "The Destined One," a yaoguai successor to Sun Wukong the Monkey King. This quiz covers the studio, the source material, the combat systems, the cultural moment, and the records it broke.
Each round presents 10 randomized questions from a pool of 50, with four multiple-choice options and instant feedback after every answer. Your final score comes with a performance tier and shareable results.
You'll dig into the Journey to the West source material that inspired the game, Game Science's path from a small Tencent-funded studio to a global breakout, the Unreal Engine 5 tech (Nanite, Lumen) that brought real Chinese temples and Zhangjiajie cliffs to life, the 72 Transformations combat system with its three stances and shape-shifting spells, the Chinese tourism boom set off by filming locations, and the game's Players Voice win at The Game Awards 2024.
Black Myth: Wukong was developed by Game Science, a Chinese studio founded in 2014 and led by game director Feng Ji ("Yocar"). The studio is partly funded by Tencent (~5%) and Hero Entertainment, and the game is widely celebrated as China's first true AAA single-player title.
Journey to the West (Xī Yóu Jì) is a 16th-century Chinese novel attributed to Wu Cheng'en, considered one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. It follows the monk Tang Sanzang and his disciples — including the Monkey King Sun Wukong — on a pilgrimage to retrieve Buddhist scriptures from India.
Black Myth: Wukong sold 10 million copies within 3 days of its August 2024 launch and reached 20 million by November 2024 — making it the fastest-selling Chinese-developed game ever. It also peaked at around 2.4 million concurrent Steam players, the second-highest single-player figure in Steam history at the time.
Last updated: May 2026