Black Myth: Wukong's Staggering Number Of Copies Sold Puts Even Elden Ring To Shame

quickly became one of the most popular games of the year, and that is further proven by 20 million sales within the past 30 days. Based on Chinese mythology, the game combines an original premise steeped in culture with challenging yet rewarding combat. Though the game's release was marred by a few bugs, that didn't stop it from making some record-breaking sales.

Within its first month,the action RPG sold 20 million units — with half of those coming within its first three days after launch, per . This makes it one of the fastest-selling games to date, even outselling the 2022 Game of the Year in its release month. For comparison, a report from notes thatsold 13.4 million units in its first month — and while that's still an impressive number, it still comes in significantly lower than that of

Though may have come close to outselling within days of its release,that doesn't necessarily mean that players should expect to see the title take home prizes come this awards season. Let's take for example, as the open-world game set in the fictional wizarding world long before the events of the franchise sold similar numbers, according to When it came to award season, though, it only managed to take home four of the 13 awards it was nominated for.

Black Myth: Wukong's second major patch cleans up a number of remaining issues with the game, and one change to a boss might come as a major relief.

was also plagued by some pretty serious bugs at launch, with many reviews noting that the game would glitch out just before a big victory was scored, or audio cutting during an important cutscene. Though the game has since made significant headway from its underwhelming launch, it was a serious setback for the developer.

Praised for its overtly challenging gameplay, storyline, and stunning graphics, one of the few complaints levied against the release was its performance at launch, which wasn't enough to dampen fans' excitement for the game — or its sales numbers. Even though