Game Science, the developers behind Black Myth: Wukong, have released a free benchmark tool for the upcoming action RPG on Steam. Players are already diving into it.
What game is this about? Black Myth: Wukong is a new action RPG from the Chinese indie developer Game Science. The game is set to be released on August 20, 2024, for PC and PS5 and is currently the most wished-for game on Steam.
The story of the game is based on the novel “Journey to the West,” which is now over 500 years old. We play as the “Chosen One” – a new character inspired by the Monkey King Sun Wukong.
The final trailer showcases the graphical splendor of Black Myth – Wukong:
Already over 60,000 “players”
According to figures from SteamDB, a peak of 63,389 players simultaneously used the benchmark. The reviews are “extremely positive” at 94 percent (as of 13.08. 2024, 12:50 PM)
The tool is only about 7 GB in size and assesses the performance of your hardware by rendering a game sequence in real-time. You do not need to preorder the game to access it.
What are the system requirements of the game? The graphical splendor of Black Myth: Wukong also reflects in the required hardware:
With DLSS, FSR, or XeSS enabled, the developers recommend an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, AMD Radeon RX 5700XT or INTEL Arc A750 graphics card, and for the processor an Intel Core i7-9700 or AMD Ryzen 5 5500.
The game requires 16 GB of RAM and 130 GB of free hard disk space. While HDDs are supported, a faster SSD is explicitly recommended.
For all further information on the release of Black Myth: Wukong – including which preorder bonuses are included in which edition of the game, to name just one example – you can read in this article: Black Myth: Wukong – Everything about release, gameplay time, platforms, and editions
