Last month, Black Myth: Wukong made an impressive debut on PC and PS5, swiftly becoming one of the top-played games on Steam. The action-RPG has achieved remarkable sales, reaching over 10 million copies within just three days of its release. The game’s popularity shows no signs of waning, with new players continuously joining the ranks. Although developer Game Science has yet to outline its future plans for the title, a source within the gaming industry hinted over the weekend that an expansion is on the horizon for next year.
Upcoming DLC for Black Myth: Wukong
The insight was provided by Daniel Camilo, a journalist and games industry analyst based in Shenzhen. In a post on X this past Sunday, Camilo, referencing “very reliable first-hand sources,” indicated that the DLC for Black Myth: Wukong is expected to launch around the Chinese New Year in 2025, which falls on January 29.
However, Camilo did note that the plans may evolve over time. “While teams have internal plans and roadmaps, nothing is hardly ever set in stone when it comes to release dates in gaming,” he remarked.
DLC for Black Myth Wukong will come out somewhere near the Chinese New Year, 2025.
That is, right at the end of January, or very soon after.
This is according to very reliable first hand sources I heard from.
— Daniel Camilo (@DanielOlimac) September 14, 2024
Camilo further disclosed that sales of the game have approached 20 million copies, with over 70% of these originating from China. However, he suggested that the upcoming DLC might not enjoy the same phenomenal success as the base game, citing its challenging nature which may deter casual gamers who jumped in during launch. “For many of those consumers, DLC simply won’t be an interesting proposition,” he stated in his X thread.
While Game Science has not publicly confirmed plans for an expansion, the game’s significant success indicates that the developer is likely considering future DLCs. Hero Games, an investor in Game Science, recently told Bloomberg that the team is indeed working on an expansion for Wukong, offering “a chance to monetize the game a second time.” Although this hints at a paid expansion, specific details regarding its content and scope remain unspecified.
Black Myth: Wukong holds the distinction of being the second most played game in the history of Steam, boasting an all-time peak of 2,415,714 concurrent players—second only to PUBG: Battlegrounds. At the time of writing, over 468,000 players are actively engaged with the game on Valve’s platform.
Since its release on August 20, Black Myth: Wukong, inspired by the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, has quickly garnered attention, confirming that Game Science’s first triple-A title sold over 10 million copies within the first few days.
