{"id":948981,"date":"2025-12-31T19:29:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/black-myth-wukong-prompts-yet-another-steam-record"},"modified":"2025-12-31T19:29:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:29:21","slug":"black-myth-wukong-prompts-yet-another-steam-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/black-myth-wukong-prompts-yet-another-steam-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Myth: Wukong prompts yet another Steam record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/black-myth-wukong-prompts-yet-another-steam-record.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/black-myth-wukong\">Black Myth: Wukong<\/a> has had a hand in breaking yet another new record.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Steam surpassed 37 million concurrent users for the first time in its history. As you can see in the image below, on Sunday 25th August, Valve welcomed a whopping 37,240,223 of us onto its platform.<\/p>\n<p>The main driving force behind this latest record? Yes, Black Myth: Wukong, which itself broke records earlier in the month by becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/black-myth-wukong-already-steams-most-played-single-player-game-of-all-time\">the most popular single-player game by peak concurrent users in Steam history<\/a> and establishing itself as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/black-myth-wukong-continues-to-attract-record-breaking-numbers-of-players\">most-viewed game on Chinese live-streaming platforms<\/a> on its first day of release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/black-myth-wukong-prompts-yet-another-steam-record\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/black-myth-wukong-prompts-yet-another-steam-record\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Myth: Wukong has had a hand in breaking yet another new record. Over the weekend, Steam surpassed 37 million concurrent users for the first time in its history. As you can see in the image below, on Sunday 25th August, Valve welcomed a whopping 37,240,223 of us onto its platform. The main driving force behind this latest record? Yes, Black Myth: Wukong, which itself broke records earlier in the month by becoming the most popular single-player game by peak concurrent users in Steam history and establishing itself as the most-viewed game on Chinese live-streaming platforms on its first day of release. 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