Black Myth: Wukong
- PC
- PS5
Top-tier art and boss staging, with level design a generation behind.
82
FairBuy
Tested score / 100
Buy below: Under $24.99
What we tested in Black Myth: Wukong
- PerformanceMixed
Full ray tracing on UE5 is brutally expensive, and turning it off costs a visible amount of image quality.
- StabilityGood
Crash rate is down to an acceptable range after patches.
- MonetizationGood
Buy-to-play.
- DRMMixed
The Steam build ships with Denuvo, so switching machines offline needs attention to activation limits.
- ControllerGood
Native support with detailed rumble.
- HandheldPoor
Frame rate sits below 30 on Steam Deck. Not recommended.
- ValueMixed
A 30-hour main story at full price is a stretch.
Is Black Myth: Wukong worth it?
Worth it
- Boss encounters come at a relentless pace
- The art direction never cuts corners
- Combat has real weight
The cost
- Levels are almost a straight line
- Late bosses lean on inflated stats
- Denuvo affects load times
How we scored Black Myth: Wukong
The score is weighted from re-runnable dimensions, with the evidence recorded row by row above. Games we have not tested get no score and show "Not tested". Thresholds and weights live in src/lib/; the content layer holds facts only.
Full method in Methodology.
