Game Science unveils the next Black Myth game, 'Black Myth: Zhong Kui'

Gamescom 2025 Opening Night Live has officially wrapped up, and to close out the show, Game Science has revealed the next Black Myth game.

For those who don't know, Game Science is the developer behind the critically acclaimed Black Myth: Wukong game that took the world by storm when it released in 2024. Wukong quickly became a massive success, with the title reaching a staggering 2.4 million all-time peak concurrent player count on Steam. Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology, and is based on the classic tale "Journey to the West," one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.

The new Black Myth game isn't straying too far away from the roots of Wukong, as the teaser trailer that debuted at Gamescom 2025 showcased the new title "Black Myth: Zhong Kui," which is based on the famed Chinese folk figure "Zhong Kui". For those who don't know, Zhong Kui is regarded as a vanquisher of ghosts and evil beings. Game Science writes in the YouTube video description for the trailer that Black Myth: Zhong Kui is currently in early development, and no in-game footage is available at this time.

No ghosts walked the earth till born of human heart;

Onstage and off, immortals fall to fiends-their perfected art.

Indoors and out, the judge is bound by the same household ties;

The sun is veiled, the moon unmoved-who decrees who lives and who dies?

I turn from worldly tangles and their codes, from glories smeared with sleight.

I raise my sword-I raise it to fight;

With it, I shall judge wrong and right!

- Game Science