Early development · verified 26 Aug 2026

Black Myth:
Zhong Kui

An independent English guide to the next myth in Game Science’s Black Myth series.

Not an official website. Facts are linked to their source; unknowns stay unknown.

StudioGame Science
FormatSingle-player ARPG
Public statusEarly development
Release dateNot announced

THE FIRST SIGNALS

Read the project
at its current edge.

The public record is small but clear: a new title, an early build, and a studio asking players to wait for the details that are not ready yet.

15 minutes of gameplay, and a first look at Zhong Kui in combat.

The official trailer shows the protagonist moving through a shadowed architectural landscape. The project description calls the game the second Black Myth title and warns that the final release may change.

Read the evidence notes

A STORY IN PROGRESS

“New hero.
New story.
New rules.”

Game Science describes Zhong Kui as the second title in the Black Myth series. The current public material gives us a direction, not a finished synopsis.

Open story notes

FOLLOW THE THREAD

Three doors into
the same mystery.

SOURCE DISCIPLINE

A guide is only
as useful as its footnotes.

Every release note will link back to the official project page, the official channel, or a clearly named cultural institution. When a source is weak, the page will say so.

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