php – orderby meta_value_num will not be working, giving default order

I’m attempting to order my posts by a meta worth in order that I can present the most well-liked posts. However it’s returning the most recent posts as a substitute.

//WordPress loop for the customized publish sort
        $popular_args = array(
            'post_type'         => 'video games',
            'posts_per_page'    => 6,
            'suppress_filters'  => true, //Simply in case one thing else is interfaring.
            'orderby'           => 'meta_value_num',
            'meta_key'          => 'view_54ygtt',
            'order'             => 'DESC',
            'meta_query' => array(
                array(
                      'sort' => 'NUMERIC'
                )
            ),
        );
        $popular_query = new WP_Query($popular_args);
        whereas ($popular_query->have_posts()) : $popular_query->the_post();

            //Get the template
            echo get_the_title() .' - '. get_post_meta($post->ID, 'view_54ygtt', true) .'<br>';
    
        endwhile; 
        wp_reset_query(); ?>

Consequence:

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It ought to be:

Pattern Submit 4 – 88999

Pattern Submit 3 – 77354

Pattern Submit 5 – 25719

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