Palworld was an immediate success, topping Steam’s ranking of the most popular games and trailing only one other paid game in terms of player count.
Who would have thought that if you added some guns and survival elements to a Pokémon-like creature collecting game, you’d end up with a hit game? In fact, probably a lot of people, although the speed at which Palworld has achieved success is still a bit surprising.Over the weekend, Palworld sold 3 million copies in 40 hours, but that was already wrong as the official Palworld Twitter has now shared its sales Five million copies sold in three days. It turns out that this popularity has also attracted a large number of players on Steam, with Palworld now the second most paid game of all time – the only paid game higher than it is PUBG: Battlegrounds (via SteamDB).
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It needs to be clarified that although “PUBG” is now a free game, it hit a historical peak of 3,257,248 people online at the same time when it was a paid game, which is why it still ranks first in the number of simultaneous online games. Palworld lags far behind that number, with its all-time high concurrent player count of 1,291,967, but when you consider that it beats big games like Cyberpunk 2077, Elden Ring, and Baldur’s Gate 3 , it’s still an impressive feat. If you include free games, in terms of games played, the only games ahead of it are Dota 2, Lost Ark, and Counter-Strike 2, so Palworld is doing pretty well indeed.
While it may be very well done, beyond the superficial “it looks like a Pokemon with a gun” comment, there are also accusations of plagiarism. Various comparisons were made There are differences between some of Palworld’s creature designs and Pokemon’s designs, and there’s definitely a few of them that might raise some eyebrows. Of course, it’s impossible to prove this without any form of direct confirmation, but it has put off some people from playing the game.
Palworld is out now and can be played on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S, or you can play through Game Pass.
