One of the games that has generated the most topics of conversation so far this year has been Palworld. It is not for less considering that Pocketpair’s last great work It has been a huge success. Although the title has been talked about for a few years due to its immense resemblance to Pokémon, which has generated a research process by The Pokémon Company, throughout this month it has not stopped leaving us dozens of very interesting anecdotes. curious
Whether because it is similar to the Nintendo saga in many aspects, due to its mechanics or its price, the truth is that in less than a month there are close to 20 million players (the latest official figure that has been provided) who have I wanted to give it a chance its version for Steam and on Xbox consoles. And that is not even its definitive version, since it is only available in early access form.
Palworld It has been so acclaimed that on January 27 it reached a peak of 2,101,867 users hunting Pals, building bases and living all kinds of adventures only in its Steam version. Since then, the figure has been decreasing little by little until it plummeted a lot, since In just two weeks it has lost more than a million and a half players.
If we look only at this last data it may seem worrying, especially considering that there is a downward trend in the numbers. However, you have to look at the whole situation in depth to understand if it really is something that should make Pocketpair sweat or not.
The impressive figures that Palworld continues to obtain
The previously mentioned peak of 2.1 million players is no nonsense. If we consider data provided by SteamDBthis has helped him become the second video game that has managed to gather the most players simultaneously in the entire history of Steam, which is already an amazing record that has only been surpassed by PUBG: Battlegrounds with its 3.2 million users.
On the other hand, in third position we have CS:GO 2, which despite its popularity has reached a maximum of 1.8 million, something that is not bad either. From there the difference starts to get bigger with Lost Ark with 1.3 million, DOTA 2 with 1.2 million and Cyberpunk 2077 also exceeding one million.
On the other hand, focusing on the numbers of the last 24 hours, at the time of writing these lines there are 327,527 connected users, while the highest peak achieved today was 512,859 players, very far from what was seen two weeks ago. However, in the general Steam ranking we see that today it has only been surpassed by CS:GO 2 with more than a million users and DOTA 2 with 600,000 cases.
Therefore, Palworld remains the third most played video game on Steam at this moment and in the last 24 hours. Not even other highly demanded Battle Royales, such as Apex Legends or PUBGwhose fan base is more than established, are capable of reaching their numbers, so we cannot speak of the decline in players that has occurred being a true catastrophe.
What will happen with Palworld in the coming months
Beyond everything indicated so far, another very important point to keep in mind is that Palworld It is only available in its early access version and the numbers being discussed correspond only to the Steam version. Therefore, it is very likely that the number would be even higher if the numbers of those who connect from Xbox One or Xbox Series X/S were released.
It is also understandable that the number of users has decreased, since many will have left after giving it a try due to the novelty or to see for themselves what its success was due to. That initial bombshell doesn’t last forever with any video gameso there will be those who want to wait for the game to receive more news through updates, those who prefer to play its final version or even those who are not convinced by what they have seen and do not want to return.
Anything is possible, but at least Pocketpair is taking improving their content very seriously. In the roadmap he established at the end of January, he revealed that among his plans for the coming months is the addition of a PvP mode, battle arenas, final bosses to defeat with multiple players, new islands, more Pals, new functions and enabling the cross-play function between all platforms.
To all this we must add the immense amount of money that the Japanese studio has spent on strengthening the servers so that players have no problems enjoying the experience. In short, Palworld has a lot of rope left for a while and its creators do not plan to leave it in the lurch just like that. Perhaps the numbers will continue to decline in the coming days, but we will have to wait for the arrival of news or its final version to check if this situation has really been a disaster or just a temporary blip.
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