PalworldThe game, which looks like “Pokémon but with weapons,” was released on Friday and is already one of the biggest releases of the year.
According to developer Pocketpair, the game sold over a million copies within “approximately” eight hours of its release. Pocket pair shared the impressive sales figure over Xbut added no further explanation as to what those sales figures included. Palworld It launched on both Steam and Xbox Games Pass. Therefore, it is unclear whether this number includes copies of the game that Xbox Game Pass subscribers download as part of the service.
Polygon reached out to a Pocketpair representative and asked the team to clarify what was included in the sales figures. We will update the article as soon as we hear anything.
Regardless of whether the sales number counts Xbox Game Pass downloads or not, Palworld had an absolutely amazing release day. According to Steam Charts, the game has over 340,000 concurrent players on Steam as of Friday afternoon, surpassing other popular titles like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds And Baldur’s Gate 3.
Palworld has been causing a stir for a long time. Essentially, it stood out for the contrast between its cute creatures and brutal conditions – previous trailers showed its adorable monsters fighting with military machinery and creatures toiling in factories. It basically looks like a militarized Pokémon game, but also has additional survival elements.
