Less than two weeks afterPalworldwas released to Early Access and it’s become one of the biggest-selling games of this generation. Actually, it’s pretty much close to being the most-played game that’s ever been released on Steam.
That’s according to data fromSteamDB. When arranged by “All-Time Peak” figures, we can see thatPalworldis at the number two spot with 2,101,867 concurrent players. The only game that’s ahead of it isPUBG: Battlegrounds, which had a staggering 3,257,248 players about six years ago.
[Patch Notice]Xbox and Microsoft Store PC version v0.1.1.2 update has been released.Fixed some issues which negatively affected game stability.We will continue to place top priority on fixing major issues.Thank you for your continued support of Palworld.
In order forPalworldto knock it off its top spot, it needs well over another million concurrent players. As popular as the game is right now, even that’s something of a tall order. But you never know.
Could come crashing down
The fact thatPalworldhas been unofficially dubbed “Pokémonwith guns” has not gone unnoticed. The Pokémon Company itself has said it intends to investigate Pocket Pair’s hit release forsigns of copyright infringement. I mean, the statement didn’t say which game in particular, but it’s pretty clear what was being talked about.
On top of that,Palworldcontinues to get updated, with a recent patch having been sent out within the last hour or so. The game is still in development so a lot of people are encountering some pretty severe bugs.
I myself have pretty much stopped playing it as it’s shut down my Xbox on more than one occasion. That and I can’t really decide whetherPalworldis for me. My never having played aPokémongame in my life could well be contributing to my general apathy towards it. There. That’s a thing you know about me now.
