Palworld Is Already Off to a Huge Start on Steam

Palworld has launched big on Steam, where it’s already one of the most-played games.

At the time of this article’s publication, Palworld, which has been described as "Pokémon With Guns”, was just shy of 200,000 concurrent players on Valve’s platform, making it the fourth most-played game on Steam behind only PUBG, Dota 2, and Counter-Strike 2. Palworld is also the top-selling game on Steam by revenue, outperforming the likes of Warframe, Baldur's Gate 3, and FC 24.

Palworld’s popularity on Steam will no doubt increase throughout the day and into launch weekend, when it may well break concurrent records. Palworld has also launched straight into Game Pass, which will increase player figures further.

Ahead of Palworld’s launch, developer Pocketpair insisted it definitely is not a scam. The assurance came in the wake of games like the disastrous The Day Before, which has fuelled distrust between players and early access developers on Steam.

Pocketpair celebrated today’s launch with a new blog post:

“Palworld started with a small team of four people. With Craftopia, we realized the potential that survival crafting games had, but as we continued development, we realized new possibilities.

“How much fun would it be if you went on an adventure, lived, and built a base with Pals, who had their own quirks and personalities?

“With this in mind, we have worked hard to develop this game for the past three years.

“Developers who sympathized with Palworld gathered one after another, and the scale of the game grew far beyond what we ever imagined.

“Palworld starts from here.”

Pocketpair said it will continue to add new features to Palworld, including PvP/Arena, “major” building system updates, a raid boss to fight that guild members must gather and cooperate to defeat, and trading Pals with players in other worlds.

“We are confident that if we continue to update Palworld properly, it will become the best game ever,” Pocketpair said, rather confidently.

“We will continue to do our best to update the game in order to bring it one step closer to becoming a great game.

“We look forward to your continued support!!!”

Check out IGN’s Palworld Early Access Review in Progress to find out what we think.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.