Pocketpair is seeing success with Palworld that few other games in early access (or any release) have ever put up in their first days. The game crossed five million units of sales in the three days since its launch and it currently has one of the highest concurrent player counts ever recorded on Steam. Safe to say, Palworld is a breakout hit, even as an early access game.
Pocketpair shared the latest details on Palworlds’ ongoing success in a several tweets on the game’s Twitter this week. According to one of the latest, Palworld has sold over five million copies in just three days. The game launched in Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview on January 19, 2024. The game had already crossed its first million last week in less than a day and over two days, it hit the three-million-unit mark.
Source: SteamDB
That’s not all the accolades that Palworld has achieved in its early days. Pocketpair also shared that the game has climbed to #3 on the list of the highest concurrent player counts in a game on Steam ever. Indeed, it can be confirmed on SteamDB. As of this writing, Palworld reached 1,582,482 as its current all-time high, trailing only behind Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and PLAYERUNKNOWN’S Battlegrounds.
Palworld’s success has been simply astounding, though it also seems that many are legitimately enjoying its pokemon-like sandbox gameplay. Being able to explore, catch pals, and put them on all sorts of tasks like logging, farming, transportation, gathering, and more, alongside being able to arm them with firearms and dispatch your foes, seems to make for a good gameplay loop. It hasn’t come without issue either as many on the internet have been arguing all weekend over whether and how much Palworld might take from other games.
Regardless, its success is real and it seems like the game is here to stay in prominent view for the time being. Stay tuned as we continue to watch for further updates and news and check out our other Palworld coverage for guides and further content.
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replyTJ Denzer posted a new article, Palworld reaches 5 million units sold over its first weekend
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I regret the last 3-4. I didn't get the last 1-2 or however many since. I was in the loop of "maybe this time!"
The remake though on Switch was actually good and frankly because it was already a working formula haha.
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They should download the pokemon mod before Nintendo shuts it down then lol
https://x.com/Dexerto/status/1749405397046231109?s=20
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Absurd numbers for a half baked game that doesn't even have the same version on Gamepass as it does on Steam.
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Yes. Just like their last game that was abandoned.
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I'm sure it is. I'm waiting for Game pass to get the good version of the game to try it.
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Why not? Seems to be waiting MS certification
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That's pretty typical for early access games that release on both XBox/Windows Store and Steam. Microsoft requires patches for EA games to go through the same certification as full release games, which slows down the release cadence. It sucks, but it's Microsoft's fault, not the developers'.
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Those are not the same assets though...there are clear differences in more than just proportion. Unless I'm just seeing things?
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Steam version is updated.
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SD, it works but only on low.
Rog Ally with FSR 3 or Frame generation, you can turn things up and it runs really well, like 75-90 fps.
I also play on the old via moonlight for the oled on the deck. But man the Ally experience is super smoooth.
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