Palworldis looking like it’s going to be a huge hit, as it’s only been out for a few hours and has somehow managed to gather over 200,000 concurrent players onSteam, which isn’t even counting all of theXbox Game Passplayers.
When Palworld was first revealed several years ago, it seemed like a funnyPokemonparody that would probably never make it to release considering how close it was to Nintendo’s own IP and how blatant it was at ripping it off. Against the odds, however, Palworld has somehow actually launched earlier today, and it seems that the long wait has attracted a lot of players.
Palworld officially launched on Steam around four hours ago as of the time of writing, and it’s already managed to hit 230,000 concurrent players,a number that is rising every single time I reload SteamDB. It’s not too surprising considering how long the project has been in development and what it’s trying to emulate, but it’s still a big success in just a few hours.
Xbox usually doesn’t share specific player numbers for Xbox Game Pass games, so we’re not likely to find out just how many people are playing through that any time soon, but considering the Steam numbers are just rising and rising right now, there’s no doubt that Palworld has kicked off in an incredibly strong way.
Xbox does occasionally share player numbers when they hit a certain milestone like it did after Starfield’s launch, but considering Palworld isn’t owned by Xbox, it seems unlikely it’ll do so.
It’s not just the player count for Palworld that’s surprisingly great, either,as the reviews on Steam are looking very positive as well. Literally, as it’s currently sitting with the “Very Positive” rating on Steam with more than 800 reviews. Those reviews are based off of less than four hours playtime with the game, but that doesn’t stop some players from saying that it “came out in a better state than pokemon scarlet/violet”.
