Japanese action-adventure survival game Palworld is breaking new records. First announced in 2021, the game was released on January 19, 2024, through Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Preview…
The developer Pocket Pair has already stated on his page in X that Palworld has become No. 1. Dubbing it the most played and top-selling game in the world. And it seems that today this is not an empty phrase!
With the number of concurrent players surpassing 1.3 million across all platforms, Epic's online service is currently experiencing outages due to unusually high load around the world.
Add to this that the number of Steam users playing Palworld has already exceeded 1 million. Thanks to this, Palworld has become history's most concurrently played Japanese game on Steam! Notice, that Palworld has sold over 2 million copies in 24 hours since its release. According to its results on Steam, it left behind even the hits Baldur’s Gate 3, Elden Ring, and Hogwarts Legacy.
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Pokemon with guns?
Palworld is a classic survival game. To survive, we collect branches and stones, set up a workbench, craft bows and axes, organize a vegetable garden, and build a house. In general, nothing new. And in terms of mechanics, Palworld is even inferior to its competitors. It doesn't have the adequate physics of Valheim, the convenient construction of LEGO Fortnite, or the intense exploration of the world of Sons of the Forest.
But the developers should be praised for their convenience. Palworld has a lot of things that make the walkthrough comfortable. As a result, you will have a hard time turning off this game. The only feature of Palworld is the Pokemon they call the Pals. And each of them performs specific tasks. The main goal is also related to the Pals: you must become the greatest trainer and defeat other champions.
So is it worth playing?
Palworld is a cool game that fulfills a long-time dream of gamers: collecting Pokemon and surviving traditionally. If you love it, then download the new product immediately. Otherwise, we have a standard survival game, whose incredible success, to put it mildly, is surprising...
