Summary
- Palworld has achieved significant sales success and a "Very Positive" overall rating on Steam with almost 200,000 reviews counted.
- The game has surpassed other titles on Steam's most-concurrent players charts, reaching the second spot, despite being a paid early access game.
- Despite some technical issues, Palworld's developers have been proactive in communicating with fans and have plans for substantial updates, including PvP, new Pals, new islands, and more.
Not only has Palworld been an incredible sales success, but the game has also managed to secure an impressive "Very Positive" overall rating on Steam with nearly 200,000 reviews counted so far. Palworld has taken the gaming world by storm in a way that very few predicted. The game seemingly came out of nowhere and has enjoyed incredible, near-unprecedented overnight success, rising to the top of sales charts and breaking records.
While it's also available on Xbox, Palworld has been particularly big on Steam. Since its early access launch, Palworld has blazed past other games on Steam's most-concurrent players charts. It's now in second place when it comes to most concurrent players on Steam at one time, with an all-time peak of 2,101,867 players. The only game that's ahead of it is Counter-Strike. What makes this even more astonishing is that Palworld is a paid game, whereas Counter-Strike is free-to-play.
Ridiculous Palworld Trick Lets Players Cheese Boss Fights
A Palworld player shows off a ridiculous trick that can make the boss fights in the game ridiculously easy to win.
Many members of Palworld's Steam fanbase have left reviews for the game, and the vast majority of them are positive. 185,342 Palworld reviews have been written at the time of this writing, leaving the open world survival game with an impressive "Very Positive" overall rating on the platform. Palworld being an early access game, makes its hugely popular reception that much more impressive. This response indicates that the game is fun enough for Steam users to look past the technical problems expected from early access games.
Palworld Has 'Very Positive' Reviews on Steam
There's no denying that Palworld has its fair share of technical issues. Players often have to deal with things like Palworld Pals not attacking, pathing problems, and semi-frequent crashing. However, the Palworld developers have been great when it comes to communicating with fans, releasing a content road map that acknowledged its biggest problems and promised to fix them before adding new features or other content to the game.
When Palworld's technical problems have been ironed out, it's safe to say that fans will welcome new content to the open world survival game with open arms. Future Palworld updates will include PvP, raid bosses, new Pals, new islands, and more. Substantial updates should go a long way in bringing new players into the fold as well as convincing lapsed players to return, though it's unclear if the game will ever be able to top its concurrent player record.
Time will tell if Palworld is able to beat its own record, but there's no denying that the game has been an incredible success. It will be exciting to see how Palworld evolves and if it is able to maintain its popularity in the months ahead.
Palworld
- Released
- January 19, 2024
WHERE TO PLAY
In this game, you can peacefully live alongside mysterious creatures known as Pals or risk your life to drive off a ruthless poaching syndicate. Pals can be used to fight and breed, or they can be made to work on farms or factories. You can even sell them or eat them.
Survival: In a harsh environment where food is scarce and vicious poachers roam, danger waits around every corner. To survive, you must tread carefully and make difficult choices...even if that means eating your own Pals when the time comes.
Mounts & Exploration: Pals can be mounted to traverse the land, sea and sky—allowing you to traverse all kinds of environment as you explore the world.
Collect all kinds of exciting Pals to fight, farm, build, and work for you in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
- ESRB
- T For Teen Due To Violence
- Developer(s)
- Pocket Pair, Inc.
- Publisher(s)
- Pocket Pair, Inc.
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Number of Players
- 1-4 (Co-Op); 32 Players Server Limit
- Platform(s)
- PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X
- Genre(s)
- Open-World, Shooter, Survival
- How Long To Beat
- 36 Hours
- File Size Xbox Series
- 6 GB (February 2024)
