Presumably not ready to leave Attack on Titan behind after its anime finale, one Palworld player has recreated the series' iconic central city on a massive scale, purportedly without the use of any mods to make things easier.
30.01.2024 - 10:13 / pcgamesinsider.biz
Smash hit Early Access title Palworld was the biggest-selling title on Steam for the second week in a row.
The game made its debut on January 19th and sold more than eight million copies in its first six days on sale. Palworld has become somewhat surrounded by controversy, with some believing it to have drawn some considerable inspiration from the Pokémon series.
Second place went to another Early Access title, Enshrouded from Keen Games, which made its debut on Steam on January 24th. Tekken 8 started life in third place following its January 25th release. The fighting game launched to critical acclaim.
Valve has entries in fifth and sixth places this week; Counter-Strike 2 dropped down one place to fourth, while the company's Steam Deck hardware fell from second to fifth week-on-week.
Yazuka title Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, made its debut in sixth place. This comes in the wake of Sega bringing the franchise to Steam to huge critical and commercial acclaim. EA Sports FC 24 dropped down two places to seventh, charting ahead of PUBG: Battlegrounds, which fell four rungs down the latter to No.8.
Apex Legends and Call of Duty both round off the charts in ninth and tenth places respectively.
Here is the Steam Top Ten for the week ending January 30th:
1. Palworld, Pocketpair
2. Enshrouded, Keen Games
3. Tekken 8, Bandai Namco
4. Counter-Strike 2, Valve
5. Steam Deck, Valve
6. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Sega
7. EA Sports FC 24, EA
8. PUBG: Battlegrounds, Krafton
9. Apex Legends, EA
10. Call of Duty, Activision
Presumably not ready to leave Attack on Titan behind after its anime finale, one Palworld player has recreated the series' iconic central city on a massive scale, purportedly without the use of any mods to make things easier.
Reviving Pals in is a necessary step in case you want to continue using your captured companions. Despite the constant comparisons between the game and the franchise, this is a survival title and, unlike Nintendo’s classic series, there is no specific item that automatically restores a fallen creature’s HP and has them ready on the go. You will have to follow a very thorough and somewhat unexplained set of steps to revive your Pals.
With having as large of a map as it does, it is important to know what mounts are fastest for travel. Other ways of moving across the map besides mounts would be by foot, grappling gun, and gliding, but each has drawbacks or niche situations where mounts are the better option. Players running and gliding lose stamina too fast to be efficient, whereas the grappling gun is best for climbing peaks too steep to walk up.
Electric Organs are an essential material in for crafting and supplying electricity to your base. Unfortunately, these items can be a hassle to obtain early-game because they require players to search for Electric Pals to hunt. You can either capture or defeat targets to obtain Electric Organs. This is especially great for those who do not want to eliminate a bunch of cute Electric Pals in the process. There is one other method to obtain Electric Organs, but this comes at a price.
Palworld has passed another impressive milestone, with more than two million concurrent players on Steam recorded.
Breeding is an important feature of , allowing you to hatch new team members from eggs produced by other creatures. The crossing of types in breeding allows for unique Pals to be created, but it can be challenging to set up this process without the right equipment. You'll need to reach a minimum level in the game if you want to engage with this system.
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From the beginning of the game, Technology Points in are used for basic survival needs in its monster-hunter survival arc. They are a source of progression alongside your level, which helps with certain buildings and catching materials. Depending on the time and place of the game, these Technology Points can be very useful. Regardless, obtaining them quickly is very important to get stronger.
Making progress in can be engaging, but it's not possible to advance characters or Pals forever, as a level cap will eventually be reached after enough play. Since takes obvious inspiration from both and survival crafting games like and, the inclusion of a finite leveling system isn't especially surprising. There's a big difference between a level cap of 25 and 250, however, so it can be useful to know which end of the spectrum ultimately falls closer to, in order to have a good understanding of progression.
Breeding strong Pals is an essential part of being a great Pal Tamer in the new game . Once your base is built and the basic survival accommodations are made, thinking about what will help you next can lead to breeding Pals. Tamers can breed for different elemental types, helpful traits, or even new Pals completely to discover different species. With a little care, cake, and connection, your Pals will be «popping out eggs» in no time.
Palworld has eclipsed two million concurrent players on Steam, becoming only the second-ever game on Valve's platform to do so.