Palworld Has Huge Weekend, Sells 5 Million and Overtakes Cyberpunk 2077 in Steam’s Most-Played Games List

Today, CD Projekt RED announced a series of high-profile hires for the development team working on the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel codenamed Project Orion.

There are plenty of stats to keep track of in but one that can be especially crucial to getting the best performance in combat is shockingly easy to miss out on. Although it's easy to progress through battles and build up a base without optimizing everything, there's no reason to waste something that can help every Pal in combat. If the game never mentions it to begin with, however, it comes as no surprise that it can be especially easy to make such a fundamental mistake.

A glitch has been found in Palworld that stops a player’s Pal from attacking enemies during battle. Owing to gamers catching and battling monsters, Palworld has drawn comparisons with Nintendo’s Pokemon franchise since it debuted in early access on January 19.

Not even ten days after its release, a dedicated Palworld player has taken it upon themselves to create a Palpedia that could rival the Pokedex. 

Ladies and gentlemen, we’ll admit that we’re having a hard time remembering the last time a video game caused a serious “issue” within both the gaming community and the general public. Yes, in 2023, there were PLENTY of games that caused issues with gamers for things like “quality” and such, but those weren’t issues to those who didn’t play the game. However, with 2024 and the arrival of Palworld, things are getting a bit more…interesting. You no doubt heard about the “copyright infringement” issue that many have been citing. But now, many people have been calling out to PETA for what the game does with its “Pals,” and they indeed responded to those “cries for help.”

Here's your daily Palworld sales update: the open world survival crafting game with monster collection mechanics has now surpassed eight million units sold on Steam alone in less than a week from the early access launch. It also broke the two million concurrent players milestone on Valve's platform, a feat that was only ever managed by PUBG: Battlegrounds back when the Battle Royale game was at its height. There's still over a million difference between the two, but it would not be wise to discount Palworld at this point.

The dream continues for independent Japanese developer Pocketpair as Palworld has now sold over seven million units in just five days since its early access launch. The open world survival crafting game with monster collection mechanics had sold one million in eight hours, two in twenty-four, three in forty, five million in three days, and six in four days. What's even more impressive is that, according to Geoff Keighley, these sales are for the Steam version alone. They do not account for sales on the Microsoft Store via PC/Xbox, nor do they account for Game Pass player numbers.

Palworld has had a pretty significant player base since its launch into Early Access on January 19, already hitting over 7 million purchases. But, alongside its ever-growing purchase figures, the concurrent players of Palworld is representative of just how popular this critter-collecting survival game has become. 

Pocket Pair's megahit survival title Palworld has overtaken Counter-Strike 2 as the game on Steam with the second-most concurrent players of all time. Palworld quickly became one of the most successful Steam games ever upon its release, and the hype isn't going anywhere as it continues to smash record upon record.

One Palworld explorer has found a location in the game that is rich with valuable resources — specifically ore and coal nodes. Palworld combines the monster-catching and survival genres, which encourages base-building, and as such, resources are a valuable asset for players to gather.

Palworld’s astonishing launch success has grown further: it’s now the second most-popular game ever on Steam.

, the new survival game released by Pocketpair, has exploded in popularity upon its release, reaching over one million concurrent players on the Steam PC version alone. Though described often as "," the title is much more similar to other survival and farming games like or than the former pocket-monster collecting title. That said, there is no lack of interesting creatures or items that one can craft or find in the game, with one such item being especially brutal.