Palworld's record-breaking launch contends with Baldur's Gate 3, as the survival hit exceeds 815,000 concurrent Steam players
Jan. 20, 2024The early access juggernaut is already in Steam’s top ten highest concurrent player peaks
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Palworldkeeps reaching new heights since its early access launch yesterday (January 19), as it’s now eyeing up Baldur’s Gate 3 massive concurrent player peak.
The survival mega-hit with machinegun-wielding off-brand Pokémon is a sweeping success, as itsold two million copies in a single dayand reached a concurrent player count of200,000 in mere hours. That peak player count has already quadrupled over the past day and now sits at an estimated 815,000, according toSteam Database.
It’s worth noting that those whopping numbers don’t account for Pals logging in on Xbox Series X|S, Game Pass, or theEpic GamesStore - but the game’s darker twist on the monster-taming subgenre is clearly drawing in crowds regardless.
“We can’t control the momentum at all,” developer Pocketpair wrote in its social media announcement, alongside an image that shows Steam’s all-time top ten concurrent player peaks. Palworld has already placed tenth on that very impressive chart, just behind last year’s record-breaking Baldur’s Gate 3, which sits within arms reach at a peak of 875,000 players.
Palworld’s gigantic numbers are sure to climb throughout the weekend, though, since its peak practically jumps up a few thousand every time you refresh the Steam Database estimates.
With so many players lining up totrade human parts on the black marketandcatch all Pals, the servers were obviously strained and buckled multiple times over the last day or so. Pocketpair didannounceon social media that connectivity issues should be resolved when hostingPalworld multiplayergames on Xbox and Steam.
Meanwhile, the developer also had an “emergency meeting with Epic Games” to update the storefront’s backend, so connectivity issues should start to disappear soon if they haven’t already.
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that’s vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he’ll soon forget.
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