Palworld Sales Surpasses Five Million Copies, Becomes One of the Most Played Games on Steam

Abdul Saad

Despite some accusations, Palworld has been an immense success over just a few days since its release. Not only did the monster collecting survival game surpass four million sales in the first three days, now developer Pocketpair has announced that the game has now sold over five million copies in the same time span. Additionally, the game also recently surpassed 1.5 million peak concurrent players on Steam making it the third highest concurrently played game of all time on the platform. The title beats out games like Dota 2 which has a total of 1,295,114 all-time peak concurrent players. Palworld launched for early access on January 19 for Xbox Series X/S and PC. It sold over a million copies in its first 8 hours of release.

[3rd highest all-time peak in Steam history! ]

Steam users currently playing #Palworld has exceeded 1.5 million!

Thank you so much for making us the 3rd highest concurrently played game on Steam ever!

We are working hard to make the game as enjoyable as possible.

Thank you! pic.twitter.com/bPsFtAFuM1

— Palworld (@Palworld_EN) January 22, 2024

The game’s details via the developer:

Palworld is a game about living a slow life with mysterious creatures “Pal” or throwing yourself into life-and-death battles with poachers.

You can make Pals fight, breed, help with farming, or work in factories. You can also sell them off or even slaughter them to eat! That however, is forbidden by law.

Key Features

Survival – This world is full of dangers such as food shortages, harsh weather, and illegal poachers. You must be prepared to do anything if you want to survive. You may even need to consume Pals sometimes…
Riding and exploration – Fly, swim, dig holes… you can explore all kinds of places on lands, the sea, and in the sky by riding Pals.
Building – Do you want to build a pyramid? You can have a large number of Pals work on the construction. Don’t worry; labor laws won’t be applied to Pals.
Life – Make your life more comfortable by collecting a variety of valuable Pals to light fires, generate power, and mine minerals.
Farming – Different Pals are good at different things such as sowing, watering, harvesting, or else. Create attractive farms and orchards with your Pals. There are also Pals that can duplicate themselves when they’re planted.
Factory and Automation – It is essential for automation to let Pals do the manual work. Build a factory and place Pals in it. They will work forever as long as they’re fed until the end of their lifetime.
Dungeon Exploration – With Pals, you’ll be safe in dangerous areas. If you are in danger, you use Pals to cover your escape! They’ll give their lives to protect you.
Breeding and Heredity – When you breed Pals, they inherit the parents’ characteristics. Mix rare species Pals to raise the strongest Pals!
Poaching and Crime – Endangered species Pals live in the hunting prohibited area. If you sneak in and catch them, you’ll get tons of money! It’s only illegal if you get caught.
Multiplayer – This game supports multiplayer. Invite your friends to go on an adventure together. Of course, you can battle and trade with other players!