SUMMARY
- Pocket Pair's Palworld is proving to be a massive hit in the gaming community.
- Palworld recorded a high number of concurrent players and the most copies sold in 24 hours of release.
Pocket Pair’s recently released Palworld is proving to be a massive hit. It has officially claimed the crown of being 2024’s first mega-hit, both in terms of concurrent players and the copies sold.
Palworld also referred to as Pokemon with guns, has managed to register several recorded numbers in merely hours after release. The multi-player game allows players to fight battles with cute Pokemon-like creatures Pals for base construction, exploration, and warfare. Players can fight and capture them in this open-world setting.
Palworld records most concurrent players
In less than 24 hours of launch, Palworld has rocketed past 200,000 concurrent players on Steam. Notably, Palworld opened for early access on January 18, 2024. The developers also announced the news on their social media. The post stated that Palworld has become the most concurrently played Japanese game on Steam in history.
Palworld has become the most concurrently played Japanese game ever on Steam!
Thank you to everyone playing for your support! ! pic.twitter.com/XIenAzCNql
— Palworld (@Palworld_EN) January 21, 2024
According to the SteamDB data, ust below, Palworld crashed past 100,000 concurrent players almost as soon as it launched in early access. Later the SteamDB website highlighted how the game has more than double the initial concurrent figure. Consequently, the game has touched a peak of 224,607 concurrent players in the last 24 hours.
The developers recently announced that with 1 million concurrent users, the game became the second-highest game with concurrent players in the history of paid games on Steam.
Needless to say, it has turned out to be a fantastic launch for a controversial game like Palworld. Clearly, the eyeballs that the game has garnered for its unusual concept of ‘Pokemon with guns.’
The number of players turning up to play this game has led to the developers Pocket Pairs being forced to call for an emergency meeting with Epic Games. Due to the massive numbers, the servers faced massive pressure due to which the developers had to rush out a backend update.
Hello everyone,
Regarding the connection issues when trying to host co-op:
The number of players exceeded 700,000 concurrent players, and a problem occurred in the Epic Games backend.We had an emergency meeting with the Epic Games team and had them add an update to the Epic…
— Palworld (@Palworld_EN) January 20, 2024
The developer announced, “We have confirmed that this has resolved the connectivity errors and issues when hosting co-op games on Xbox and PC. You should notice an improvement in connectivity and the errors should start to disappear shortly. Thank you for your continued support of Palworld.”
It must be noted that these figures just reflect its success on Steam. The game is also released as a day-one release on Xbox Game Pass, however, those numbers have not been included. This means that Palworld has in fact garnered far more players than the numbers disclosed so far.
Palworld sells recorded copies in 24 hours
After its launch, it was earlier reported that Palworld sold over a million copies in just eight hours. Later reports suggested the game sold over 2 million copies in less than 24 hours. Considering that the game is an Early Access game, it is massive.
#Palworld has sold over 3 million copies in 40 hours since release!
Thank you everyone for playing Palworld!
We are so overwhelmed but also encouraged by this incredible accomplishment!
Please leave a review if you’ve been enjoying your time in Palworld!#Pocketpair pic.twitter.com/NNI0D6a9On
— Palworld (@Palworld_EN) January 21, 2024
But the game did not stop there. The game later hit a peak of over 370,000 players. But it gets even better. Within 40 hours of launch, the game has managed to record over 3 million copies sold.
There is no stopping for Palworld as it continues to put up higher numbers on the charts. Additionally, the numbers are further expected to surge over the weekend.