Palworld Sales Show No Signs of Slowing Down

The Palworld craze is showing no signs of slowing down, with the game just blowing past 5 million sales. This turn of events serves as yet another illustration of Palworld's exceptionally successful launch.

Made by Tokyo-based PocketPair, Palworld has reached early access on January 19, debuting on both PC and the last two generations of Microsoft's consoles, in addition to Xbox Game Pass. To say that its release went by swimmingly would be an understatement, as the game took only eight hours to surpass 1 million sales.

Palworld managed to quintuple its total sales tally over the following two and a half days, with PocketPair just confirming as much. Taking to Twitter, the Japanese studio thanked the fans for their ongoing support, on top of expressing its gratitude for the massive influx of fan art and gameplay footage that's currently swarming social media and thus contributing to the overall buzz surrounding the hit game.

The developer also used its latest sales update as an opportunity to encourage fans to leave a review if they have been enjoying Palworld in orther to further boost its discoverability. Many players have already done just that, as evidenced by the fact that the game boasts «Very Positive» reviews on Steam as of January 22, based on over 41,000 user ratings. Yet many more could still do so, as Palworld's current concurrent Steam player count is north of 1.5 million.

Date

Time Since Release

Sales

January 19

8 hours

1 million

January 20

24 hours

2 million

January 20

40 hours

3 million

January 21

60 hours

4 million

January 22

72 hours

5 million

That figure makes PocketPair's latest title the third most-played game in the history of Valve's platform, only behind Counter-Strike 2 and PUBG: Battlegrounds, whose all-time player peaks sit at 1.8 million and 3.2 million, respectively. Its massive popularity is even more impressive in the context of paid-only Steam games, a category that Palworld is now leading by some distance. Time will tell how long Palworld keeps leading