Palworld becomes Steam’s best-selling game with over 500k concurrent users

Not only does Palworld have massive viewership numbers on Twitch, but “Pokemon with guns” continues to impress players by hitting over 500k concurrent users just a few hours after release.

Palworld — or as people commonly refer to “Pokemon with guns” —has been stealing the spotlight as of late, garnering a whopping 723k total hours of watch time on Twitch in its first day alone.

In fact, at the time of writing, it is now sitting in the first spot of most trending games, according to Twitch tracker site Sullygnome. And if that’s not impressive enough, devs have shared that the game sold over a million copies in just eight hours after its launch.

The game combines monster-collecting, survival, crafting, and exploration with some twists, like being able to sell humans and assign Pals into labor. This premise has caught the interest of many players as the game has become Steam’s best-selling with over 500k concurrent users.

According to SteamDB, 557,143 players are currently playing the game, making it the second most-played game just after Counter-Strike 2.

A player uses their pal as a mount in Palworld
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SteamDB also shows that Palworld is currently beating Dota 2, PUBG, Apex Legends, and Baldur’s Gate 3 in terms of concurrent players right now, despite these titles usually seen regularly dominating the platform.

It’s clear that despite all the ‘ripped off’ creature design drama, Palworld has received overall positive feedback, even getting praised by popular streamer Asmongold.

If you’re looking into jumping into Palworld yourself or with friends, it would be best to first find out if your system can run it and which starter Pals are recommended.

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