Game news Already the end of the Palworld hit? Open world loses more than a million players in a few days
While Palworld started the year in style by creating a real phenomenon, it seems to be running out of steam, losing more than a million players in a short time .
The year 2024 began with a video game that became an Internet sensation: Palworld. Despite the controversy surrounding its creatures called pals, which reportedly resemble Pokémon, players around the world appreciate this open world. The uniqueness of this title lies in the fact that you can capture adorable pals to make them fight or help you improve your camp. Easy to learn, and really making you want to capture all the pals while exploring a vast environment, it didn’t take much to win over a very large number of players.
The most surprising thing about the success of Palworld is that it was only released in early access. In other words, this title is far from complete and contains many bugs that Pocket Pair strives to resolve, but manages to make an impression. However, Internet users have noticed a big drop in popularity between last week and this week. More than a million players have stopped playing Palworld… Is this the end of the phenomenon?
Palworld lost over a million players
While Palworld had reached more than impressive heights for a new license that had just appeared, the statistics on SteamDB announce a big drop in popularity. In just a few days, over a million players stopped playing on Steam, which may seem alarming. However, it must be taken into account that Palworld had reached such high records that it is completely normal that it is a little less popular. What’s more, even losing a million players, it still gathers a large number of fans around the world. As we write these lines, it ranks third among the most popular video games on Steamafter the unbeatable Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2.
Some seem to forget it, but Palworld is also available on Xbox (notably via Game Pass), and Steam does not represent all the players of this open world title. In short, this loss of players is far from being alarming, especially since the developers of Pocket Pair are looking for new employees to be even more efficient in patches and surely offer new content for sometime in 2024.