Summary
Palworldhas revealed that it has amassed more than 32 million players across PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One, a little over a year after its monumental launch. Developed by Pocketpair,Palworldis currently in early access.
Based on the sheer number of playersPalworldattracted in its launch month, it’s fair to say the monster-taming game was one of the breakout successes of 2024. Despite only coming out on PC and Xbox consoles initially,Pocketpair’s open-world title sold over seven million copieswithin five days of launch. Eventually,Palworldmade its way to PS5 and, more recently, to macOS. Following a remarkably strong performance in its debut year,Palworldrecently shared the impressive number of players that have ventured into the Palpagos Islands so far.
On Twitter,Palworldannounced that it roped in over 32 million users across all platforms.Palworld’s player count was understandably boosted by the slew of improvements and new content in its first year, including thepositively-receivedFeybreakupdate.
Palworld Total Players
It’s worth noting thatPalworld’s big debut in 2024 came coupled with allegations of plagiarizingPokemon. In fact, since September 2024, Pocketpair has been embroiled in a legal battle withPokemon’s part-owner, Nintendo. There were also reports that thePalworlddeveloper’s differences with Nintendo also delayed its PS5 arrival in Japan by nine days. By December, the legal face-off between the two parties extended to the US, courtesy of theSwitch maker filing new patents, the latest of which surfaced earlier in February.
While Pocketpair may be at odds with Nintendo on thePalworldissue, it hasn’t stopped the former from releasing games on the latter’s platform. Back in January 2025, thePalworldteam rolled out a card-based gamecalledOverDungeonfor the first time on Switch, after an initial 2019 launch on PC.
Palworld
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In this game, you can peacefully live alongside mysterious creatures known as Pals or risk your life to drive off a ruthless poaching syndicate. Pals can be used to fight and breed, or they can be made to work on farms or factories. You can even sell them or eat them.Survival: In a harsh environment where food is scarce and vicious poachers roam, danger waits around every corner. To survive, you must tread carefully and make difficult choices…even if that means eating your own Pals when the time comes.Mounts & Exploration: Pals can be mounted to traverse the land, sea and sky—allowing you to traverse all kinds of environment as you explore the world.Collect all kinds of exciting Pals to fight, farm, build, and work for you in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!
