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Palworld cover art

Palworld

Pocketpair · 2026-07-09

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Sep 24, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jan 19, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 03, 2025 (Mac), Jan 19, 2024 (Xbox One), Jan 19, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!

Palworld is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2026, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 50,000,000 .. 100,000,000 owners and a Very Positive reviewLabel (94% of 473227 reviews).

201,518
playing now
95%
positive of 482k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000,000–100,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4,398
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (271 ratings)
77/100
opencritic · strong · 74% recommend
124h
to beat · rushed 85h · completionist 170h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

201,518 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Palworld is a monster-taming game created and published by Japanese developer Pocketpair. It was announced in 2021 and launched through early access for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in January 2024, and for the PlayStation 5 in September 2024. The game was fully released on July 10, 2026.

Trailer

Palworld trailer thumbnail

Palworld - Official Trailer (Pokemon-Like Shooter Game)

≈300,101 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 201,518 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 52,210 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6,526/week).
  • · Review velocity up 94% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (156,427 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.6M–22M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 481,873 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $20.99 at GamesPlanet US (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 13 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
147k147k20242026Week of 2024-01-01: 146,750 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9,677 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 76,090 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5,251 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12,761 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,277 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6,366 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 796 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3,262 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 349 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4,239 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 450 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6,632 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 665 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3,270 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 292 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3,197 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 337 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2,215 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 151 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15,276 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 254 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9,620 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 565 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6,546 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 561 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3,626 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 301 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3,639 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 316 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2,200 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 227 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,258 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 204 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3,096 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 250 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4,399 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 409 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,752 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2,416 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 171 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,808 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5,185 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3,277 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3,190 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2,305 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2,286 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,916 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,414 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2,738 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 32,169 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,871 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7,904 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 374 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

411k99k2026-08-06 21:00 — 303,149 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 410,739 players2026-08-12 05:00 — 203,570 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 222,468 players2026-08-13 13:00 — 263,359 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 201,131 players2026-08-14 21:00 — 227,026 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 292,611 players2026-08-16 05:00 — 260,303 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 264,822 players2026-08-17 13:00 — 232,735 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 161,446 players2026-08-18 21:00 — 177,420 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 203,697 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 140,936 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 157,545 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 187,495 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 175,006 players2026-08-22 21:00 — 196,113 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 226,222 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 125,956 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 137,678 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 158,566 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 107,524 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 115,379 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 161,702 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 98,999 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 121,585 players2026-08-29 14:00 — 190,991 players2026-08-30 06:00 — 152,666 players2026-08-30 15:00 — 201,518 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#5#82026-08-122026-08-302026-08-12 — #52026-08-13 — #52026-08-14 — #52026-08-15 — #52026-08-16 — #62026-08-17 — #62026-08-18 — #62026-08-19 — #62026-08-20 — #62026-08-21 — #62026-08-22 — #62026-08-23 — #62026-08-24 — #62026-08-25 — #72026-08-26 — #72026-08-27 — #72026-08-28 — #72026-08-29 — #72026-08-30 — #8
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k2026-08-132026-08-292026-08-13: 1,391 new positive2026-08-13: 17 new negative2026-08-14: 632 new positive2026-08-14: 16 new negative2026-08-15: 584 new positive2026-08-15: 25 new negative2026-08-16: 613 new positive2026-08-16: 16 new negative2026-08-17: 585 new positive2026-08-17: 23 new negative2026-08-18: 459 new positive2026-08-18: 9 new negative2026-08-19: 445 new positive2026-08-19: 12 new negative2026-08-20: 423 new positive2026-08-20: 10 new negative2026-08-21: 346 new positive2026-08-21: 11 new negative2026-08-22: 358 new positive2026-08-22: 16 new negative2026-08-23: 457 new positive2026-08-23: 8 new negative2026-08-24: 376 new positive2026-08-24: 19 new negative2026-08-25: 354 new positive2026-08-25: 12 new negative2026-08-26: 306 new positive2026-08-26: 15 new negative2026-08-27: 342 new positive2026-08-27: 17 new negative2026-08-28: 314 new positive2026-08-28: 15 new negative2026-08-29: 396 new positive2026-08-29: 24 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$17.492024-01-192026-08-262024-01-19 — best price $26.992024-01-25 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-04-16 — best price $29.992024-06-03 — best price $29.992024-07-17 — best price $22.492024-08-01 — best price $29.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992024-12-12 — best price $22.492025-01-03 — best price $29.992025-02-06 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $22.492025-03-21 — best price $22.492025-05-12 — best price $22.492025-06-18 — best price $22.492025-07-01 — best price $29.992025-07-26 — best price $22.492025-09-08 — best price $22.492025-09-29 — best price $22.492025-10-22 — best price $22.492025-12-04 — best price $22.492026-02-12 — best price $22.492026-03-19 — best price $22.492026-05-26 — best price $22.492026-06-17 — best price $24.992026-07-08 — best price $29.992026-07-13 — best price $20.992026-07-24 — best price $29.992026-08-01 — best price $26.992026-08-12 — best price $26.992026-08-26 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7.5k4512026-05-28 — 573 pageviews2026-05-31 — 495 pageviews2026-06-03 — 495 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,996 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,105 pageviews2026-06-12 — 1,070 pageviews2026-06-15 — 973 pageviews2026-06-18 — 826 pageviews2026-06-21 — 786 pageviews2026-06-24 — 718 pageviews2026-06-27 — 833 pageviews2026-06-30 — 817 pageviews2026-07-03 — 913 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1,138 pageviews2026-07-09 — 2,884 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6,304 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5,973 pageviews2026-07-18 — 5,561 pageviews2026-07-21 — 5,186 pageviews2026-07-24 — 5,613 pageviews2026-07-27 — 4,856 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4,067 pageviews2026-08-02 — 3,778 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3,037 pageviews2026-08-08 — 2,525 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2,213 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,840 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,723 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1,505 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1,686 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,303 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

8.6k1.9k2026-08-16 17:12 — 5,544 viewers2026-08-16 23:12 — 7,422 viewers2026-08-17 22:12 — 5,750 viewers2026-08-18 22:12 — 7,929 viewers2026-08-19 23:12 — 5,287 viewers2026-08-20 21:12 — 6,730 viewers2026-08-21 21:12 — 4,555 viewers2026-08-22 22:12 — 6,293 viewers2026-08-23 20:12 — 6,260 viewers2026-08-24 22:12 — 4,485 viewers2026-08-25 04:12 — 5,110 viewers2026-08-25 10:12 — 2,279 viewers2026-08-26 03:12 — 4,786 viewers2026-08-26 09:12 — 4,687 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 7,717 viewers2026-08-27 00:12 — 4,998 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 4,129 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 2,542 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 4,817 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 4,631 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 5,677 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 4,217 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 3,767 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 5,376 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 5,559 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 7,313 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 5,199 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 1,859 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 3,619 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 6,389 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 6,502 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 6,279 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 2,390 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 4,398 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
92.3%
earned "Beginning of the Legend"
16.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

17 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Korean, Indonesian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)118,4091%75
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)78,7390%75
PS5 (PlayStation)25,2131%63

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

Co-opActionSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureAutomationOpen WorldMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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