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Palworld

Pocketpair · 2026-07-09

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ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

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 a 2026 Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG priced at $29.99, with an estimated 50,000,000 .. 100,000,000 owners and Very Positive (95% of 488976 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

30,055
playing now
95%
positive of 493k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000,000–100,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
517
twitch viewers (latest)
4.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (271 ratings)
3,800
Nexus mods (45M downloads)
4.64★
PlayStation Store rating (30,754 ratings)
77/100
opencritic · strong · 74% recommend · from 32 critics
124h
to beat · rushed 85h · completionist 170h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

30,055 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 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
  • · 30,055 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 68,912 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8,614/week).
  • · Review velocity up 138% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,661 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: healthy→thriving (Sep 17), thriving→healthy (Sep 16)

Estimated sales: 9.9M–22M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 492,723 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 11 of 30 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (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: 15,902 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 763 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 6,555 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 345 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 1,587 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 73 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

86k26k2026-09-14 22:00 — 62,247 players2026-09-15 22:00 — 58,231 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 63,109 players2026-09-18 12:00 — 66,342 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 80,847 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 83,710 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 62,040 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 57,862 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 54,268 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 50,636 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 54,844 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 66,462 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 71,784 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 49,573 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 47,021 players2026-09-30 12:00 — 44,716 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 45,884 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 48,414 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 60,364 players2026-10-04 12:00 — 67,237 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 52,232 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 50,801 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 48,658 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 46,553 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 49,795 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 57,141 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 65,488 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 48,653 players2026-10-13 12:00 — 46,007 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 44,438 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 30,055 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.1M15kJan 2024Aug 2026Jan 2024 — avg 1,146,060 · peak 2,101,535Feb 2024 — avg 440,262 · peak 1,358,474Mar 2024 — avg 83,497 · peak 271,177Apr 2024 — avg 44,982 · peak 128,481May 2024 — avg 20,202 · peak 44,980Jun 2024 — avg 26,105 · peak 143,308Jul 2024 — avg 53,788 · peak 128,325Aug 2024 — avg 26,180 · peak 51,402Sep 2024 — avg 18,615 · peak 33,797Oct 2024 — avg 16,112 · peak 29,783Nov 2024 — avg 15,396 · peak 34,443Dec 2024 — avg 54,911 · peak 212,559Jan 2025 — avg 97,429 · peak 208,927Feb 2025 — avg 52,081 · peak 114,303Mar 2025 — avg 33,420 · peak 63,841Apr 2025 — avg 24,443 · peak 46,807May 2025 — avg 22,016 · peak 44,133Jun 2025 — avg 30,666 · peak 122,242Jul 2025 — avg 50,987 · peak 103,829Aug 2025 — avg 32,059 · peak 61,567Sep 2025 — avg 24,290 · peak 46,253Oct 2025 — avg 27,564 · peak 51,248Nov 2025 — avg 29,711 · peak 52,977Dec 2025 — avg 35,921 · peak 75,103Jan 2026 — avg 43,392 · peak 76,518Feb 2026 — avg 34,625 · peak 59,573Mar 2026 — avg 29,214 · peak 53,156Apr 2026 — avg 23,375 · peak 49,153May 2026 — avg 16,308 · peak 30,518Jun 2026 — avg 26,856 · peak 51,116Jul 2026 — avg 404,614 · peak 956,613Aug 2026 — avg 241,576 · peak 599,628
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#19#492026-09-142026-10-142026-09-14 — #192026-09-15 — #192026-09-16 — #222026-09-17 — #222026-09-18 — #252026-09-19 — #292026-09-20 — #292026-09-21 — #282026-09-22 — #282026-09-23 — #302026-09-24 — #302026-09-25 — #302026-09-26 — #332026-09-27 — #372026-09-28 — #362026-09-29 — #362026-09-30 — #392026-10-01 — #412026-10-02 — #432026-10-03 — #432026-10-04 — #452026-10-05 — #442026-10-06 — #442026-10-07 — #452026-10-08 — #482026-10-09 — #482026-10-10 — #492026-10-11 — #492026-10-12 — #482026-10-13 — #472026-10-14 — #47
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
3053052026-09-162026-10-142026-09-16: 305 new positive2026-09-16: 6 new negative2026-09-17: 175 new positive2026-09-17: 11 new negative2026-09-18: 190 new positive2026-09-18: 6 new negative2026-09-19: 181 new positive2026-09-19: 5 new negative2026-09-20: 187 new positive2026-09-20: 10 new negative2026-09-21: 167 new positive2026-09-21: 6 new negative2026-09-22: 147 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 133 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 214 new positive2026-09-24: 21 new negative2026-09-25: 138 new positive2026-09-25: 5 new negative2026-09-26: 183 new positive2026-09-26: 11 new negative2026-09-27: 173 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 125 new positive2026-09-28: 6 new negative2026-09-29: 100 new positive2026-09-29: 6 new negative2026-09-30: 98 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new negative2026-10-02: 100 new positive2026-10-02: 5 new negative2026-10-03: 133 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 201 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 148 new positive2026-10-06: 6 new negative2026-10-07: 129 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 293 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 140 new positive2026-10-09: 6 new negative2026-10-10: 148 new positive2026-10-10: 12 new negative2026-10-11: 159 new positive2026-10-11: 12 new negative2026-10-13: 122 new positive2026-10-13: 3 new negative2026-10-14: 117 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$17.492024-01-192026-10-142024-01-19 — 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 $26.992026-09-02 — best price $29.992026-09-16 — best price $29.992026-09-29 — best price $29.992026-10-07 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7.5k4512026-05-28 — 573 pageviews2026-06-01 — 503 pageviews2026-06-05 — 1,227 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1,105 pageviews2026-06-13 — 1,322 pageviews2026-06-17 — 832 pageviews2026-06-21 — 786 pageviews2026-06-25 — 711 pageviews2026-06-29 — 899 pageviews2026-07-03 — 913 pageviews2026-07-07 — 1,080 pageviews2026-07-11 — 6,399 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5,973 pageviews2026-07-19 — 7,453 pageviews2026-07-23 — 6,658 pageviews2026-07-27 — 4,856 pageviews2026-07-31 — 3,885 pageviews2026-08-04 — 3,662 pageviews2026-08-08 — 2,525 pageviews2026-08-12 — 2,164 pageviews2026-08-16 — 1,848 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1,505 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1,346 pageviews2026-08-28 — 1,443 pageviews2026-09-01 — 1,183 pageviews2026-09-05 — 1,213 pageviews2026-09-09 — 1,003 pageviews2026-09-13 — 1,073 pageviews2026-09-17 — 1,024 pageviews2026-09-21 — 851 pageviews2026-09-25 — 676 pageviews2026-09-29 — 665 pageviews2026-10-03 — 721 pageviews2026-10-07 — 639 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.3k2282026-09-30 22:34 — 603 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 485 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 564 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 1,666 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 256 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 704 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 648 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 709 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 859 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 259 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 900 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 892 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 366 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 752 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 742 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 457 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 2,374 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 418 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 677 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 1,019 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 251 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 462 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 708 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 345 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 662 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 438 viewers2026-10-10 15:12 — 3,282 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 714 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 400 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 666 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 831 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 300 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 876 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 418 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 411 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 687 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 294 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 501 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 517 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…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-01-19 (Steam store data)

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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