After the gigantic success of Palworld, the hype surrounding the combat-ready pocket monsters in Pokémon style seems to be slowly fading away.
It was the surprise success of the past months. Palworld, the survival game that perhaps not entirely coincidentally resembles Pokémon, has taken Steam and the Xbox Game Pass by storm, breaking several records along the way. The hype surrounding Palworld escalated immensely in a very short time and has gained enormous momentum in the meantime.
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Now, however, the hype train seems to be slowly moving on. At least that’s what the current player numbers on Steam suggest. While Palworld still gathers a huge number of players on official and rentable servers, the number has dropped drastically.
More precisely, Palworld’s player numbers have almost halved!
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The Hype Train Around Palworld Moves On
At its peak, Palworld could gather over 2.1 million players simultaneously on its servers. However, the player numbers continue to decline daily.
Palworld now only reaches a daily peak of just under 1.3 million players. This is still a considerable amount, and Palworld remains one of the most successful games on Steam.
To have such a decline just under two weeks after release could, in our opinion, have two reasons. Either many players were only exploring Palworld due to the immense hype and just wanted to see what everyone else was talking about. Or Palworld failed to meet the players’ expectations, causing them to move on. At the end of the day, it’s likely a combination of both points mentioned. But regardless of how the player numbers continue to evolve, the gigantic success of Palworld cannot be taken away from the developers at Pocket Pair. Except perhaps by the courts if Nintendo successfully takes legal action.
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