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Palworldhas been smashing through its own sales records over and over again. The project by Pocketpair went from selling2 million copiesin 24 hours toover 8 millionin less than a week.
According toSteamDB,Palworldis currently the most played game on Steam with 1,459,685 players. With Valve titles likeCounter-Strike 2(813,871) andDota 2(608,185) following it,Palworldhas set an unreal precedent compared to other Early Access games.
The 24 hour peak is also similar withPalworld’s 2,033,118 players on top andCounter-Strike 2andDota 2being the runner-ups. However, there is one statisticPalworldhas yet to claim from the Steam database: all-time peak.
This record is not held byDota 2/Counter-Strike 2nor other big sellers of 2023 likeBaldur’s Gate 3andCyberpunk 2077. Instead, it’sPUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS.
The Highest Peak of All Steam Games – Did You Know?
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDScontinues to have the all-time highest number of players on a Steam game. WhilePalworldis gunning for that achievement, with record breaking sales constantly, how didPUBGachieve this?
The year is 2013. A new mod for multiplayer survival game,DayZ, was launched by someone called “PlayerUnknown.” This mod became so popular, PlayerUnknown eventually created his own title, first calledPlayerUnknown’s Battlegroundsbefore renaming it toPUBG: Battlegrounds.
PUBGwas the first massive multiplayer battle royale game that took off. Others in the genre likeFortniteandApex Legendswould come into popularity later on but at the time,PUBGwas unique. It gave many players their first ever battle royale experience and because of that, everyone wanted to play it.
It was in Early Access throughout 2017. WhenPUBGfinally launched on December 21 of that year, it continued to draw in players. The battle royale title reached the all-time peak on Steam a month later, in January 2018, with 3,257,248 players.
When Will Palworld Surpass PUBG?
It’s been six years sincePUBGhas reached that peak. Nowadays, people still play the infamous battle royale which currently has 264,512 players online.Palworldis not even a month old yet but it’s only a matter of time for the “Pokémon with guns” video game to break the record.
It currently holds the current and 24 hour peak on SteamDB. IfPalworldcontinues to sell well and players happen to be online simultaneously, it will shatterPUBG’s 3 million player record easily.
By how many players, it could be in the couple hundred thousand or over a million based on their sales records.Palworld’s 24 hour peak of 2,033,118 players should be telling that 3 million is around the corner.
But who knows, maybe the traction forPalworldwill end sooner than expected. While the hype for it is extremely high at the moment, that can all come crashing down if Pocketpair doesn’t keep players engaged with new Pals, gameplay changes, etc.
There seems to be no slowing down forPalworld’s success, so don’t be surprised whenPalworldbecomes the highest played game on Steam of all-time.
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Travis Vuong
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Travis Vuong is a games journalist and content creator. He’s been a YouTuber since 2008 and continues to create videos under the “tvsonicgaming” banner. All social media accounts and his podcast: allmylinks.com/tvsonic
