Palworld Has Lost 97% Of Its Players On Steam Since Launch, But You Shouldn't Worry

Insider Gaming writes: "As more updates are released, it should be expected that players will continue to come back to Palworld or try it for the first time. It then becomes a question of when the player base will rebound, not if."

[ZeekQuattro]

I feel like I'm greeted with one of these Palworld don't worry about the playerbase pieces every week. It's over. The not so Pokemon like fizzled out. It happens.

[dumahim]

It isn't over. The numbers dropped because it's an early access game and not finished. Once it leaves early access it will bounce back and then some.

[babadivad]

It's a game with an ending. Once you've consumed all the content, there's ot really much to do afterwards. Breeding is fun for a little bit but even that gets old. Legendary Alpha Pals are the best in the game. But you can't breed Alpha pals so the best Pals must be caught wild but tonwhat ends? You cannot fight other people yet.

So you're gringing to cat a Pal with the perfect stats just for the hell of it. Not many people are going to want to keep doing that.

Having said all that. I haven't bought a Pokémon game in over a decade because of how stale they have become. I gave Palworld a try and was completely engulfed by the game until I consumed all the content.

I'll be back once the planned content is released. Palworld has a lot of lessons that the Pokémon company should take to heart and stop being so complacent.

[GoodGuy09]

It's not a live service online reliant game, has an end, and is still EA. There'll be updates to add content, fixes, etc but it's not designed to make you keep playing forever hours and hours per day. And obviously the hype is over. There is also an end to the game.

The company made their money and hopefully they keep coming with major updates or even work on a sequel. Very good game.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

I think that this has legs if they do it right

[DivineHand125]

I stopped playing Palworld when Helldivers 2 came out. I may return one day if they manage to give the Xbox version a graphical and performance update. I would also appreciate more content.

[Abnor_Mal]

Why isn’t this on PlayStation yet, was good does it serve not being on the platform.

I’m going to start a Change.Org petition with a goal of a million signatures, I’m sure that will get the developers attention.

[shinoff2183]

Thought it was explained ps doesn't accept betas or some sh

[darthv72]

I dont think sony allows early access games. which is what happened to pubg when it came to xb and not ps. After it completed its early access tour... it came to ps. This game will do the same.

[Abnor_Mal]

True, the appeal of the game from what I’ve read is already dying down. How long does early access last, cause by the time it’s out of early access the game will likely be a barren wasteland. This is the first article I’ve seen in many many weeks talking about the game.

[Jingsing]

Another failed online backed project by Microsoft, Reminds me when Phil thought he had a winner with PUBG and it was a complete damp squid.

[Michiel1989]

you do realize it's one of the most successful indie games in a good while?

[darthv72]

This game has nothing to do with MS.

[YodaCracker]

Wait, what? PUBG is the 5th best selling game of all time with 75 million copies sold.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/...

And is still in the top 10 most played games on Steam 6 years after its release. Palworld was also massively successful. It’s sold 25 million copies and has the second most peak concurrent players in Steam history, behind only… yep, PUBG.

[Michiel1989]

he has no idea what he's talking about, all he sees is red when xbox is mentioned.

[Scissorman]

oh phew, for a minute i thought i was going to lose sleep over this news. =P

[jznrpg]

Damn 97% is almost everyone

[mastershredder]

Gee. Mainstream goobers had their need-to-feed freakout, and now it will go from them praising the game to tearing it apart. Basic is a basic does.

[Cockney]

Novelty

[anast]

Better games have been released.

[ZwVw]

Surprised there's little coverage about Tencent now being announced as the official server provider for the game.

[Barlos]

Believe me, I'm not worried. I don't worry about games.

[Software_Lover]

Its a single player game!!! The servers were never needed

[Armaggedon]

Now we shouldn’t worry. I remember when everyone was using confirmation bias with Starfield as proof it was bad game since the number of players dropped. I hate to say I told you so, but…. people just went to play other stuff. It happens.

[WolfSeed]

I said it before and I'll say it again, they really dropped the ball. Such a huge amount of money made from the success and didn't invest in its development. Should've hired a team for debugging and another for content expansion/variation. But no, they wanted to hog all the money. Shame on them.

[gold_drake]

do people worry?

did i miss something ? haha

[HyperMoused]

Yeah thats what happens, a game comes out, and then people beat it...then they stop playing....(shocked pikachu)

[repsahj]

How about new players? What is the percentage?

Four of my friends are all Steam Palworld players. I recruited them to play Helldivers 2 when it came out. Since then, they have never played Palworld until now.

[Profchaos]

Even the best games fall out of the news cycle.

I didn't get far into the game personally wasn't for me but I won't crap on it as I know so many people loved it warts and all.

I'm sure once it's out of early access and it gets a PlayStation version it'll be back in the news until then I hope they slowed up on the server spend because that monthly spend was brutal for a small studio