{"id":6595,"date":"2026-07-15T10:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6595"},"modified":"2026-07-15T10:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:48:16","slug":"both-palworld-and-palworld-1-0-are-in-steams-best-ever-playercount-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=6595","title":{"rendered":"Both \u2018Palworld\u2019 And \u2018Palworld 1.0\u2019 Are In Steam\u2019s Best-Ever Playercount List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-1\" role=\"presentation\">\n<div style=\"padding-top:56.12%;position:relative\" class=\"image-embed__placeholder\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" sizes=\"50vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imageio.forbes.com\/specials-images\/imageserve\/65ad31b56ecef45692b033a7\/hell-yeah\/0x0.jpg?width=960&amp;dpr=1 1x, https:\/\/imageio.forbes.com\/specials-images\/imageserve\/65ad31b56ecef45692b033a7\/hell-yeah\/0x0.jpg?width=960&amp;dpr=1.5 1.5x, https:\/\/imageio.forbes.com\/specials-images\/imageserve\/65ad31b56ecef45692b033a7\/hell-yeah\/0x0.jpg?width=960&amp;dpr=2 2x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" top-image\" src=\"https:\/\/imageio.forbes.com\/specials-images\/imageserve\/65ad31b56ecef45692b033a7\/hell-yeah\/0x0.jpg?width=960\" alt=\"hell yeah\" data-height=\"1079\" data-width=\"1919\" fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Palworld <\/em>was one of the wildest gaming stories I can remember covering when it rocketed to 2.1 million concurrent players on Steam alone shortly after launch, today remaining the third-highest in the history of the platform. The virality was something we had not seen since another, adjacent type of game,<em> Pok\u00e9mon GO,<\/em> which would eventually prove to be quite the IP battle.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <em>Palworld <\/em>is<a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2026\/07\/10\/palworld-10-is-putting-up-enormous-steam-player-numbers-at-launch\/\" data-ga-track=\"InternalLink:https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/paultassi\/2026\/07\/10\/palworld-10-is-putting-up-enormous-steam-player-numbers-at-launch\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"doing something incredible\"> doing something incredible<\/a>. After 2.5 years in Early Access, <em>Palworld <\/em>has now launched its 1.0 version, the \u201ctrue\u201d release of the game that collects a number of updates over the past few years and adds its biggest patch in history for the launch. While the game is obviously not going to reach 2.1 million again, <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1623730\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/1623730\/charts\/\" aria-label=\"it has now hit 725,000 concurrent players on Steam\">it has now hit 725,000 concurrent players on Steam<\/a> this weekend, with numbers boosted by Asian markets during the morning in the US here.<\/p>\n<p>That 725,000 figure means that the <em>second<\/em> launch of <em>Palworld <\/em>is now inside the <a class=\"color-link\" href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/charts\/?sort=peak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/steamdb.info\/charts\/?sort=peak\" aria-label=\"top 15 of Steam launch concurrent peaks\">top 15 of Steam launch concurrent peaks<\/a> ever. To date, there has never been a similar situation of a \u201crelaunch\u2019 hitting a figure like that, though a few expansions may count for forever-hits like <em>PUBG<\/em>. <em>CSGO <\/em>also sort of just morphed into its sequel, <em>CS2<\/em>. Here\u2019s the top 15 list, with<em> Palworld 1.0, <\/em>meaning the game is on there twice:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e29fcc5265a28951fef39e6811e970b50\"><em>PUBG <\/em>\u2013 3.2 million<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ebc4b71729a4957d60389f1530ed748db\"><em>Black Myth: Wukong <\/em>\u2013 2.4 million<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ee279ba0837b312dc439a9b4df15d1701\"><em><strong>Palworld <\/strong><\/em><strong>\u2013 2.1 million<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e6923ebdee6c4658883129d1a8f3fba77\"><em>Counter-Strike 2<\/em> \u2013 1.8 million<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e69deb3f3e14c29608974a2ab6be46b94\"><em>Monster Hunter: Wilds <\/em>\u2013 1.38 million<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"ea71aa8c8cdef6f9a45f5cd65b7195f35\"><em>Lost Ark <\/em>\u2013 1.32 million<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eb68a7c8647c2f8694d98eb15c76bff4d\"><em>Dota 2 \u2013<\/em> 1.29 million<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e0405fd6283a6d0434c63b54ed3ef6aa8\"><em>Cyberpunk 2077 <\/em>\u2013 1.05 million<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e823eab06a14be6856a02052fa485b342\"><em>Elden Ring <\/em>\u2013 953,000<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e4f10f74453d0872d5bc369ff4efffda7\"><em>Banana <\/em>\u2013 917,000<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"eed6ee8736291f0275b15cc08a99ea5cd\"><em>New World: Aeternum <\/em>\u2013 913,000<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e0c4a5afab31d9c20a6131a993730e2e3\"><em>Hogwarts Legacy <\/em>\u2013 879,000<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"efcafb0d62b80dfe20fca1afb861f96a2\"><em>Baldur\u2019s Gate 3 <\/em>\u2013 875,000<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e95cb13df72c57cb19723953e3d4680d6\"><em>Battlefield 6 <\/em>&#8211; 745,000<\/li>\n<li data-list-item-id=\"e2adb9057a028f2b55192820c04b44cc1\"><em><strong>Palworld 1.0<\/strong><\/em><strong> \u2013 725,000<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure class=\"embed-base image-embed embed-2\" role=\"presentation\"\/>\n<p>Pocketpair has repeatedly said <em>Palworld <\/em>is not a live service game. That\u2019s true in the sense that it doesn\u2019t have seasons or god forbid, battle passes, but it is a frequently updated game and has retained a solid player base since its initial virality. Pocketpair, however, reports that these numbers are far beyond its expectations, and pre-launch, the game was doing 35,000 nightly players before jumping to 700,000. Wild. One caveat, however, is that this is not all new sales, as many retain their original copies of the game, and Pocketpair has kindly not raised the price of 1.0. Still, obviously it\u2019s doing great, and we rarely, if ever, see something like this in the market, to say nothing of what\u2019s going on over the fence on consoles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"_1seKo\">\n<p><span class=\"_6db2N\">Play Puzzles &amp; Games on Forbes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>If the original game found an audience, the far larger and more feature-complete <em>Palworld 1.0 <\/em>will as well. 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The virality was something we had not seen since another, adjacent type of game, Pok\u00e9mon GO, which would eventually&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/imageio.forbes.com\/specials-images\/imageserve\/65ad31b56ecef45692b033a7\/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&height=900&width=1600&fit=bounds","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-trending-viral-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}