Surprise success: Palworld celebrates its 1st anniversary with a major roadmap for 2025

Surprise hit: Palworld celebrates its 1st anniversary with a major roadmap for 2025 8 comments

Image: Palworld

A year ago, Palword entered early access on Steam. While the game was often called a “fake game” before its release, the survival shooter was able to celebrate records after its release: the title was the first big success of the year and is still one of the most successful games of the year. most active on Steam today, within reach of the top 10.

Summary :

Record output

The release went extremely well for Palword a year ago. In one day, the title had already sold 2 million copies. After 2 days there were 3 million and after a week the developers of X reported that 7 million units had already been sold.

The number of concurrent players on Steam subsequently skyrocketed, reaching a peak of over 2.1 million concurrent players on January 22. A success that propelled “Survival with Pokémon” to a sensational 3rd place in the Steam statistics – ahead of long-running hit Counter-Strike 2 with around 1.8 million, but behind Black Myth: Wukong with 2.4 and PUBG with 3.2 million concurrent actives. players.

Over the next few weeks, however, the number of concurrent players stabilized considerably, although there was still a solid player base in the at least five-figure range. Around Christmas, with the release of the last major update, the numbers climbed back into the six-figure range.

Great Birthday Roadmap

To mark Palword’s anniversary, developer and publisher Pocketpair is now announcing a full roadmap for Palworld.

The following “highlights” are planned for the future:

CO-OP CrossplayWorld TransfersWorld Tree / Ending ScenarioMore ways to strengthen and improve PalsVarious new content such as new Pals and new technologiesMore cross-collaborations with other games (including Terraria)Improvements to the placement of objects in the worldImprovements to the Pals baseImprovements to optimizationImprovements to the user experience

Roadmap (Image: Palworld)

Free soundtrack

As a small gift, the developers are publishing the original soundtrack (OST) on YouTube. Previously, it could be purchased on Steam for a fee, or it still is: for 4.15 euros as a bundle with the main game.

Friend popularity survey

Finally, the developers conducted a survey to determine the statistically most popular friend(s) among fans. The survey is also available in German on the developer’s website. What Pocketpair does with the results of the investigation or how long the investigation will last is unclear at this point.

Since September 2024, Nintendo has been taking legal action against Palworld and its developer Pocketpair. The group accuses Pocketpair of patent infringement.

Topics: Steam Games Source: Steam