“It’s Five Times That” – Pocketpair Lead Says He Expected Palworld 1.0 to Reach 200,000 Players Before It Surged to 960,000 on Steam

Pocketpair communications and publishing lead John Buckley has revealed that he would have considered 200,000 concurrent players a major success for Palworld 1.0. Instead, the full release climbed to approximately 960,000 concurrent players on Steam alone, massively exceeding the studio’s expectations. Speaking at Gamescom, Buckley said the response had been “very life changing for the studio.” The number was especially surprising because Palworld was sitting at around 45,000 concurrent players on Steam before the 1.0 launch, making its sudden resurgence…