Half a year before Palworld topped 2 million concurrent players on Steam alone, one of its developers thought over 50,000 players was "unobtainable"

Palworld.

Just seven months before Palworld took over the world by so many metrics, a member of the Pocketpair team reckoned 50,000 players would be the most the survival hit would ever achieve.

In a tweet, Pocketpair's community manager, who goes by 'Bucky' online, reflected on their expectations for Palworld's launch in May 2023, before they could've possibly known the monumental success it would go on to achieve.