Palworld breaks 1 million concurrent players on Steam and rockets onto its top 5 all-time most played games list, blowing past Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077 [UPDATED]

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What you need to know

• Just a few days after its launch, Pocketpair's new "Pokémon with guns" open world survival creature capture game Palworld is already breaking Steam records.
• Specifically, it reached 730,000 concurrent players earlier this morning, making it the 10th most played game in Steam history.
• That number continued to soar until Palworld peaked at 855,425 players, putting it within striking distance of Baldur's Gate 3's record of 875,343.
• In addition to being available on Steam, you can also play Palworld on Xbox or on PC through the Microsoft Store client. Notably, it's on Xbox Game Pass as well.
• Update: Palworld‘s numbers have only ballooned even further throughout the weekend, with the game now peaking at 1,281,669 players on Steam.