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Platform(s): PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Genre: Online Multiplayer
Developer: Pocketpair

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'Palworld' Sells Seven Million Early Access Copies In Less Than A Week, Development Roadmap Revealed

by Rainier on Jan. 24, 2024 @ 9:12 a.m. PST

Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!

Palworld is an open-world survival crafting monster-collecting game  that supports up to 32 players and is set in a world where mysterious creatures called "Pals" live.

Along your adventures, you will encounter many Pals. Capture them, make them work, fight, breed and even sell them. You can adventure in a large world alongside your Pals.

In Palworld, mysterious creatures called "Pal" live in the wild. There are also many rare pals such as subspecies, bosses, legends, lucky pals, etc. Additionally, more Pals will continue to be added in future updates.

After reaching one million units sold in its first 8 hours, a few more million over the weekend, then five million copies, 6 million, developer Pocketpair revealed that Palworld has now clocked in at seven million copies (PC/Steam only) since its Early Access launch on January 19, 2024.

[The Future of Palworld]

We would like to share with you our roadmap for Palworld. Sales have far exceeded the development team's expectations, and we are currently experiencing many problems due to excessive access congestion, among other challenges. We will prioritize improving this issue first, and then move on to implementing new in-game features. Thank you for your understanding.


[Early Access Roadmap]

  • Addressing Critical Issues
  • Currently, numerous bugs have been identified, and we are prioritizing fixing those.
    • Sometimes, the world date may experience rollbacks.
    • The loading screen may persist when trying to load into worlds.

...and so on.

  • Improvements to Implement ASAP
    • Key configuration improvements.
    • Improvements to base Pal AI and pathing.

Planned Future Updates

  • PvP
  • Raid Bosses (End-Game Content)
  • Pal Arena (PvP for Pals)
  • Steam-Xbox Crossplay
  • Various Xbox Feature Improvements
  • Server Transfers and Migrations
  • Improvements to the Building System
  • New islands, Pals, Bosses, and Technologies.

Key Features:

  • Vast Open World and many Dungeons to Explore: There are various areas such as plains, deserts, snowy mountains, and volcanoes, and the pals living there are all different. There are also many dungeons with hidden treasures and special pals. Set out on a great adventure in search of unknown treasures and unknown pals.
  • Fight against Leaders of Hostile Factions and Field Bosses: As you explore the vast open world, you may come across giant Pals. In addition, each biome has a hostile faction based there, whose leaders stand in your way and won’t back down without a fight.
  • Fight alongside Pals using a wide variety of Weapons: From traditional weapons such as bows and swords to modern weapons such as assault rifles and rocket launchers. Some pals can use heavy weapons such as Gatling guns and missile launchers!
  • Build a Base: Leave production, farming, cooking, power generation, etc. to your pals. Pals work in ways that suit their personalities. However, pals are also living creatures like us. If you forget to give them food and rest, it will negatively affect their motivation.
  • Supports Multiplayer for up to 32 Players: Palworld can be played alone as well as multiplayer. By forming a guild and cooperating with your friends, you can adventure together towards a common goal. Player Battles will be implemented in a future update.

Palworld is in development for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam).


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