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Palworld

Palworld

Pocketpair · Pocketpair · Jul 9, 2026
Open World Survival Creature Collector Multiplayer Open World Survival Craft Online Co-Op
Delayed observation Observed
45,504
Last tracked
944,533
All-time peak
n/a
Δ 24h
Player count last observed
Live player data is temporarily unavailable; historical values remain visible for context.

Palworld - Steam Charts & Historical Stats

Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game! Explore historical player activity and pricing for Palworld. Player-count data was last observed Sep 25, 2026.

Price
$29.99
Genre
Action
Developer
Pocketpair

Palworld player count and price summary

Current players
Unavailable
All-time peak
944,533
24-hour player change
Unavailable
Current US price
$29.99

Player count last observed . Values marked unavailable are not estimated.

Last Tracked Players

45.5K
change unavailable (24h)

All-Time Peak

944.5K
Jul 2026

Estimated Owners

50,000,000 .. 100,000,000
Estimate via SteamSpy

Game Insights

Buy Verdict

Wait — $29.99.

Wait for upcoming sale in ~4 days for potentially better pricing.

▬ ~4 days until next sale

Update Momentum

Actively Updated — 3 patches in last 30 days.

25 patches and 25 news items in last 180 days. Latest patch effect size: 0.00.

▲ 3 patches this month

Value Score

Fair Value — 90th percentile.

Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 90th percentile. Priced as Premium at $29.99.

▲ Premium pricing tier

Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 80%
Value Ratio Top 10%

Early Access Active

Time in EA
981 days
Updates
126
Current Players
47,556
Player count

Activity Heatmap

UTC+0 (Your Timezone)
203.1K
Peak Activity
106K
Avg Activity
134
Active Hours
82%
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Sunday 0:00
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Sunday 1:00
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Sunday 2:00
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Sunday 3:00
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Sunday 4:00
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Sunday 23:00
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Mon
Monday 0:00
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Monday 2:00
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Monday 8:00
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Monday 12:00
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Monday 15:00
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Monday 23:00
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Tue
Tuesday 0:00
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Tuesday 1:00
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Tuesday 2:00
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Tuesday 21:00
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Tuesday 23:00
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Wed
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Thursday 7:00
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Thursday 8:00
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Thursday 11:00
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Thursday 12:00
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Thursday 14:00
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Thursday 15:00
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Thursday 16:00
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Thursday 17:00
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Thursday 18:00
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Thursday 19:00
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Thursday 20:00
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Sat 📍
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Update Timeline

Steam News observations with inferred categories. CCU and review comparisons are associations, not proof of causation.

Source: Steam News
Freshness: fresh
Observed Sep 25, 2026 15:08 UTC
Meaningful updates
37
Last 365 days
Last meaningful update
10 days ago
Median cadence
3.4 days

[p][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40671762/d00e6f732b618399d7a4738802b4ffe65b3a56ba.png"][/img]We are thrilled to announce that the Palworld × RuneScape: Dragonwilds Steam Bundle is now officially available![/p][p]You can now grab both of these unique open-world survival craft game…

Sep 25, 2026 at 11:41 UTC Community Announcements By pocketpair_dev small update proxy (inferred) External source

[p]▼Bug Fixes[/p][p]・Fixed an issue where terrain, building, and other textures could load at significantly reduced resolution for some players[/p][p]・Fixed an issue where some map icon filters could unintentionally be turned off after the player respawned[/p]

Sep 15, 2026 at 03:03 UTC Community Announcements By pocketpair_dev small update proxy (inferred) External source
CCU association: Insufficient data Samples: 0 before, 0 after
Review association: Insufficient data Samples: 0 before, 0 after

Early access on Steam is a simple concept. You buy a game before it's finished, provide bug reports and feedback to developers, and help shape a project's direction and ambitions. Everybody wins: You get to play the game early, and developers earn money that helps them continue a…

Sep 10, 2026 at 17:22 UTC PC Gamer By Andy Chalk small update proxy (inferred) External source

[p]Palworld version v1.0.4 has been released! === ▼New Missions ・Added the sub-missions “Beyond Dimensions” and “From the Far Side of the Moon.” “Beyond Dimensions” can be accepted from an NPC at Fisherman’s Point in Mount Obsidian. “From the Far Side of the Moon” can be progress…

Sep 07, 2026 at 03:04 UTC Community Announcements By pocketpair_dev large update proxy (inferred) External source
CCU association: Insufficient data Samples: 0 before, 0 after
Review association: Insufficient data Samples: 1540 before, 0 after

[p][img src="{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/40671762/142b22c0d4f3e9a4a735e6fe6ab36750d35d2599.png"][/img][/p][p]Pal Tamers![/p][p]The time has come to decide who stands at the top of the Palpagos Islands. Voting for the [b]Palworld Global Popularity Poll 2026[/b] is officially open![/p][p]Wi…

Sep 01, 2026 at 13:00 UTC Community Announcements By pocketpair_dev small update proxy (inferred) External source
CCU association: Insufficient data Samples: 0 before, 0 after
Review association: Insufficient data Samples: 3868 before, 0 after

Last week, Pocketpair head of publishing and communications John "Bucky" Buckley addressed a bubbling conversation about the developer's Palworld collaboration strategy, informing players that they "simply do not realize the sheer number of collabs we’ve rejected or scrapped" ove…

Aug 20, 2026 at 16:29 UTC PC Gamer By Lincoln Carpenter small update proxy (inferred) External source

Chromite isn't actually rare in Palworld, but you've got to have a specific tool (or pal) to mine it, which is different from most other resources. To save you from the guesswork, I'll show you how to use a metal detector to get Chromite initially and also a passive farming solut…

Aug 18, 2026 at 18:14 UTC PC Gamer By Andrea Shearon small update proxy (inferred) External source

Palworld went into full release in July after more than two years of early access, and it's going pretty well: A massive surge in concurrent players on Steam is slowly settling back down to Earth, but more than a month after that 1.0 launch it's still putting up numbers that have…

Aug 14, 2026 at 20:08 UTC PC Gamer By Andy Chalk small update proxy (inferred) External source
CCU association: Insufficient data Samples: 0 before, 1 after
Review association: 96% before / 95.6% after Samples: 9501 before, 5949 after

The crowning achievement of a game is no longer player count or Metacritic score, it's actually the number of collabs it can squeeze into its lifecycle—soon every game will collab with each other to make one giant game. I can see it coming... Read more.

Aug 14, 2026 at 13:47 UTC PC Gamer By Elie Gould small update proxy (inferred) External source

[p]\[Patch Notice][/p][p]Palworld version v1.0.3 has been released![/p][p][/p][p] ===[/p][p][/p][h3]\[Game Balance and System Adjustments][/h3][p][/p][p]▼Items and Equipment ・Changed the unlock level of some Jetragon-related technologies from 79 to 70, and reduced the materials r…

Aug 12, 2026 at 03:13 UTC Community Announcements By pocketpair_dev large update proxy (inferred) External source
CCU association: Insufficient data Samples: 0 before, 0 after
Review association: 95.9% before / 96% after Samples: 7088 before, 7608 after

Price History

Lowest Price
$20.99
Jun 2026 across all regions
Current Price
$29.99
US region
Price history across regions (last 30 days)

Can I Play This?

Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.

Some source data is stale
Native Steam builds
Windows: supported
macOS: not-listed
Linux: not-listed
Steam Deck
verified
Valve compatibility test
Input
Controller support: full

Steam feature declarations

single player multiplayer online co op cross platform multiplayer steam cloud family sharing
Structured language support (17)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesNoYes
Simplified ChineseYesNoYes
Traditional ChineseYesNoYes
JapaneseYesNoYes
FrenchYesNoYes
ItalianYesNoYes
GermanYesNoYes
Spanish - SpainYesNoYes
Portuguese - BrazilYesNoYes
RussianYesNoYes
KoreanYesNoYes
IndonesianYesNoYes
Spanish - Latin AmericaYesNoYes
ThaiYesNoYes
TurkishYesNoYes
VietnameseYesNoYes
PolishYesNoYes

Third-party requirements shown by Steam

Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA Palworld EULA
Steam Store app details stale · checked 2026-08-28 Steam store page fresh · checked 2026-08-28 PCGamingWiki technical notes External link only; SteamIQHQ does not ingest PCGamingWiki content.

System Requirements

Platform Support
Windows
Windows Requirements
Minimum:
Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 (64-Bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-9400F
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 1660
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 40 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: SSD Required - Performance may vary depending on the amount of active Pals.
Recommended:
Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 11 (64-Bit)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-12400 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • Memory: 32 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce RTX 3060 Ti / Radeon RX 6700 XT
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 40 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: SSD Required - Performance may vary depending on the amount of active Pals.
Controller Support
full
Pricing
Paid Game
$29.99 (USD)

Additional Information

Categories
Single-player Multi-player Co-op Online Co-op Cross-Platform Multiplayer Steam Achievements Full controller support Steam Trading Cards Steam Workshop DualShock Controller Support DualShock Controller Support DualSense Controller Support DualSense Controller Support Steam Cloud Family Sharing
Tags
Open World Survival Creature Collector Multiplayer Open World Survival Craft Online Co-Op Crafting Co-op Adventure Base-Building +10 more
Supported Languages
English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Korean, Indonesian, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Polish

Player-to-Price Ratio

1517.31
7-day avg players per $1 spent

Current Pricing

💰
$29.99
Regular Price
Historical low: $20.99 (Jun 2026)

Additional Information

🏆 Achievements
75
total achievements
Featured:
Hillside Sovereign
Forest Sovereign
👍 Recommendations
412.2K
positive reviews
🇧🇷 DEJUS Rating
l
Brazilian rating
🇩🇪 Steam Germany
12
German classification
📦 DLC Available
1
downloadable content
🆘 Support
🎁 Purchase Options
1
package options

Developer Analytics

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About This Game

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

Detailed Description

Q. What kind of game is this?

A. In this game, you can peacefully live alongside mysterious creatures known as Pals or risk your life to drive off a ruthless poaching syndicate.

Pals can be used to fight, or they can be made to work on farms or factories.
You can even sell them or eat them!


Survival
In a harsh environment where food is scarce and vicious poachers roam, danger waits around every corner. To survive, you must tread carefully and make difficult choices...even if that means eating your own Pals when the time comes.


Mounts & Exploration
Pals can be mounted to traverse the land, sea and sky—allowing you to traverse all kinds of environment as you explore the world.


Building Structures
Want to build a pyramid? Put an army of Pals on the job. Don't worry; there are no labor laws for Pals.


Production
Make use of Pals and their skills to make fire, generate electricity, or mine ore so that you can live a life of comfort.


Farming
Some Pals are good at planting seeds, while others are skilled at watering or harvesting crops. Work together with your Pals to create an idyllic farmstead.


Factories & Automation
Letting Pals do the work is the key to automation. Build a factory, place a Pal in it, and they'll keep working as long as they're fed—until they're dead, that is.


Dungeon Exploration
With Pals on your side you can tackle even the most dangerous areas. When the time comes, you might have to sacrifice one to save your skin. They'll protect your life—even if it costs their own.


Breeding & Genetics
Breed a Pal and it will inherit the characteristics of its parents. Combine rare pals to create the strongest Pal of them all!


Poaching & Crime
Endangered Pals live in wildlife sanctuaries. Sneak in and capture rare Pals to get rich quick! It's not a crime if you don't get caught, after all.


Multiplayer
Multiplayer is supported, so invite a friend and go on an adventure together! And of course you can battle your friends and trade Pals, too.

In online co-op play mode, up to 4 players can play together.
Additionally, a dedicated server can allow up to 32 players to play together.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Palworld worth buying right now?
Wait — $29.99. Wait for upcoming sale in ~4 days for potentially better pricing.
When does Palworld go on sale?
Wait for upcoming sale in ~4 days for potentially better pricing.
Is Palworld still getting updates?
Actively Updated — 3 patches in last 30 days. 25 patches and 25 news items in last 180 days. Latest patch effect size: 0.00.
Is Palworld free to play?
Palworld costs $29.99 on Steam.
What genre is Palworld?
Palworld is a Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game.
Who developed Palworld?
Palworld was developed by Pocketpair and published by Pocketpair.
What platforms does Palworld support?
Available on Steam for Windows.

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