Palworld has completely shaken up the video game industry! The production of Pocket Pair is surrounded by much controversy, notably for its resemblance to Pokémon. A few months ago, Nintendo even took legal action against Palworld studios for patent infringement. But that’s not the point. When it was released in January 2024, the game experienced explosive success and quickly rose to the top of the video game rankings. In the absence of DLC or new activities, the trend around Palworld has slowly faded. That was until the Feybreak update launched, which turned out to be a huge success and attracted the highest number of active players since the game’s Early Access launch!
Palworld’s popularity is rising thanks to the Feybreak update!
The Feybreak update (v0.4.11), which adds dozens of new content to Palworld, was released on December 23-26 worldwide! Since then, the game’s popularity on Steam has continued to grow. According to public data extracted you site SteamDB, Palworld reached a peak of 212,817 concurrent players on Steam around 9 a.m. on Sunday, December 29. This is by far the highest number of simultaneous players recorded on Valve’s platform since early March 2024.
The video game production also managed to enter the top 10 on Steam, ahead of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Baldur’s Gate 3. The last time Pocket Pair’s game exceeded 100,000 concurrent players on Steam was in late June 2024, shortly after the launch of Palworld’s Sakurajima update. This new update, even at the end of the year, has encouraged thousands of players to set off on an adventure again!
“Major update that adds a ton of new features, new areas, new friends, new buildings, hardcore mode, expeditions, research and much more!”
Pocket Pair – Palworld
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What does this update add?
Feybreak adds dozens of features, Pals weapons and even game systems to Palworld. Among the most significant arrivals for the community, we note that of the Meowmere, the first melee weapon with bullets in collaboration with Terraria production. Pals trainers can also discover a mysterious new island with many challenges, glowing sand and many new Pals! There is also a new faction that dominates the island thanks to the power of their missile battery camp!
Players can also discover a new mechanic, research. By conducting research at the Pal Labor Research Lab, they can unlock permanent rewards that increase the productivity of their base! On top of that, vicious Predators are now appearing all over the world. These Pals are extremely difficult to defeat, but those strong enough to take them down will gain rare resources.
As of now, Pocket Pair has yet to share a content roadmap detailing what fans can expect from Palworld in 2025. In the meantime, the developer recently released a minor patch intended to fix some bugs introduced in the Feybreak update. Players around the world are taking advantage of this new update, and already have something to start 2025 in style on Palworld!
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