Pocketpair has successfully launched Palworld’s 1.0 update. Players took advantage of the weekend to revisit the open-world multiplayer survival game and discover its countless new features.

As a result, the game reached a peak of 855,525 concurrent players on Steam on Sunday, July 12, 2026. This remarkable success places Palworld in second place among the most-played games on Valve’s platform, just behind the ever-popular Counter-Strike 2.

Pocketpair took the time to thank players on social media.