Palworld has sold over 5 million copies in just 3 days

[Mnementh]

Vodacixi said:

So, from what I've seen... this has absolutely nothing to do with how Pokémon games work, right? Like... I see a lot of people defining it as "Pokémon with guns"... but besides the suspiciously similar designs of its creatures, Palworld plays nothing like Pokémon. It's more of a survival kind of game (like ARK and such).

Why is it so popular then? Are Pokémon fans being misleaded somehow? xD

Survival is a popular genre in itself. And to be frank, I tried it and besides the quality issues the game has on Xbox the main gameplay loop is kinda fun. And probably wouldn't so much if it was a straight up Pokemon clone - because yes it has less creatures. So I think the game blows up for two reasons:

1. The Pokemon with guns marketing leads to people trying it out.

2. The survival crafting gameplay keeps people playing.