Six days after its January 2024 release, role-playing monster-taming game Palworld had sold about eight million copies. As of February 18, 2025, Palworld had a combined 32 million players on PC gaming platform Steam, as well as PlayStation and Xbox. Palworld was released in Early Access on PC via Steam and Microsoft Store, as well as Xbox consoles and Xbox Game Pass on January 19.

In the first nine months of 2024, independent (indie) games accumulated *** million unit sales on PC gaming platform Steam with projections estimating full-year sales at *** million units. This represents a ** percent growth from the *** million indie games sold on Steam in 2023. The strong increase in indie game revenue in 2024 was mainly driven by hit titles Back Myth: Wukong and Palworld.

In the first nine months of 2024, independent (indie) games accumulated ************ U.S. dollars in full game revenues on PC gaming platform Steam, with projections estimating full-year sales at *********** U.S. dollars. This represents a ** percent growth from the *********** U.S. dollars in indie game revenues on Steam in 2023. The strong increase in indie game revenue in 2024 was mainly driven by hit titles Back Myth: Wukong and Palworld.