Palworld reached two million early-access sales within 24 hours. Pocketpair launched the survival-crafting game in early access on January 19, 2024, for PC and Xbox platforms, and the milestone followed an even faster first-day surge: one million copies sold in roughly eight hours.
The figures refer to copies sold, not total players. That distinction matters because Palworld was also available through Xbox Game Pass, allowing many people to play without purchasing a separate copy. The two-million figure primarily tracked paid sales, while player counts combined additional subscription users.
The game continued setting milestones almost immediately. It reached three million copies in about 40 hours, five million by its third day, and eight million by its sixth day. The 24-hour milestone is therefore easy to confuse with the later 40-hour figure, but two million belongs specifically to the first day of early access.