In the worldor the game more colloquially known as “Pokemon “With guns” Released today, January 19, it quickly found a large audience interested in shooting cute creatures. While Pocketpair’s monster-taming survival game is also available for free to Game Pass subscribers, many people are diving into the paid Steam version on day one. However, all this attention has hit the game’s servers like a wrecking ball, and the team is currently working to resolve connectivity issues.
In the world It already has over 300,000 concurrent players on Steam on the first day of Early Access. This doesn’t include players on Xbox or those who play on PC through a different player, but that’s a large number already, and as of this writing, In the world already exists in List of top 25 record holders for concurrent players on Steam, outperforming the Steam versions of Grand Theft Auto V And Starfield By a few thousand players. There is no discount to the memetic effect of something called “Pokemon “With guns” – this kind of sharp twists will attract a lot of attention. In addition, the recent sentiments about Pokemon games It’s been a bit negative in recent yearsso people who are craving for a monster taming game but don’t get what they want from games like Pokemon Scarlett And Violet Maybe you’re looking for a more quirky alternative.
while In the world It’s been rising in the Steam charts, and it looks like Pocketpair is having trouble keeping up with demand. In a statement on January 19 On its social channels, In the world It addresses server stability issues as people accumulate, and recommends either restarting the game to try connecting again, or waiting for the team to resolve the issue.
Pocketpair recognizes this In the world It may look like those dozens of copycat games you’ve seen in TikTok ads or at the bottom of your Steam deals basket. That’s why the team went out of their way I say so in the FAQ In the world 100% legitimate. But even then, it’s not often that you find a file Pokemon Knockout with Creature designs Blatantly, inspired by Pikachu and friends In the world. This isn’t a comment on the quality of the game, but it’s interesting to see some of these characters side by side.
A few of us here in Kotaku He plays In the world now, so stay tuned for future coverage in the coming days as we sort out the similarities and differences between the latest version of Pocketpair and Pokemon.