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Palworld vs The Sandbox

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Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE
ACTIVE

Released

July 2026 · 4 months ago
November 2021 · 5 years ago

Daily players

340 – 160k
51 – 24k

Estimated players

158.1kDown 2.4%
1.7k

Available on

  • macOS
  • PlayStation
  • Windows
  • Xbox
  • macOS
  • Windows

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

PalworldThe Sandbox

Palworld

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
November 2026~274.4kUp 72%
July 2026~159.8kDown 1.8%
June 2026~162.7kUp 113%
May 2026~76.5k—

The Sandbox

Average monthly estimated players
MonthEstimated playersChange
November 2026~70.1kUp 3930%
July 2026~1.7k
June 2026~1.7k
May 2026~1.7k—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Discord members

Palworld
312.3kUp 16%
The Sandbox
—

Palworld currently has 312,349 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Sandbox.

Reddit members

Palworld
908.7kUp 18%
The Sandbox
17.4kUp 0.1%

Palworld currently has about 52× as many subreddit members as The Sandbox — 908,657 vs 17,422.

How these estimates are made

Palworld

Palworld is estimated to have 340 – 160k players a day. Around 90k – 9m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

The Sandbox

The Sandbox is estimated to have 51 – 24k players a day. Around 26k – 3m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

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