Palworld Finally Dethrones Baldur's Gate 3 as Most Played Game on Steam Deck in February 2024

Palworld has finally put an end to Baldur's Gate 3's 6-month domination as the most-played game on Steam Deck as February 2024 has been dominated by Japanese games and RPGs.


Published: March 1, 2024 1:09 PM /

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A Pal from Palworld and Astarion from Baldur's Gate 3

Today Valve announced the most-played games on Steam Deck for the month of February 2023, and change at the top has finally happened with Palworld overtaking Baldur's Gate 3.

The list, shared on X (formerly Twitter), ranks the twenty games that have received the most cumulative hours of gameplay during the month.

Baldur's Gate 3's reign has been very long. It lasted six months since it left early access in August 2023.

A screenshot of Persona 3 Reload
Atlus' Persona 3 Reload dislodged FromSoftware's Elden Ring from third place.

Persona 3 Reload was also very popular and took full advantage of the fact that it was released near the beginning of the month to conquer third place from Elden Ring

Helldivers 2 closes the top 5, despite missing the first week of the month, while Granblue Fantasy: Relink, which released on February 1 and benefited for the full 29 days of this Leap February, followed suit, beating Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth in a battle between JRPGs. 

The fact that 4 JRPGs and 6 RPGs dominated the top 10 this month is certainly significant, just as much as the fact that 5 of the top 10 games are Japanese.

Below you can read the full top 20 ranking.

  1. Palworld
  2. Baldur's Gate 3
  3. Persona 3 Reload
  4. ELDEN RING
  5. HELLDIVERS 2
  6. Granblue Fantasy: Relink
  7. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
  8. Stardew Valley
  9. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
  10. Cyberpunk 2077
  11. Monster Hunter: World
  12. Balatro
  13. Grand Theft Auto V
  14. Diablo IV
  15. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
  16. Red Dead Redemption 2
  17. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
  18. Hogwarts Legacy
  19. Persona 5 Royal
  20. Hades 

Incidentally, Baldur's Gate 3 Director of Publishing Michael Douse acknowledged the overtake with a healthy dose of sportsmanship on his X (formerly Twitter) account. 

I contributed heavily to our own downfall I am sorry pls forgive

Palworld has been extremely popular since its release in early access in mid-January. Recently, its developer Pocketpair announced that it has passed 25 million players across PC and Xbox, of which 15 million are on Steam. It just received patch v0.1.5.1 a couple of days ago.

if you'd like to learn more about the game and why it's so popular, you can read our hands-on preview (It's worth mentioning that we don't have a review yet because Palworld is not complete). If you'd like to play the game with your friends, you can rent a private server on SurvivalServers

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