Aside from co-op shooter Helldivers 2, there hasn’t been a hit nearly as massive — and unexpected — as Palworld in recent memory. The survival, building, and action game generated a ton of buzz when it first launched in Early Access a couple of months back, attracting controversy for its considerably less wholesome take on Pokemon and a huge player base on the strength of its open-world design. It turns out that achieving such a hit wasn’t even all that expensive in game making terms, as evidenced by the fact that Palworld only cost 1% of Star Citizen’s current funding amount to create.

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