"Phantom Parlu" was launched on Steam on January 19. The sales of the game exceeded 6 million copies in just 4 days after its release, making it a dark horse game at the beginning of 2024. Tonight, according to SteamDB data,The online peak of "Phantom Parlu" reached 1.85 million people, surpassing "Counter-Strike 2" to become the second most online game on Steam.
It is understood that "Phantom Parlu" is a new open world survival and production game that supports multiplayer game mode. The core gameplay includes monster cultivation, combat, field exploration, construction, production, etc.
It is worth mentioning that while "Phantom Parlu" became popular,It has also been pushed to the forefront of public opinion, with many players believing that it plagiarized "Pokémon".
According to domestic media reports, Nintendo is aware of the new game but declined to comment on individual cases; a Pokémon spokeswoman also declined to comment.
In addition, the president of Pocketpair, the developer of "Phantom Parlu", previously issued an article,They said they have received a lot of defamatory comments about the company's art painters, including death threats.
He said that the game has received a lot of opinions and feedback, but the responsibility for the content of the game lies with him, and he hopes that threats against game artists will not be issued again.