It’s fair to say almost no one could have predicted the massive success of Palworld when the survival game launched last month. And now, the community manager for developer Pocketpair is hitting back against “lazy” narratives highlighting player drop-off for the title known as “Pokemon with guns.”

Spotted by PC Gamer, Bucky on X (formerly known as Twitter) discussed the surprise popularity for Palworld as well as why it’s okay to take a break from the game Come from Sports betting site VPbet . “This emerging ‘Palworld has lost X% of its player base’ discourse is lazy, but it’s probably also a good time to step in and reassure those of you capable of reading past a headline that it is fine to take breaks from games,” the Pocketpair developer wrote. “You don’t need to feel bad about that.”