# Slay the Spire 2 “Delays” Palworld 1.0 by at Least a Day, Jokes Publishing Head: “Pocketpair Is Dominated by Two Games – RimWorld and Slay the Spire

**URL:** https://intoguide.com/t/slay-the-spire-2-delays-palworld-1-0-by-at-least-a-day-jokes-publishing-head-pocketpair-is-dominated-by-two-games-rimworld-and-slay-the-spire/256
**Category:** Games
**Created:** [March 13, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://intoguide.com/t/slay-the-spire-2-delays-palworld-1-0-by-at-least-a-day-jokes-publishing-head-pocketpair-is-dominated-by-two-games-rimworld-and-slay-the-spire/256 "2026-03-13T10:36:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![wasabi](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/intoguide.com/wasabi/32/646_2.png) [@wasabi](https://intoguide.com/u/wasabi)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2026, 10:36am UTC](https://intoguide.com/t/slay-the-spire-2-delays-palworld-1-0-by-at-least-a-day-jokes-publishing-head-pocketpair-is-dominated-by-two-games-rimworld-and-slay-the-spire/256/1 "2026-03-13T10:36:54Z")

</div>

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/intoguide1/original/1X/ed52b88ce6fbc39192fb1b60a23811d4f3e79d70.jpeg)Pocketpair publishing lead John “Bucky” Buckley revealed that **Slay the Spire 2** ’s massive launch—hitting over 570,000 concurrent players on Steam—had a surprising ripple effect: the CEO of **Palworld** , Takuro Mizobe, stayed up all night playing it, reportedly earning a telling-off from staff. As a result, Buckley jokes that **Palworld 1.0** was delayed by at least a day due to this obsession.