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Palworld

Image: Steam / its publisher

  • Survival
  • Creatures
  • Co-op

An open-world survival game where you capture creatures called Pals that fight, build, farm and work in your base's factories. You explore, craft and automate, solo or with friends.

Why play it now

When you want a long afternoon of exploring, capturing creatures and watching your base grow, ideally with friends.

Who it's for

For anyone who enjoys survival and building games and collecting creatures.

When not to pick it

If you want an elaborate story: here what matters is exploring, capturing and building.

What it offers

  • Exploring: 85 out of 100
  • Building: 75 out of 100
  • Combat / action: 60 out of 100
  • Managing: 60 out of 100
  • Creating: 60 out of 100
  • Relaxing: 40 out of 100
  • Thinking: 35 out of 100

Our own editorial classification, not Steam data.

Details

Controller
Controller support
Online
Online co-op
Disk space
40 GB (minimum)
Steam Deck
Verified
Steam reviews
95% positive (490,669)
Developer
Pocketpair
Release date
9 JUL 2026
Steam genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

Based on what the game states on Steam.