Game

Palworld

2026 · Xbox Series X|S · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 5 · Mac · Xbox One · Shooter · Role-playing (RPG) · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up

72IGDB player score
300 ratings

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That 72 average hides a game its 300 fans would defend to the death. A survival game where the sandbox setting wants you dead and the fun is proving it wrong. Play it solo first. The multiplayer will still be there when you're done.

About this game

Palworld is a multiplayer open-world survival game that combines creature-collecting with crafting, base-building, and combat. Set on the Palpagos Islands, players capture and tame animal-like creatures called Pals, which can be used as mounts, combat partners, or workers at player-built bases. The game incorporates firearms and darker satirical elements into the monster-taming formula.

The Palpagos Islands are home to hundreds of mysterious creatures known as Pals. Players awaken in this untamed open world where multiple factions vie for control: the Rayne Syndicate, the Free Pal Alliance liberation movement, the Brothers of the Eternal Pyre, the Palpagos Islands Defense Force, and the Pal Genetic Research Unit. Each faction is led by powerful Pal trainers who occupy towers scattered across the islands, guarding their territory against outsiders. Caught between these warring groups, players must survive by capturing and forming bonds with Pals while navigating a lawless frontier where hostile forces patrol the wilds and a wanted system punishes those who cross the wrong lines.