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Palworld
Build a shared survival base and collect creatures that fight, farm, and run your production lines.
Online co-op for up to 32 players, with crossplay.
- 32 online
- Crossplay
Where to buy
About the Apple App Store version
Apple App Store. The Japanese Mac App Store version is a separate purchase for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later, with an M1 chip or newer. The product page describes cooperative play, and the maker confirms the Mac release. This does not provide a Steam Mac or iOS copy.
Playing together
- Online co-op32 players
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- YesPC, Mac, PlayStation, XboxFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- Not confirmedA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckVerifiedValve's own rating
About the game
You explore islands filled with creatures called Pals, catch them in battle, and bring them home to work. Their skills keep farms, mines, and workshops running while you gather supplies and make new equipment. You can ride Pals across the land or through the air, then take them into dungeons and fights against larger creatures.
Friends share the work of growing a base and finding new Pals. You can head out together or spend time sorting production and breeding creatures for different jobs. Ordinary hosted co-op supports four players, while a dedicated server supports up to 32. It suits a group that wants lasting upgrades and a collection to build over many evenings.
How it feels
Kind of game
One lasting world your group settles. You gather, build and push into dangerous places together.
- Now and then
- Laughter and chaos
- Story
- Working in sync
- Physical comedy
- Jumping and climbing
- Getting better
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- About
- Monsters, Wilderness survival
Rated on our own feel scale. 5 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
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What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
- Wilderness survival
- Notable in both
- Calm and coziness, Time to hang out, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Fighting
- Core to both
- Exploring, Building and creating, Unlocks and progress
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
- Online co-op
- 8 online
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about surviving in the wild. Both have long calm stretches.
No big difference from Palworld.
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What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
- Monsters and Wilderness survival
- Core to both
- Exploring, Building and creating, Unlocks and progress
- Notable in both
- Time to hang out, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Fighting
- Sessions
- Ongoing world
- Co-op
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- Crossplay
Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about monsters that hunt you and surviving in the wild. Both are about exploring places you have not seen.
No big difference from Palworld.
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Why it scores 90%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Shared survival world
- About
- Wilderness survival
- Notable in both
- Calm and coziness, Time to hang out, Tension and danger, Planning ahead, Fighting
- Core to both
- Exploring, Building and creating, Unlocks and progress
- Sessions
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- Co-op
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Both give your group a hard world to survive in together. Both are about surviving in the wild. Both have long calm stretches.
No big difference from Palworld.
All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- No
The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
- 1781516
- Confirmed free setups
- Does not apply
- Friends can join mid-game
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
Sources
16 pages
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Most players online, Genres, About, Free base co-op.
- Online co-op: The publisher describes shared online play.
- Most players online: Hosted co-op holds four. Dedicated servers hold up to 32.
- Genres: The publisher calls it an open world survival and crafting game.
- About: Creatures called Pals fight and work for you while food shortages and hostile poachers create survival needs.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam app ID, Platforms.
- Steam app ID: The public app record identifies Palworld as app 1623730.
- Platforms: The Steam edition lists Windows. Console and Mac sources supply the other released platforms.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve rates the game Verified on Steam Deck.
pocketpair.jpOfficial site, read 24 October 2026
Backs Genres, Kind of game, Sessions, Building and creating, Fighting, Working in sync.
- Genres: Pocketpair lists Action and describes fighting, capture, and automated base production.
- Kind of game: Players settle a world and use Pals to support shared building and expeditions.
- Sessions: Bases, production lines, and trained creatures form a lasting world.
- Building and creating: Building and automated production are central activities.
- Fighting: Players use weapons and captured creatures in fights.
- Working in sync: Players can explore together or manage different tasks. The game also supports independent solo play.
docs.palworldgame.comOfficial support page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Crossplay, Crossplay between.
- Crossplay: Current server documentation, version 1.0.4, enables crossplay by default.
- Crossplay between: The named clients are Steam, Xbox Series and Microsoft Store Windows, macOS, and PS5. Xbox and PS5 need a server listed as a community server. Xbox One is not named in this server matrix.
pocketpair.jpOfficial news, read 24 October 2026
Backs Crossplay.
- Crossplay: Pocketpair announced cross-platform play on March 19, 2025. Current server documentation supplies the specific platforms.
xbox.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Most players online, Platforms, Free base co-op.
- Most players online: The description separately states four for hosted co-op and 32 for dedicated servers. Its capability badge covers two to four.
- Platforms: The product is offered for Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, and PC.
- Free base co-op: The checked Xbox full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
store.playstation.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Free base co-op.
- Platforms: The purchased game is a PS5 product.
- Free base co-op: The checked PlayStation full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
pocketpair.jpOfficial news, read 23 October 2026
Backs Platforms.
- Platforms: Pocketpair confirmed the Mac version was available on March 4, 2025.
pocketpair.jpOfficial news, read 24 October 2026
Backs Release status, Release date.
- Release status: The maker announced the full 1.0 release. A July 10 availability post confirms the end of Early Access.
- Release date: Pocketpair explicitly gives July 10, 2026. Steam displays July 9. The one day difference may reflect store timezone display. The maker date is used.
pcgamer.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Tension and danger, Calm and coziness, Getting better, Planning ahead.
- Tension and danger: PC Gamer, August 1, 2026, describes easy early fights followed by demanding late bosses.
- Calm and coziness: PC Gamer, August 1, 2026, describes extended base organization and breeding between fights.
- Getting better: PC Gamer, August 1, 2026, finds specialist breeding optional until late encounters.
- Planning ahead: PC Gamer, August 1, 2026, describes selecting work skills, passives, and breeding targets.
gamesradar.comPress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Laughter and chaos, Story, Exploring, Jumping and climbing, Time to hang out, Unlocks and progress.
- Laughter and chaos: GamesRadar+, July 14, 2026, describes absurd creature weapons and crude humour.
- Story: GamesRadar+, July 14, 2026, describes a new story that sits beside optional activities.
- Exploring: GamesRadar+, July 14, 2026, describes a large world and hidden collectibles.
- Jumping and climbing: GamesRadar+, July 14, 2026, identifies climbing and gliding as travel tools.
- Time to hang out: GamesRadar+, July 14, 2026, describes low focus play through long gathering and base routines.
- Unlocks and progress: GamesRadar+, July 14, 2026, describes a continuing chain of resource and base goals.
steamcommunity.comStore page, read 23 October 2026
Backs Physical comedy.
- Physical comedy: One inspected October 23 review describes defeated creatures falling into ragdoll poses. This supports minor physical comedy, separate from bugs.
docs.palworldgame.comOfficial support page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Voice chat by distance.
- Voice chat by distance: Current dedicated-server settings include built-in voice with separate full-volume and zero-volume distances. Shipped September 6, 2026 v1.0.4 fixes voice settings. This establishes dedicated-server distance-based voice, not identical behavior on every client.
apps.apple.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Platforms, Free base co-op.
- Platforms: The Japanese Mac App Store version is a separate purchase for Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 14 or later, with an M1 chip or newer. The product page describes cooperative play, and the maker confirms the Mac release. This does not provide a Steam Mac or iOS copy.
- Free base co-op: The checked computer full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.
apps.apple.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Free base co-op.
- Free base co-op: The checked Apple full-base edition has a paid base-game access model. Demos, trials, guest passes, platform sharing and temporary grants do not establish ongoing free base co-op.