Games like Palworld

Palworld is made by Pocketpair and entered early access in January 2024. You catch creatures called Pals and use them to fight, build and work your base in an open survival world. These games share either the taming, the survival or both.

What Palworld mixes together

Palworld takes creature catching and drops it into a survival crafting game. You gather wood and stone, build a base, and assign Pals to jobs like mining, farming or making items. Then you go out and fight bosses, with Pals and with guns. It is on PC, Xbox and PlayStation 5, with co-op and dedicated servers.

Creature and survival games like Palworld

ARK: Survival Evolved. Studio Wildcard's 2017 survival game where you tame dinosaurs to ride, fight and carry loot. ARK: Survival Ascended is the newer remake.
Craftopia. Pocketpair's earlier game, still in early access. Survival, farming, automation and monster capture in one messy sandbox.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus. Game Freak's 2022 Switch game. Open areas where you sneak up on and catch Pokemon in the wild, closer to Palworld than the classic series.
Valheim. Iron Gate's Viking survival game. You can tame wolves, boars and lox and build big bases with friends.
Nightingale. Inflexion Games' 2024 survival crafting game set in fantasy realms. No creature team, but the building and exploring loop is similar.

Games like Palworld on mobile

Palworld has no phone version you can play today in most places. A mobile version is being made with Krafton's PUBG Studios. ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition already brings dinosaur taming to phones.

If you mostly enjoy the catching part, the creature games on this page and Pokemon GO are easier to start on a phone. If you want the full mix, describing a small Palworld-style world is a fast way to get one.

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Questions people ask

Is Palworld on mobile?

Not yet in most of the world. A mobile version is in development with Krafton's PUBG Studios.

Is Palworld free?

No. It is a paid game on PC, Xbox and PlayStation 5, and it has been part of Xbox Game Pass.

What is the closest game to Palworld?

ARK: Survival Evolved for taming and survival, or Pokemon Legends: Arceus for open-world catching.