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Released Jan 19, 2024

Palworld

2024 · T · Shooter, Role-playing (RPG)
PocketPair · PC · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Xbox One · Mac

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.

Real Score
85
Broadly loved
from 37,959 reactions
very high confidence
79% positive13% mixed9% negative
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What people are saying

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The Real Review

Palworld is a huge hit for its mashup of monster collecting and survival crafting, where capturing Pals to fight, build, or work in your base is endlessly addictive. The core gameplay loop and multiplayer are widely praised, and the base-building feature is particularly loved. Its main weakness is technical performance, with many players reporting bugs and instability, especially on PC. The game’s satirical edge and similarities to Pokemon sparked a lot of discussion online, but that controversy didn’t stop people from enjoying the ride.

Synthesized from 37,959 real reactions · very high confidenceMultiplayerGameplayValueGraphicsStoryDifficultyPerformance

Sentiment split

Every qualifying reaction, weighted.

79%positive
  • Positive79%
  • Mixed13%
  • Negative9%

By aspect

What people scored, piece by piece.

multiplayer91
gameplay86
value79
graphics73
story61
difficulty47
performance34

How opinion moved

The Real Score, night by night.

838587Oct 135798585

Buzz

1,817 reactions over two weeks, counted by the day they were posted.

0100200Sep 26: 182 reactionsSep 26Sep 27: 149 reactionsSep 28: 135 reactions28Sep 29: 118 reactionsSep 30: 111 reactions30Oct 1: 112 reactionsOct 2: 129 reactions2Oct 3: 189 reactionsOct 4: 158 reactions4Oct 5: 123 reactionsOct 6: 134 reactions6Oct 7: 127 reactionsOct 8: 120 reactions8Oct 9: 30 reactions9

Where the signal came from

Volume and platform mix only.

Social Media27,815
Steam10,144

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Names and topics that came up

Mentions across all reactions, with the share that were positive. Anything mentioned fewer than twice never shapes the review.

PocketPairdeveloper7,213×16%+
Palworldfeature4,466×69%+
Twitchplatform3,810×12%+
Palsfeature2,692×75%+
Palworldplatform1,599×58%+
Palworldcharacter1,434×63%+
PCplatform901×12%+
Pokemoncharacter553×39%+
base buildingfeature521×82%+
Palscharacter507×73%+
YouTubeplatform505×8%+
Nintendodeveloper463×4%+
Sekhmetcharacter418×68%+
Steamplatform403×11%+
Palworlddeveloper339×70%+

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