Pocketpair, Inc. has revealed the next bold step for Palworld – and it’s not a first person shooter with Pals (Palworld is already that – kind of). Palworld is officially taking it to the skies (or rather, fields) with a new farming spinoff called Palfarm. Palfarm is similar to Palworld, except its focused on the farming aspect of the game alone. In Palfarm, players play alongside helpful pals to plant seeds, tend to growing plants, and round up the harvest. The game also plays focus on nearby local Pals who run stores and has important interactions with the player. These NPCs also have useful story missions that help add to the lore of the game. Players also need to be careful from wild Pals, who will steal produce from the farm if not properly dealt with.
A gameplay trailer has been dropped, which shows some aspects of the game. The trailer also ends with the demonstration of the “forbidden” mechanic of capturing creatures (or Pals) with the help of spheres. Also, the general cheerful tone of the trailer with all of the features that one can expect – gathering resources, crafting tools, convincing Pals to join the farm, playing Russian roulette with weird black market dealers – all add to the parodical vibe that Pocketpair wants to see in the game.
Pocketpair is still entangled in a legal conflict with Nintendo over usage of similar game mechanics, so they’re expected to tread lightly, right? Well, they’re taking a direct shot at Nintendo by releasing Palfarm just a few weeks after Pokopia has been announced at Nintendo Direct, considering that both games have similar mechanics. It’s only a matter of time before Nintendo tries to buy out patents to “usage of creatures or animals for activities” as a patent, which will void a few dozen other farming simulation games with similar mechanics.
A release date for Palfarm has not been announced yet, but it’ll probably be sometime in 2026. The focus for Pocketpair will obviously be Palworld 1.0, since the game would be coming out of early access. A mid-2026 release date sounds like a sound bet for a release range.