Palworld

Palworld is an adventure simulation where you befriend and collect creatures in a vast open world. Play involves building a team of creatures to fight, farm and build your base. It stands out for expanding the creature-collecting trend with survival and crafting so there's always something new for players to do.

CONTENT RATING

Bad Language,

Moderate Violence

PLATFORMS

PC

Xbox One

POSITIVE GAMEPLAY

Exploration

Imaginative

Villainous

Planning

Resilience

Strong Challenge

Work With Systems

Over 50 hours

PLAY STYLE

Co-Op Online

Co-Op Story

Join/Leave Anytime

The game focuses on finding and capturing creatures to work for you, like in Pokémon. Here though, you also use your creatures as commodities as well as companions. They can help you in battles with enemies, but you can also sell them, butcher them to eat or put them to work in the mines.

As you progress you learn to deal with all sorts of environmental challenges. There are food shortages, changeable weather and illegal poachers. Exploring the world becomes essential, and you can use your Pal creatures to get around in a variety of ways: fly, swim, drive a car or even have them carry you on their shoulders.

After venturing out you create a home base where you can sow crops and create a farm. This leads to various sorts of automation to produce the materials you need. You can also breed your Pal creatures who then inherit the parent's characteristics and try to create rare species to tackle the harder foes.

The result is a game that offers a lot of options for play. This can sound like a recipe for disaster in terms of mistreating the creatures you find, but actually, the open choices provide the opportunity to progress in unusual and creative ways.

GAMEPLAY TRAILER

Good to know

Insights to ensure your child's gaming experience remains safe and enjoyable

Improve learning

Creative games can be very educational. They can help kids solve problems, think creatively and use critical thinking while sparking imagination, which are skills that can support learning in other areas.

Manage Online Interactions

Many creative games offer online multiplayer modes or user-generated content sharing. Be aware of potential risks associated with online interactions, including cyberbullying and inappropriate content. Set clear rules, talk about positive online communication and use available parental controls to manage who kids can talk to.

Manage in-game purchase

Some creative games offer in-game purchases for skins, costumes, or virtual items. Use console or in-game parental controls to set spending limits or disable spending features if you want to control expenses.

Skill level

Suggested by Family Gaming Database

Younger players can enjoy exploring the world and developing a home base. There's also a larger challenge here that requires forward planning and resilience to progress. However, to get the most from the game you need to engage with the systems and levelling systems that are relatively complex.