Palworld Devs Announce Farming Sim Spin-Off, Palworld: Palfarm

Palworld is getting its first-ever official spin-off game from developer Pocketpair, and it’s looking just a little bit cozier than the original game. It’s called Palworld: Palfarm, and as the name implies, you and your gaggle of Pals will be farming, crafting, and living a life on the land together on an adventure that looks far more Harvest Moon or Stardew Valley than Palworld.

Pocketpair announced the game today with a brand new trailer, and a Steam page. These reveal that Palfarm will be a slice-of-life farming and crafting sim set on the Palpagos Islands where familiar Pals will join you to build a dream farm. Alongside growing plants, you can cook with Pals, shop at their stores, give them gifts, and- no, no you can’t eat them. Of course not. Not this time. They’re farming buddies. Not food.

Well, most of them. Some Pals will apparently come raid your farm, and you’ll have to fight them off. And then maybe when they die, they might drop stuff that looks like food. Okay, maybe you can kind of eat Pals in Palfarm too. Don’t think about it too hard.

While Palfarm does seem to be more focused on the cuddlier aspects of life with Pals, including allowing the player to pet Pals and even get married to other humans (with Pals matchmaking and officiating), it’s not without its edges. The trailer includes a look at a black market where you can, yes, get a gun. What would you do with a gun in a cozy game like this? Don’t think about it too hard!!

Notably, the trailer showed off a number of Pals that can join you to help on the farm, including what seems to be one unannounced new Pal, Sekhmet, that’s working with Anubis as a blacksmith. The Steam page also makes it clear that multiplayer will be an option.

Palfarm doesn’t have a release date just yet, and so far only appears to be in development for PC via Steam, though given Palworld’s trajectory it’s possible other platforms are in the cards for later on. Palworld itself is currently still in early access, but Pocketpair has said it’s planning a small update in December, and is working toward a big 1.0 launch sometime next year.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. You can find her posting on BlueSky @duckvalentine.bsky.social. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.