Palworld Online, a new MMO spin-off of Pocketpair’s creature-collecting survival game, will arrive on iOS and Android devices sometime in 2026. The game will be developed and published by Garena rather than Pocketpair, and it will only be available on mobile.
Garena’s press release describes Palworld Online as an officially licensed project that reworks the original game’s survival and creature-collecting ideas for phones and tablets. The MMO will feature a new narrative setting with “original story elements” and place players in a larger online world.
The mobile version will use a touch-friendly interface with optional one-tap controls. Garena says those changes are intended to make the experience easier to play on mobile devices without abandoning the freedom and scale associated with Palworld.
Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe said the company was pleased to work with Garena, pointing to the publisher’s experience with global publishing, localization, and mobile live operations. The partnership gives the Palworld series a second mobile project, separate from Krafton’s Palworld Mobile.
The announcement follows the appearance of the Palworld Online name in a trademark filing earlier this year. That filing led to speculation about a possible MMO, and Garena’s announcement confirms that the project is real.
There is still no precise release date, but Palworld Online is scheduled to launch on iOS and Android before the end of 2026. That gives mobile players another way to enter the series while Pocketpair continues work on the main game and its broader plans.
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Palworld
Developed by PocketPair
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.
- Genre: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie
- Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
- Perspective: Third person
- Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
- Release: 2026-07-10
- Publisher: PocketPair
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- IGDB Rating: 72.7/100
