Palworld, the Pokémon look-a-like where creatures go gun-ho with guns, is officially on Xbox and PC. But is Palworld also coming to PlayStation 4 (PS4) and PlayStation 5 (PS5), too? Here’s what we know so far.
Will Palworld Be on PS4 and PS5?
Palworld developer Pocketpair confirmed in an early access launch FAQ on Steam that there are no plans for the game to come to PS5, which naturally means no PS4 version, too. That being said, the developer “will consider [PlayStation] during development” for Palworld later on.
That was usual for early access games, which generally limit the number of platforms to focus resources and efforts better during development. In this case, that meant Palworld was only intended to be on Xbox consoles, Game Pass, and Steam.
Following the monumental success of the game, though, which has become one of the most-purchased titles ever on Steam, things look pretty optimistic for Palworld when it comes to getting a PlayStation console release. Shohei Yoshida, who heads up the PlayStations Indies initiative, suggested on X that the company would be working on bringing Palworld to the company.
That being said, it hasn’t been confirmed at this time if Palworld will ever actually make it to PlayStation consoles, or whether it’d be released on both PS4 and PS5. It seems likely, though, it’d only make it to the latter.
Will Palworld Be Crossplay?
In the early access FAQ, Pocketpair also announced that crossplay between Xbox and Steam won’t be available at launch but is “working to make this a possibility as soon as possible.”
There isn’t any projected date for this, like the potential PS4 or PS5 versions, but we can expect it to come soon to Palworld since it’s already in the development pipeline.
Can You Play Palworld Offline?
If you’re not interested in interacting with other players, you can enjoy Palworld offline through a single-player experience. Pocketpair has split the multiplayer and single-player into different modes with server worlds. When the game launches, you can switch between single-player and multiplayer if you are hosting a co-op game, but guests won’t be able to.
Later on, the team plans to provide a “server/save transfer method” for switching characters bound to specific servers. It’s hard to know exactly how this will all work with the game not being out yet at the time of this writing, but hopefully, this doesn’t get in the way of gamers playing together.
And that’s whether Palworld looks likely to release on PlayStation 4 and PS5. Check out this gameplay trailer for Palworld to see what it’s all about.
