Itching to play 'Palworld'? It's on sale on Steam until midday Thursday.
SAVE 10%: Normally $29.99, Palworld is on sale for $26.99 via Steam as part of an introductory offer that's live until Thursday, Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. ET.
Pocketpair's new survival crafting game Palworld came bursting out of the gate guns ablazing. Less than a week after launch, it's sold over 7 million copies and surpassed 1.8 million concurrent players on Steam to become the second most-played game ever on the platform.
If you weren't one of those many, many players, consider hopping on the bandwagon within the next 24 hours or so: Palworld is on sale for 10% off on Steam until Thursday, Jan. 25 at 1 p.m. as part of an introductory offer, which brings it down a few bucks to $26.99. (Note that this discount is only available for PC players — the Xbox version is still full price.)
Palworld has been recurrently referred to as "Pokémon with guns," (and The Pokémon Company has noticed) but it's really more like "ARK: Survival Evolved with Pokémon." Players exploring its open world will find it teeming with crafting materials and critters called Pals, which look like a lot like Pocket Monsters (to the point where it's a little sus). Pals can be tamed, fought, bred, ridden, armed, employed at your base, assigned chores, whisked into battle, and yes, even eaten. If you want to build a Pal empire with friends, multiplayer works with up to four people in online co-op mode and up to 32 on a dedicated server.
An important heads-up that Palworld is still in its early access phase, and according to a developer note on its Steam page, it'll remain that way for at least a year as more content and improvements are added. As things currently stand, though, the game is pretty fun as-is: The early access PC version got an 8/10 from our comrades at IGN (which is owned by Mashable's publisher, Ziff Davis), who said "deep survival mechanics and a hilarious attitude make it hard to put down." Go read their review.
Haley Henschel is a Chicago-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable who reviews and finds deals on popular tech, from laptops to gaming consoles and VPNs. She has years of experience covering shopping holidays and can tell you what’s actually worth buying on Black Friday and Amazon Prime Day. Her work has also explored the driving forces behind digital trends within the shopping sphere, from dupes to 12-foot skeletons.
