Games like Palworld

3.5average player rating•5 games

Palworld's trick is the collision: creature collecting bolted onto open-world survival, with an automation layer nobody asked for and everybody liked. These pull on one thread or the other.

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Games5

Avg. Metacritic78

Avg. player rating3.5/5

Avg. playtime8h

Main genreRPG

Released2015–2026

What these games share

The genres these 5 picks have in common, straight from their store data.

RPG5 of 5
Action4 of 5
Adventure4 of 5
Indie3 of 5
Massively Multiplayer2 of 5

The picks

Ranked by player rating, Metacritic breaks ties.

1
Monster Hunter Rise
ActionRPG
If the creatures were the draw and you'd rather fight them than employ them.
4.2/5Player ratingMC87View game
2
Enshrouded
ActionAdventureRPG
For the survival-and-building half, done with more polish and no creatures on the payroll.
3.7/5Player ratingView game
3
Temtem
AdventureRPGMassively Multiplayer
The creature-collecting half, played straight — a proper monster-taming RPG built for the long haul.
3.5/5Player ratingMC77View game
4
ARK: Survival Evolved
ActionAdventureRPG
The blueprint Palworld built on — tame creatures, build a base, and let them do the work.
3.1/5Player ratingMC70View game
5
Craftopia
ActionAdventureRPG
By the same studio, and it shows: survival, automation, and taming thrown in the same blender.
2.8/5Player ratingView game