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What Palworld: Palfarm actually is

Palfarm is a farming, cooking and shop-running simulation set in the Palworld universe: you sow, water and harvest with Pal labour, cook and sell produce, and defend the farm instead of fighting a survival campaign.

Updated 2026-08-08

Key takeaways
  • The core loop
  • Commerce
  • Farm defence
  • Relationship to Palworld

The core loop

Plant, tend, harvest, cook, sell. Pals fill the labour roles — watering, transporting, gathering — much as they do in Palworld base building, but the goal is farm output rather than tech progression.

Commerce

Selling produce and cooked goods through shops and markets is a first-class system, so pricing and production chains matter more than combat stats.

Farm defence

Farms still get raided, keeping a light combat layer in a game that is otherwise cozy. Expect defence structures and combat-capable Pals to have a role.

Relationship to Palworld

Same universe and Pals, separate game and separate save. Palfarm does not replace Palworld updates; Pocketpair continues developing the main game.

Who it is for

Players who liked Palworld's base loop more than its gunplay. If your Palworld hours went into plantations, ranches and logistics, Palfarm is the spin-off aimed at you.

Further reading
Eurogamer — Palworld

Eurogamer Palworld hub.