Pocketpair's Palworld Expansion Plan Guide & FAQ
How Pocketpair is expanding Palworld: multiple spin-offs, Pocketpair Publishing, merchandising and media, and what each track means for players.
Updated 2026-08-03
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Pocketpair's plan to expand the Palworld IP
Pocketpair is expanding Palworld along four tracks at once: continued development of the main game, multiple in-house and licensed spin-offs, a publishing label for third-party indie games, and merchandising and media built on the Palworld brand.
- ✓The main game continues
- ✓Multiple spin-offs
- ✓Licensed titles
Pocketpair Publishing explained
Pocketpair Publishing is the studio's publishing label, established in early 2025 with Palworld revenue, offering developer-friendly deal terms and presenting its first wave of third-party titles at Bitsummit 2026.
- ✓Why it exists
- ✓The deal-terms argument
- ✓First slate
Palworld spin-offs and licensed games in development
Two Palworld spin-offs are public today — the farming simulation Palworld: Palfarm from Pocketpair and the mobile MMO Palworld Online from Garena — with Pocketpair confirming additional unannounced spin-off projects.
- ✓Palfarm (in-house)
- ✓Palworld Online (licensed)
- ✓Unannounced projects
Palworld media, merchandise and the card game
Palworld's non-game expansion runs through the Palworld Official Card Game, merchandise lines and other media partnerships, which is why card sets, plush lines and collaborations now arrive on their own schedule alongside game updates.
- ✓The card game
- ✓Collaborations
- ✓Merchandise
Pocketpair expansion FAQ: what changes for players
Pocketpair's expansion adds new Palworld games and a publishing label without ending support for the main game; the spin-offs are separate purchases with separate saves, and only first-party announcements should be treated as confirmed.
- ✓Is Palworld finished?
- ✓Do I need to buy the spin-offs?
- ✓Will progress carry across games?
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