Palia (2023)
Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S
3.45 from 47 ratings
838 members have it in their collection · 30 playing now · 483 backlogged · 41 wish listed
Palia is a free-to-play life simulation MMO where players take on the role of humans who have mysteriously appeared in a world primarily inhabited by a species called the Majiri. Gameplay centers on village life activities including fishing, foraging, hunting, mining, insect catching, cooking, furniture making, gardening, and ranching. Players work to become members of Kilima Village by gathering and …
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Palia is a free-to-play life simulation MMO where players take on the role of humans who have mysteriously appeared in a world primarily inhabited by a species called the Majiri. Gameplay centers on village life activities including fishing, foraging, hunting, mining, insect catching, cooking, furniture making, gardening, and ranching. Players work to become members of Kilima Village by gathering and crafting materials, with the adjacent Bahari Bay area offering higher-level resources and server-wide events.
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Details
- Developers
- Singularity 6
- Publishers
- Singularity 6
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator
- Themes
- Fantasy, Open world
- Events
- The Game Awards 2023, Nintendo Direct Japan 2023.06.21, Nintendo Direct 2023.06.21
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Oct 24, 2023 (Beta) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Dec 14, 2023 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
- Mar 25, 2024 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
- May 13, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
Related
Updates
- Palia: The Elderwood (May 2025) · NSW, PC, PS5, XONE, XSX
Rating distribution
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Community All Reviews Statuses
Status anarchistica Oct 23, 2024
You can make a really nice home in Palia. It looks a lot better in-game, but this will give you an idea. Also my house is very much WIP and there are infinitely better looking houses you can visit with home tours.
Btw, if you wanna try it out (it's free, paid cosmetics only), feel free to use my referral …
You can make a really nice home in Palia. It looks a lot better in-game, but this will give you an idea. Also my house is very much WIP and there are infinitely better looking houses you can visit with home tours.
Btw, if you wanna try it out (it's free, paid cosmetics only), feel free to use my referral link.
Status lingsdook Jan 24, 2024
Played a bit of this in the past week. This is a really enjoyable Stardew Valley-like, reframed as a 3D adventure, and mechanically it works pretty well. The art style is a little sterile and Fortnite-y for my tastes, but it does look nice. However, performance on the Switch is very bad. I faced constant bouts of lag. …
Read morePlayed a bit of this in the past week. This is a really enjoyable Stardew Valley-like, reframed as a 3D adventure, and mechanically it works pretty well. The art style is a little sterile and Fortnite-y for my tastes, but it does look nice. However, performance on the Switch is very bad. I faced constant bouts of lag. On top of that, there don't seem to be many meaningful reasons to interact with other players. Seems like another example of a game that feels like it's persistently online to sell you cosmetics instead of offering compelling multiplayer gameplay. Regardless, I might give it a second try once it comes to Steam.
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Status Octjillery Dec 19, 2023
I knew this game was coming, but didn't really follow it up to its release on the 15th (on Switch, anyway).
It's free to play, and it's honestly really beautiful. A lot of cozy games with farming and item placement/building tend to have controls that don't jive super well for me, or are otherwise tedious. Palia gets some major points …
I knew this game was coming, but didn't really follow it up to its release on the 15th (on Switch, anyway).
It's free to play, and it's honestly really beautiful. A lot of cozy games with farming and item placement/building tend to have controls that don't jive super well for me, or are otherwise tedious. Palia gets some major points for how simple and effective it is to do these tasks. I don't tend to have a lot of faith in what the Switch can run, especially with an online game, but it's all pretty smooth. Once you leave your homestead and enter town where other players are running around, it's a little stuttery sometimes, but it's not too bad, and I've had no crashes.
They do have a cash shop, but it's just for outfits. They're INSANELY expensive. I know the game is free and I guess it's a way to keep things running, but holy shittt. Per my perusal, getting 5100 of the paid currency is like $48. Most of the outfits are between 1700-2500 coins. That's like $20+ for a single outfit. They're all bundled to where you can buy all three variations of the given outfit for a discount, but pretty much all of those bundles are around 5000 coins.
Status BMO Aug 2, 2023
I know I've posted about this before, and I know what the obvious answer to this questions is, but why does everything look like Fortnite? I'm all for stylized aesthetics over photorealism, but this doesn't feel like the style I wanted to take over the game industry.
Status Pale Jun 4, 2021
Just read this Kotaku article for this game and super intrigued! Could be an amazing game to recruit the whole family, young and old, to play together. Seems pretty far away though and I would need it to come to Switch or something for that to happen. 😀