Is Palworld free? Best price deals & cheap ways to play

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So, you've decided that you want to play Palworld. Now you're wondering, is Palworld free? And if not, what's the cheapest price you can play it for?

Even if you'd been living under a rock, it would've been hard to miss all the fuss about Palworld.

Initially dubbed 'Pokémon with guns', this off-brand indie game received a lot of attention. En masse, people flocked to play it, and it turns out that Palworld is actually a lot of fun and well worth diving into.

As well as having loads of cute creatures for you to collect, including the fan favourite Depresso, Palworld also boasts a wide open world to explore and some surprisingly deep base building mechanics. But is it free? Read on to find out!

For PC players looking to get the game on Steam, Palworld is not free. The early access game has an RRP of £24.99 on Steam, with Valve's iconic launcher currently offering a 10 per cent discount to bring it down to £22.49.

However, there is good news! Palworld is available on Xbox Game Pass. You can play an early access build of the game via Xbox Game Pass for console, PC and cloud.

As much as you could pay £24.99 to buy the game outright from the Xbox Store, you could also spend a lot less and get it included with an Xbox Game Pass subscription.

Note: the Palworld developers have admitted that the Xbox Game Pass version and the Steam version are not identical (shoutout to Windows Central for spotting this on the game's Discord).

The biggest difference is that the Steam version supports up to 32 players in the same lobby, while the Xbox Game Pass version only supports groups of four playing together.

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If you want to play Palworld in the cheapest way possible, it's worth noting that there is a £1 trial available for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate at the moment.

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