Palworld Mobile (Krafton)
Palworld Mobile (working public name for Krafton’s licensed title) is not Palworld Online. Two publishers hold Pocketpair licenses for two different phone games in the same year: Garena is building a persistent MMO; Krafton is building a closer take on the original survival loop.
What Krafton actually announced
In October 2024 Krafton described a faithful reinterpretation of Palworld’s creature-collecting survival sandbox for smartphones. The project previewed at G-STAR 2025 in Busan, then ran a closed regional alpha in Japan and South Korea in December 2025. That is further along than Garena’s August 2026 MMO reveal, which still had no gameplay trailer at announcement.
Expect Pal capture, base work, and exploration adapted for touch — not a shared persistent world with MMO settlements. Pocketpair has not published a Pal list, monetization model, or pre-registration URL for Krafton’s build.
Who builds which Palworld
| Product | Studio | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Palworld 1.0 (PC/console) | Pocketpair | Live survival game — patches through 1.0.3 |
| Palworld Online | Garena (license) | Mobile MMORPG, original story, 2026 window |
| Palworld Mobile | Krafton (license) | Mobile survival reinterpretation, alpha 2025 |
| Palfarm / More Than Just Pals | Pocketpair | Separate spin-offs — see spin-offs |
Buckley posted that chart after ChinaJoy-week confusion: fans were asking Pocketpair staff about products the studio does not code. The main client stays Pocketpair’s; licenses do not mean Pocketpair sold the company.
How this differs from Palworld Online
- Genre — Krafton: private-world survival like PC. Garena: shared MMO map, PvE/PvP, original narrative.
- Progress — Krafton already ran a regional alpha. Garena’s MMO is still in “details later” after the 3 Aug 2026 press note.
- Saves — neither product has confirmed carry-over from Steam/Xbox/PlayStation 1.0.
Release window & what to ignore
Industry coverage currently clusters Krafton’s global launch in late 2026 or early 2027. That is not a Pocketpair patch date. Do not install APKs from search ads. Bookmark Krafton, Pocketpair.jp, and this wiki’s roadmap.
No official Krafton Palworld trailer was public when this page shipped — the video above is Pocketpair’s 1.0 cinematic for IP context only.