Palworld

Palworld

Developers
	Pocketpair
Publishers
	Pocketpair
Engines
	Unreal Engine 5
Release dates
	January 19, 2024
Reception
Metacritic	TBD
OpenCritic	71
IGDB	71
Resources
	PCGamingWiki
	Codeweavers
	WineHQ

macOS Compatibility

Compatibility layer	Rating	Notes
CrossOver	Perfect	Game runs great on high setting after some initial stuttering and loading.
Wine	Perfect	Plays Perfectly in singleplayer. In v0.1.4.1, dedicated servers randomly disconnect sometimes, though this is a cross platform bug (so it's unrelated to Wine). Some visual glitches, but Playable. Glitches are likely due to the fact that Palworld is currently Early Access, so bugs are to be expected.
Virtualization
Parallels	Unplayable	When launching from Steam, encounter a Kernel error. Error is likely due to the Unreal engine checking for a specific chipset. Error="error="LowLevelFatalError [File:C:\works\Pal-UE-EngineSource\Engine\Source\Runtime\Windows\D3D11RHI\Private\D3D11Util.cpp] [Line: 433] Direct3DDevice->CreateUnorderedAccessView(Texture->GetResource(),&UAVDesc,(ID3D11UnorderedAccessView**)UnorderedAccessView.GetInitReference()) failed with error E_INVALIDARG (Name='RT_WorldMapMask', Format='DXGI_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM' (0x00000057), FormatSupport=0x31FEF3F3, FormatSupport2=0x00010400) at C:\works\Pal-UE-EngineSource\Engine\Source\Runtime\Windows\D3D11RHI\Private\D3D11UAV.cpp:113 KERNELBASE""

Availability

See PCGamingWiki for Windows and/or Linux availability.

Issues fixed

AMD graphics driver popup

Before launching via Steam (using Wine), a popup states:

The installed version of the AMD graphics driver has known issues. Please install either the latest or the recommended driver version.

Click "No"
This popup is safe to ignore and shouldn't affect gameplay, so simply click "No".