Palworld

The hardest part about this game is forcing myself to stop playing. Plays perfectly on the steam deck.

Funny enough I owe everything to Palworld. See, I've mainly been a Playstation gamer all my life, with occasional computer time here and there. (The Sims and League of Legends) But when this game came out and the hype around it was HUGE, it got me intrigued to try so I stole my bf's computer more than once to play on his account. This made me buy a Steamdeck which EVENTUALLY lead to my own customized gaming PC not long after.. fast forward to today and I haven't touched my Playstation in almost 3 years and have an absolute blast growing my Steam library with epic game releases. Absolutely love being here. "& At last I've seen the light." Thank you, Pals. ૮꒰˵•ﻌ•˵꒱ა🐾

This game is unbelievably fun, they definitely playtest to the max. Every time I come to a point where something can become annoying there is something to remedy it. The other reviews are right, this isn't just "pokemon with guns" this is about 7 other IPs smooshed into one, and they do a great job of it. It's a creature collector w/ breeding and hybrid mechanics, it's open-world, it's got a tech tree just like Ark (but not nearly as unapproachable), it has LoZ BoTW fast travel, it has minibosses and actual bosses with bounties, farming & resource gathering, it has factory-like features (crafting stations, assembly lines, mass production), collectibles, trinkets, player and pal leveling, truly a lot of content. The handcrafted world is enormous, I've barely scratched the surface at nearly 30 hours. You'll go between exploring and catching pals and bosses and base building, and you can spend as much time doing any one of those things as you want. You can customize your world and there are a plethora of mods you can use too. Yet to experience a single crash or lag spike, crazy this is still in EA with such a fleshed out product. I got in one sale, worth the price, just try it.