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A wide variety of streamers have jumped into Palworld to try it out, including CohhCarnage, AdmiralBahroo, and many others across different regions and languages, drawing in viewers from all across the gaming world. In Palworld, players can catch, fight, and train cute animals known as Pals, but also hunt them, build bases, farm materials, and a whole lot more than meets the eye. It's a bit deeper than the \"Pok\u00e9mon with guns\" comparison it's drawn for quite some time. Palworld's similarities to Pok\u00e9mon have been called out for obvious reasons, but it is quite different in many ways. It's more of a survival game with catchable monsters, and you can even kill and eat them. But be careful, because killing innocent Pals can make you wanted, just like in a GTA game. At time of writing, the game has over 350,000 players on Steam, and that's not including those trying out the title on Xbox or PC via Game Pass, so that number will likely increase, along with the viewership. 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