Pocketpair Sets Palworld Side by Side Update for Winter 2026
The countdown now runs on a winter window roughly three months after the 1.0 release, but Pocketpair has attached no contents and no confirmed platform list to the date it just gave.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
Pocketpair announced on October 20, 2026 that the Palworld update "Side by Side" arrives in winter 2026. A teaser visual carries the logo, the text "Winter 2026," and silhouettes of three characters the company says resemble Zoe, Auri, and Saya. The wording stops at "resemble," and the update's contents are not revealed. Pocketpair also published its 2026 popularity poll results, with Sekhmet first among Pals and Zoe first among characters.
The teaser image names no Pals and no features. Its three silhouettes match the top three finishers of the character poll, which Pocketpair frames as a resemblance rather than a cast list. The same poll put Sekhmet, Monochrona, and Okocho at the top of the Pal category. Voting ran in September 2026 across more than 280 Pals and in-game characters, and Pocketpair says the vote total exceeded the previous poll. The date is the only firm detail in the announcement. Whether the update ships on the same hardware as the current release is undecided, and the game is available now on PC via Steam, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Mac, plus Game Pass.
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