Keen Games and Pocketpair are proud to jointly announce that their respective games, survival action-RPG Enshrouded and survival action-adventure creature collector Palworld, have been bundled together on Steam at a 10% discount starting today — perfect for players who haven’t yet enjoyed either Early Access experience. The developers wish to express their mutual respect for their counterparts’ accomplishments developed within shared timeframes and gaming space, and to celebrate their differences as wins for the industry as a whole. Both games launched into Early Access in January 2024 and plan to exit Early Access in 2026.
Good Company Among the Competition
In an industry as competitive for resources as video games — whether it’s for players, funding, development talent, or even attention — it’s no surprise that Palworld and Enshrouded were positioned as adversaries in the survival games space by media and commenters alike. Behind the scenes, both developers appreciated and admired one another for their own approaches to open-world survival action gameplay and invited a little friendly competition to improve their own efforts. Instead of squabbling, the two focused on delivering quality gameplay that would resonate with players in their own ways, choosing to invite inspiration instead of pursuing domination.
Starting today, players who have been debating between the two can take advantage of a 10% discount on both titles. Keen Games and Pocketpair would like the Palworld & Enshrouded bundle to symbolize their mutual respect and ongoing commitment to improving their games (literally and figuratively), and to connect fans of either title with each other through their shared similarities.
Besides creating two of 2024’s survival hits for their indie debuts, Keen Games and Pocketpair would like to share some other things they have in common:
- Both reached millions of sales within days of launching and were nominated for Golden Joysticks in 2024.
- Both games are great solo or with friends.
- Both games build bases and encourage festooning them with decorations.
- Both games have creatures you DO NOT want to annoy.
- Both games know gliding is faster than walking and safer than falling.
- Both games enjoy endless exploring, adventures, and creativity.
- Both games have swimming, and recommend taking a buddy to prevent drowning
- Both Pals and Flameborn enjoy farming and the indentured servitude of NPCs.
- Both games allow players to fish, and are debating allowing players to chips
- Both teams believe in being respectful of differences and having unique pursuits or approaches
Palworld is presently available on Xbox, PlayStation and PC, with plans to launch into 1.0 in 2026. Potential and previous Palworld players can participate in discussions, follow for news and updates via the official website, X (formerly Twitter), Discord, YouTube, and TikTok.
Enshrouded is available in Early Access on PC for Steam, with 1.0 launch confirmed for launch in Autumn 2026. Current and curious communities can follow Enshrouded news and developers on the official website, X (formerly Twitter), Reddit, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord.
