Palia: The Elderwood

Welcome to the Elderwood! Step into an ancient overgrown forest teeming with magic in the Elderwood Expansion — Palia’s biggest update to date! Explore the new Adventure Zone and discover powerful artifacts…

93 13 May 2025 Free to play

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Action Fantasy Open world Sandbox

Palia: The Elderwood is an adventure developed by Singularity 6, released 13 May 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. It is free to play.

Verified 8 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Palia: The Elderwood is

Palia: The Elderwood is an adventure game developed by Singularity 6 and released in 2025. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Welcome to the Elderwood! Step into an ancient overgrown forest teeming with magic in the Elderwood Expansion — Palia’s biggest update to date! Explore the new Adventure Zone and discover powerful artifacts and relics, complete exciting new quests, meet mischievous (but cute!) critters, find loads of new collectibles, decor, and so much more!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, open world and sandbox. There are 52 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Palia: The Elderwood holds a critic score of 93 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-4670K / AMD FX-8350 CPU or equivalent, 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 660 / AMD Radeon R9 270 or equivalent. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 22GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Palia: The Elderwood launched on 13 May 2025, within three weeks of Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Elden Ring Nightreign and The Midnight Walk. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Elden Ring Nightreign, The Midnight Walk.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Parents

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Palia

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Quick answers

Palia: The Elderwood — frequently asked questions

When did Palia: The Elderwood come out?

Palia: The Elderwood was released on 13 May 2025 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Is Palia: The Elderwood free?

Yes — Palia: The Elderwood is free to play.

What are the minimum PC requirements for Palia: The Elderwood?

At minimum, Palia: The Elderwood needs Intel Core i5-4670K / AMD FX-8350 CPU or equivalent, 4 GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 660 / AMD Radeon R9 270 or equivalent graphics, 22 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is Palia: The Elderwood?

The PC version needs about 22 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("22 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

Does Palia: The Elderwood have crossplay?

Steam lists cross-platform multiplayer for Palia: The Elderwood. Steam's flag does not say which platforms play together, so check the publisher's notes for PlayStation, Xbox or Switch.

Does Palia: The Elderwood have split screen?

Steam's store listing does not list split screen for the PC version of Palia: The Elderwood. Console versions can differ.

Can you play Palia: The Elderwood solo?

Yes. Steam lists a single-player mode for Palia: The Elderwood as well as multiplayer.

Does Palia: The Elderwood have controller support?

Partly. Steam lists partial controller support for Palia: The Elderwood, which usually means some menus or modes still need a mouse and keyboard.

Can you play Palia: The Elderwood on Mac?

Steam does not sell a macOS version of Palia: The Elderwood; the Steam release is for Windows.

Is Palia: The Elderwood on Linux?

Steam does not list a native Linux version of Palia: The Elderwood. Windows games can often run on Linux and Steam Deck through Proton, but that is a different question from native support.

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