{"id":272475,"date":"2024-02-01T05:28:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T10:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=325695"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:07:18","slug":"dont-download-palworld-mobile-its-not-official-and-its-very-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/dont-download-palworld-mobile-its-not-official-and-its-very-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t download Palworld Mobile, it&#8217;s not official and it&#8217;s very dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s the trendy game. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/do-you-know-that-you-can-play-palworld-for-free-for-14-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Never has a third-party game gathered so many players on Game Pass (7 million)\">Never has a third-party game gathered so many players on Game Pass (7 million)<\/a>,<strong> and on Steam they are still amazed by the 12 million units sold in just over a week<\/strong>. That&#8217;s why scams are multiplying.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Palworld\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/fe087176-55c2-4976-8231-5c51aed67a80\/1189471670\/palworld-Palworld-icn.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Palworld<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/palworld.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/palworld.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Palworld debuted as an early access game on January 19th for the Steam and Xbox platforms, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/from-a-pokemon-with-machine-guns-to-four-million-players-in-two-days-palworld-is-an-unprecedented-success\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"and has exploded in success on Steam, selling over 12 million copies on the platform.\">and has exploded in success on Steam, selling over 12 million copies on the platform.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally intended to be Pokemon with weapons, Palworld ended up being released to the market and felt more like a RUST or an ARK, but with Pok\u00e9mon elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beware of mobile versions: they are a scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">[Warning] <br>There is no Palworld application for phones. Apps using names and product images such as &quot;\u30d1\u30eb\u30ef\u30fc\u30eb\u30c9&quot; and &quot;Palworld&quot; are appearing on the AppStore and Google Play, but they are not affiliated with our company in any way. <br><br>We have reported this issue to Apple, which\u2026<\/p>&mdash; Palworld (@Palworld_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Palworld_EN\/status\/1752584670322348074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, Palworld developer Pocketpair has just issued a warning to players that <strong>there is no official mobile version of Palworld, and that any listing using the name or images of Palworld is not affiliated with Pocketpair<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pocketpair also warns against installing any of these games and is working with Google and Apple to prevent clones of the game from reaching the stores of these operating systems.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Palworld\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/fe087176-55c2-4976-8231-5c51aed67a80\/1189471670\/palworld-Palworld-icn.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Palworld<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/palworld.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/palworld.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pocketpair also warns Palworld players that <strong>downloading any of these unaffiliated applications can result in personal information leakage<\/strong> or fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time of writing this article, <strong>Palworld is only available on Steam, Xbox Game Pass, Xbox One, and Xbox Series.<\/strong> The Xbox One version is very rough, as reported by Digital Foundry here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Palworld is VERY Early Access -  Every Xbox Console Tested: Series X, Series S, One X and One S\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dsWCqEOmfgw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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