{"id":522832,"date":"2026-04-10T06:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/522832\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:08:12","slug":"pokemon-like-temtem-getting-palworld-style-survival-spin-off-temtem-pioneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/522832\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon-like Temtem getting Palworld-style survival spin-off Temtem: Pioneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s the battle of the Pok\u00e9mon-likes! Sort of. Developer Crema has unveiled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/temtem\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Temtem<\/a>: Pioneers, a new spin-off for its 2022 creature-collecting adventure Temtem that &#8211; based on the limited information revealed so far, at least &#8211; looks like it&#8217;s aiming squarely for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/palworld-beginner-tips-tricks-9409\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Palworld<\/a>.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nTemtem: Pioneers, as per its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ShrDsKDQjtc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Triple-i Initiative Showcase<\/a> unveiling, takes players far from the Archipelago setting of Crema&#8217;s original Temtem, dropping them into the mysterious Downbelow &#8211; a &#8220;vast and untamed region where Temtem roam wild and every expedition opens the door to new discoveries&#8221;.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a departure from Temtem in genre terms too, swapping out the 2022 game&#8217;s heavily Pok\u00e9mon-inspired RPG action for something that sounds quite a bit like Palworld on paper (minus the sweatshops and machine guns, judging by the trailer). That means &#8220;creature collection, survival gameplay, and fast-paced action combat&#8221;, with building, multiplayer, and other bits thrown in.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Temtem: Pioneers announcement trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hbWkpX49FnU\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nTemtem: Pioneers marks Crema&#8217;s third attempt at a Temtem spin-off, following on from its free-to-play multiplayer battler Temtem: Showdown (shut down in 2024) and the Vampire-Survivors-inspired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/temtem-swarm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Temtem: Swarm<\/a>. Temtem itself also wrapped up development in 2024, after the studio announced it would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-like-temtem-ditching-monetisation-in-june-ahead-of-one-last-major-patch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">jettisoning the game&#8217;s live-service elements and ditching monetisation<\/a> as it turned its attention toward new projects.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAs to when Temtem: Pioneers might emerge, that&#8217;s currently unclear &#8211; Crema is opting to crowdfund at least some of its development through Kickstarter.&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; It&#8217;s the battle of the Pok\u00e9mon-likes! Sort of. Developer Crema has unveiled Temtem: Pioneers, a new spin-off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-522832","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}