The Steam store page of “Pickmos (Pickmos/Pickmos)”, a new survival pet-catching game claimed to be inspired by “Pokémon” and “Palworld”, has been removed. Instead of waiting for it to go online and then overturning, it stepped on the thunder while it was still in the early publicity stage, and the rhythm was directly interrupted.
The most embarrassing thing is that even the publisher has “taken over”
Publisher Networkgo stated in an announcement on April 16 that they have officially intervened in the development process of “Pickmos” and will supervise the PocketGame team from a player perspective to ensure that the game is adjusted in a better direction. Translated into vernacular: The volume of external doubts has become too great to rely on developers alone to respond. Publishers must take action to control the market.
Changing the name won’t save the fire, players still won’t pay the bill
“Pickmos” was originally called “Pickmon”, but the name was changed recently. The developer said “-mos” stands for grand cosmos, which sounds more powerful and more in line with the brand’s world view. However, the response from the community was very cold, because what everyone cares about is not whether the name is similar, but the overall look and feel is too similar to directly copying and pasting other people’s successful templates.
Plagiarism, asset assembly, and some people even directly shouted fraud warnings
Since the game was released in March, the Steam discussion forum has continued to be criticized for plagiarism and version washing. Some people predict that it will be handled by the platform soon, while others question whether the development team has the ability to complete the game. More intense comments pointed out that this was like a new game made from external materials, and called on players to report it and remove it from the shelves.
It will be redone, disputed, and put on the shelves again.
PocketGame responded that it would adjust the game content to ensure it is a non-controversial version before putting it back on the shelves. However, “Pickmos” has no official release date yet. The so-called re-listing is actually more like putting back the removed store page, which does not mean that the game is close to completion.
Pokémon-like and Pallu-like begin to spiral into each other
The article finally points to an industry phenomenon: when “Palworld” launched “Monster Catching + Survival Construction” to gain popularity, it was easy for subsequent projects to rush to capitalize on the momentum. As a result, controversy grew before the work’s recognition grew. Instead of trying to merge two popular IPs, the more practical way now is to gradually clarify your core gameplay, otherwise it will only become more and more dangerous.