# For years, survival games have convinced us that chopping down 400 trees is somehow part of the fantasy—Palworld proves them wrong

> Survival games are obsessed with the grind. Need a better axe? You've got to spend an hour collecting stone. Want to build a bigger base? Time to manually ferry hundreds of logs from one storage chest to another.

- **Source:** [Pcgamer](https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/for-years-survival-games-have-convinced-us-that-chopping-down-400-trees-is-somehow-part-of-the-fantasy-palworld-proves-them-wrong/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a5b990efab1962405878ac1)
- **Published:** 2026-07-18
- **Category:** Gaming
- **Tags:** #steam
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a5b990efab1962405878ac1

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