Palia’s Royal Highlands expansion is live now

Palia’s second expansion, Royal Highlands, is now live. The update adds a new zone for players to explore and continues the game’s story with what developer Singularity 6 describes as the next chapter for its cozy online life sim. With the launch of the new update, the game’s 24 hour peak jumped to 24,104.

The new area is a sun-soaked region called the Royal Highlands. Singularity 6 says it digs further into Palia’s past and opens up more of the world’s lore, though the announcement shared so far is light on specific feature details beyond the new setting and story framing.

Palia is the free-to-play multiplayer life sim from Singularity 6, now under Daybreak, built around gathering, crafting, housing, and relationship-building rather than combat-heavy MMO systems. Expansions like this are a notable part of how the game’s world is being filled out over time, especially for players who’ve already worked through the existing zones and questlines.

If you’ve been waiting for new places to roam, this one’s available now.