Publisher Pulls Pickmos From Steam After Copycat Allegations

Overview

• Networkgo, which announced Thursday it had officially intervened in development, removed the monster-collecting game’s Steam store page and said it will supervise PocketGame.
• PocketGame said it is revising Pickmos to deliver a “controversy-free experience” and will only re-release after the publisher gives final approval.
• Evidence of the listing remains on SteamDB, but the public Steam page is gone and there is no return date.
• The game was renamed from Pickmon to Pickmos earlier this week, a one-letter change the studio said fit its lore, yet the rebrand did not stop complaints.
• Players and artists accuse the project of lifting designs from Pokémon, Palworld, The Legend of Zelda, and Overwatch, and reporters frame the publisher’s takeover as risk management in a climate where similar disputes have drawn legal action elsewhere.