What critics said
Loot Level Chill80Aniimo is a seriously impressive creature collecting game, with a sprawling world, so much content, and the ability to turn into monsters.
DualShockers85Aniimo is the next big thing.
Everyeye.it80At least for now, Aniimo isn't even remotely considered a "killer Pokémon," as the game lacks the foundation for truly undermining the GameFreak series, especially given the complete lack of a competitive mode worthy of the name.
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Aniimo news
New Palworld and Pokémon-like free-to-play creature collector Aniimo sees over 100k concurrent Steam players at launch, despite mixed reviews
Aniimo has launched on September 16 for PC, Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, with the mobile version coming on September 23.
Aniimo Launches Today – Begin Your Journey into Idyll
The moment creature-collecting fans have been waiting for is finally here. The team here at Pawprint Studio is delighted to see Aniimo officially launch today, bringing the vibrant world of Idyll and its adorable creatures, the Aniimo, to players around the world. This is the chance for all of us to finally jump into the […] The post Aniimo Launches Today – Begin Your Journey into Idyll appeared first on XBOX Wire.
Aniimo, the Free-to-Play, Pokémon-Like RPG, Joins the September Madness on PS5
Too many games. Look, it's just kinda ridiculous now. The next couple of months are insane, and games just keep getting release dates within that time frame. Aniimo is one of them, recently confirmed to make its debut on PS5 on 16th September 2026. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
Nvidia tech behind PUBG's genAI team mates will let folks chat to creature-collecting RPG Aniimo's not-Pokemon next year
Alongside releasing Ray Reconstruction for DLSS 4.5, Nvidia have announced that their ACE tech best known for powering PUBG: Battlegrounds' generative AI team mates will be coming to another game early next year. Said game is Aniimo, a creature-catching open-world RPG from Chinese devs Pawprint Studio, which looks to be following the legally distict Pokemon-like formula established by the likes of Palworld. With help from the Nvidia tech, it'll also let players chat with their creatures. Read mo
Aniimo launches September 16
Free-to-play open-world creature catching action RPG Aniimo will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC …
Aniimo Seeks To Further Blend Live Service Exploration With Monster Battling And Collecting
We got our hands on Aniimo at SGF over the weekend and got to experience the open-world battling and puzzle-solving of the new live service title.
Aniimo launches in Q3 2026
Free-to-play open-world creature catching action RPG Aniimo will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC … Source
Step Aside, Pokémon! This Ambitious PS5 Creature Catcher Swaps Pokéballs for Pokécubes
Aniimo officially announced for Sony's system. With lawsuits still flying between Pokémon and Palworld, leave it to a Chinese developer to step into the arena with its own next-gen creature catching game. In truth, despite some similar creature design, Aniimo does very much look like its own thing. Read the full article on pushsquare.com
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Six Xbox Games Are Out Today, Including A Pokémon-Inspired Creature Collecting RPG (September 16)
Gotta become 'em all! Happy hump day, everyone! To celebrate the middle of the week, we're back with another roundup of all the new releases on Xbox. Today's headliner is Aniimo, a free-to-play open-world RPG with Pokémon-esque creature-catching shenanigans. The only difference is instead of making cute animals get into scraps, you can transform into your captive creatures and experience the battles first-hand! It looks quite charming, but if that's not your cuppa, perhaps Woodo and Two Point Ho
Feature: These 30+ Games Are Coming To Xbox Next Week (September 14-18)
Including at least one highly-anticipated Game Pass title. Welcome to your Xbox games roundup for September 14-18! We've got some very interesting releases over the next few days including Aniimo, The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival, Two Point Hospital: Full Health Collection, FEROCIOUS and others, while Xbox Game Pass is treating us to RuneScape: Dragonwilds - a new day one release! Here's what's coming to Xbox next week: Read the full article on purexbox.com