If you have played Palworld and started with the best newbie buddies, you must have a lot of fun. However, since the game is an online multiplayer experience, you may have encountered your fair share of bugs as well. While some of these can be fixed, a common error that often pops up is "Sorry, you are currently prevented from playing online multiplayer games." Reported by several Palworld players, this error prevents you from joining a friend's multiplayer lobby. This happens on both PC and Xbox.
How to fix Palworld Sorry, you are currently prevented from playing multiplayer error
While there has been no official statement, Palworld developer Pocketpair has acknowledged the online multiplayer bug that prevents players from joining games. So, if you are looking for possible fixes for this error, you are in the right place. Let's dive right in!
More often than not, online errors are not the player's fault. This makes it all the more important that we start by checking Palworld's servers and if they run into any issues.
Thankfully, it's easy to do. Just go to Palworld official server status website. Once there, look out for a possible "red" notice indicating a server outage. If you see one, the best thing to do is just wait. But if everything is in green, keep reading for more fixes.
