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Descend into the Pale Abyss, a cursed chasm where the forgotten truths of a dying world fester in its depths. Inspired by games such as King’s Field and Shadow Tower, Pale Abyss is a first-person action RPG about exploration and adventure. Currently it's just a demo with about 1 h of playtime.

Pale Abyss is a indie, exploration and dark fantasy game developed and published by Permanent Crab Studios.
Released on February 17th 2025 is available only on Windows.

It has received 332 reviews of which 293 were positive and 39 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Pale Abyss into these genres:

Indie Exploration Dark Fantasy Souls-like Dungeon Crawler Adventure Atmospheric Action-Adventure RPG Stylized 1990's First-Person Underground Pixel Graphics Medieval Retro Singleplayer Old School Asynchronous Multiplayer Dark

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-8700 CPU
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 900 MB available space

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Frequently Asked Questions

Pale Abyss is free to play on Steam.

Pale Abyss is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

Pale Abyss received 293 positive votes out of a total of 332 achieving a rating of 8.16.
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Pale Abyss was developed and published by Permanent Crab Studios.

Pale Abyss is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Pale Abyss is not playable on MacOS.

Pale Abyss is not playable on Linux.

Pale Abyss is a single-player game.

Pale Abyss does not currently offer any DLC.

Pale Abyss does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Pale Abyss does not support Steam Remote Play.

Pale Abyss does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Pale Abyss.

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Permanent Crab Studios
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Permanent Crab Studios
Release 17 Feb 2025
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