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You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.

The Pale Beyond is a resource management, survival and choices matter game developed by Bellular Studios and published by Fellow Traveller.
Released on February 24th 2023 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 1,862 reviews of which 1,658 were positive and 204 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 5.85€ on Steam with a 70% discount, but you can find it for 0.45€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified The Pale Beyond into these genres:

Resource Management Survival Choices Matter Simulation Singleplayer Story Rich Adventure Strategy Narrative Atmospheric 2D Exploration Unforgiving Choose Your Own Adventure Snow Dark Psychological Hand-drawn Interactive Fiction Emotional

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: 1.2GHz processor (Intel Core i5 and up)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable.
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 3 GB available space
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 11.0.0 or above
  • Processor: 2.0 Ghz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 3 GB VRAM
  • Storage: 3 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025
I think this is a good one-shot game. It creates the illusion of choice nicely, but after trying to play it a second time, I discovered that the choices I thought I had weren’t really choices because, after selecting a different dialogue option, I would be forced into the same outcome anyway. I don't think I will play it second time. I liked the gameplay experience. There’s no ticking clock, so you can take your time to read the dialogue and make your choices. I enjoyed the experience overall. The ending was interesting, although I either didn’t fully understand the story or noticed some contradictions in it. The graphics is amazing, and I love how every single character was designed. Beautiful art style! One more thing to mention: the game is a little bit buggy and I really disliked no possiblity to stop playing in the middle of the chapter. Some of them were quite long and I sometimes had to restart them because I had no time to continue playing them to the end.
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March 2025
An excellent initial release from a new studio. Resource management with believable, well-written characters, emotional soundtrack, and gorgeous, hand-drawn artwork. I never thought a game like this would have me constantly thinking about it when I wasn't playing it, yet here we are.
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Sept. 2024
Ok. It's a LOT better than I thought. It's more than a simple resource management game. The story. The characters. The pulsating feeling of survival. It's actually pretty immersive. The choices MATTER. The ending(s) are very satisfactory and resolves the build up effectively. The game is a near masterpiece. It's an _experience_.
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Sept. 2024
A game that will stay for me for a long time. It has a very authentic choices matter vibe. Even though this game involves about 25 characters (excluding doggies), all of them, even the minor characters, feel very fleshed out. The game is very well written in terms of character motivations, although there are some typos throughout the game. All the decisions you take can way heavily on you if you invest yourself in the game. Perhaps the price can be -20% to -25% off because the game can be completed over the weekend, but I don't feel scammed because it simulated a survival catastrophe perfectly. It is good to support developers that craft such a nice story.
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Aug. 2024
I have been following Belluar since early Legion days, huge respect for everything him and his team does, this was a the cherry on top. This game was incredible, rarely has a game so quickly captivated me and gotten me interested enough to actually care about the plethora of characters that The Pale Beyond throws at you. Shoutout to Hammond, the best damn engineer a sailor could ask for. This game is like if This War of Mine, Disco Elysium, the movie The Thing, and Outer Worlds had a love child. I loved it, I can't recomend it more. For people with sensitivity to injured/killed animals, I would advise caution. I cried. Anyway, WHISPER MAXEMILIAN WRA-Horde check out The Azeroth Protectorate for a great RP guild and pve team FRFR FROST DK FOR LIFE
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Pale Beyond is currently priced at 5.85€ on Steam.

The Pale Beyond is currently available at a 70% discount. You can purchase it for 5.85€ on Steam.

The Pale Beyond received 1,658 positive votes out of a total of 1,862 achieving a rating of 8.50.
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The Pale Beyond was developed by Bellular Studios and published by Fellow Traveller.

The Pale Beyond is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Pale Beyond is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

The Pale Beyond is not playable on Linux.

The Pale Beyond is a single-player game.

There are 3 DLCs available for The Pale Beyond. Explore additional content available for The Pale Beyond on Steam.

The Pale Beyond does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Pale Beyond does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Pale Beyond is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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

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The Pale Beyond
-70% 19.50€ 5.85€ -98% 19.50€ 0.45€ -95% 19.50€ 1.00€
8.5
1,658
204
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6
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Bellular Studios
Publisher
Fellow Traveller
Release 24 Feb 2023
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