The Pale Beyond

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 1,760 reviews of which 1,562 were positive and 198 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

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

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

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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

Reviews

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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_.

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.

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

Feb. 2024

Great narrative and surprisingly immersive little game. Don't get me wrong, the Pale Beyond doesn't have much 'gameplay' per se. It is a resource management game with rather basic mechanics, but it's not intended to have more than that. The real treasure is the writing and visuals. The storyline has a nice grip and decisions feel and are meaningful for the game. The play-around with the social dynamics of a ship crew and slowly unveiling mystery should be entertaining enough for some good 1-2 playthroughs, although the game has also some clever little inventions to avoid unnecessary grind when aiming for specific endings. Just one spoiler for those who like animals or generally ease of mind - you don't have to shoot the dogs

Feb. 2024

The only I've played to match or surpass the character writing of Disco Elysium. 100% a must play. As someone who's father used to run dogs, and has heard his stories and knows why he stopped, there is a scene late in the game that hit and left me bawling.

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