The Pale Beyond
You didn't ask to lead this expedition but here you are: stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilization and everyone looking for you to lead. Manage your meager resources, balance safety and…
The Pale Beyond is an adventure developed by Bellular Studios, released 24 February 2023 on Nintendo Switch, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $3.99 at Steam.
What The Pale Beyond is
The Pale Beyond is an adventure game developed by Bellular Studios and released in 2023. It was published by Fellow Traveller. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Five years ago, The Viscount and its crew set sail into The Pale Passage in search of absolute magnetic South. The ship and its crew were tragically lost to the ice, never to be seen again. Her sister ship, The Temperance shall follow in her path, hoping to find answers where The Viscount failed. You didn’t ask to lead this expedition but here you are: stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilization and everyone looking for you to lead. Manage your meager resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls and head in the only direction you can - into The Pale Beyond. A polar exploration game set in an unforgiving frozen wasteland where you embark on a treacherous voyage…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are drama, historical, mystery and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The Pale Beyond holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.99 at Steam, 80% below its usual price.
What it launched against
The Pale Beyond launched on 24 February 2023, within three weeks of Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Metroid Prime Remastered and Octopath Traveler II. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Metroid Prime Remastered, Octopath Traveler II.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Pale Beyond yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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