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.
- Price:$5.99
- Release Date:2/24/2023
- Franchise:Fellow Traveller
- Developer:Bellular Studios
- Publisher:Fellow Traveller
- Last Updated:7/26/2025
- Steam App Id:1266030
The Pale Beyond
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Verified)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, The Pale Beyond has 8 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 95% lower than its previous all-time peak of 153 players achieved on 2/25/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for The Pale Beyond. It has received a total of 1,891 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 85 (Very Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for The Pale Beyond and its growth over time. It currently has 18,263 followers on its community page.
The Pale Beyond Price
The Pale Beyond costs $5.99 in the Steam store as of 7/26/2025 which is a 70% discount off its base price. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like The Pale Beyond: Deluxe Edition, Story-Rich Megabundle - presented by LudoNarraCon, or The Pale Beyond: Collector's Edition which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for The Pale Beyond.
About The Pale Beyond
The Pale Beyond is an Indie, RPG, Simulation, Adventure, and Strategy game developed by Bellular Studios. On 2/24/2023, it was released on the Steam Store by Fellow Traveller.
Players have rated The Pale Beyond as "Very Positive" out of 1,891 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 1,684 positive reviews and 207 negative reviews — an overall 89% positive review rating. Additionally, The Pale Beyond has earned a metascore of 77 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on both Windows and Mac systems. It is verified by Valve as playable on the Steam Deck and will run well.
According to Steam’s category system, The Pale Beyond supports the following features:
- Steam Cloud
- Full controller support
- Family Sharing
- Single-player
- Steam Achievements
From the Steam community, The Pale Beyond has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Snow
- Adventure
- Singleplayer
- 2D
- Emotional
- Exploration
- Unforgiving
- Psychological
- Interactive Fiction
- Narrative
- Atmospheric
- Dark
- Story Rich
- Choices Matter
- Hand-drawn
- Simulation
- Choose Your Own Adventure
- Survival
- Resource Management
- Strategy
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for The Pale Beyond and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
The Pale Beyond is referenced by 3 other related apps in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Pale Beyond Original Soundtrack | Music | 2/24/2023 | View |
 | The Pale Beyond Digital Artbook | DLC | 2/24/2023 | View |
 | The Pale Beyond Deluxe Soundtrack | Music | 2/24/2023 | View |
Related Bundles
The Pale Beyond is included in 3 bundles in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Pale Beyond: Deluxe Edition | 3 | 3 | $38.22 | View |
 | Story-Rich Megabundle - presented by LudoNarraCon | 11 | 11 | $25.08 | View |
 | The Pale Beyond: Collector's Edition | 2 | 2 | $26.98 | View |
Related Packages
The Pale Beyond is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| The Pale Beyond | $15.99 | View |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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The Pale Beyond data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2025, July 26). The Pale Beyond on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1266030
- Valve Corporation. (2025, July 26). The Pale Beyond. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1266030
- Metacritic. (2025, July 26). The Pale Beyond for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-pale-beyond
- Bellular Studios. (2023, July 7). The Pale Beyond. The Pale Beyond. https://www.bellular.games/