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PAL cover art

PAL

Gus Jewell · 2022-10-30

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 30, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A new mission awaits completion. Will you listen to PAL? Maintain your engine, lights, and oxygen levels while avoiding PAL and navigating towards destination

PAL is a 2022 Indie, Simulation game that is free-to-play, with a Mixed review sentiment (52% of 46 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-27

52%
positive of 46 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
2,497
twitch viewers (latest)
2497.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 64% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 49,562 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-24

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620222026Week of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Census log

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