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The Pale Beyond

Saltstone Studios · Fellow Traveller · 2023-02-24

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 24, 2023 (Mac), Feb 24, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 06, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

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.

10
playing now
89%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

The Pale Beyond is a survival role-playing video game developed by Saltstone Studios and published by Fellow Traveller. It was released for Microsoft Windows and macOS on 24 February 2023. The game follows an Antarctic expedition that gets trapped in the ice as the player must manage the crew successfully to survive. Saltstone Studios, a small development company based in Belfast, created the game and was inspired by historical Antarctic expeditions.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 21% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 45k–101k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,236 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-80%
Steam$3.99-80%
GOG$3.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-09-15) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 50 of 85 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1622026-08-11 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-12 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-17 21:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 11:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 16 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$3.992023-02-242026-08-302023-02-24 — best price $17.992023-04-06 — best price $17.992023-06-11 — best price $17.992023-07-20 — best price $15.992023-08-28 — best price $14.992023-09-28 — best price $19.992023-11-12 — best price $19.992023-12-22 — best price $11.992024-02-15 — best price $19.992024-03-20 — best price $9.992024-05-21 — best price $19.992024-07-25 — best price $19.992024-09-10 — best price $19.992024-10-17 — best price $19.992024-11-21 — best price $7.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-16 — best price $19.992025-03-19 — best price $5.992025-04-22 — best price $5.992025-06-03 — best price $5.992025-07-27 — best price $19.992025-08-26 — best price $5.992025-10-14 — best price $3.992025-12-04 — best price $3.992026-01-12 — best price $3.992026-02-09 — best price $3.992026-03-18 — best price $19.992026-04-11 — best price $19.992026-06-06 — best price $3.992026-07-16 — best price $3.992026-08-09 — best price $3.992026-08-25 — best price $3.992026-08-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

15182026-05-30 — 43 pageviews2026-06-02 — 19 pageviews2026-06-05 — 21 pageviews2026-06-08 — 27 pageviews2026-06-11 — 10 pageviews2026-06-14 — 39 pageviews2026-06-17 — 25 pageviews2026-06-20 — 18 pageviews2026-06-23 — 18 pageviews2026-06-26 — 18 pageviews2026-06-29 — 18 pageviews2026-07-02 — 18 pageviews2026-07-05 — 16 pageviews2026-07-08 — 15 pageviews2026-07-11 — 19 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-17 — 9 pageviews2026-07-20 — 16 pageviews2026-07-23 — 17 pageviews2026-07-26 — 24 pageviews2026-07-29 — 12 pageviews2026-08-01 — 15 pageviews2026-08-04 — 12 pageviews2026-08-07 — 18 pageviews2026-08-10 — 25 pageviews2026-08-13 — 20 pageviews2026-08-16 — 17 pageviews2026-08-19 — 15 pageviews2026-08-22 — 18 pageviews2026-08-25 — 21 pageviews2026-08-26 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
61.4%
earned "Prologue"
15.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed Input3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1792%47
Switch (Nintendo)110%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DSnowStrategySurvivalAdventureNarrativeSimulationStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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